PUTTING THIS ALL INTO PRACTICE (4 OF 4)
by Jeff Geyer
Scripture: Proverbs 22:3
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Putting This All Into Practice (4 of 4)
Series: Start Over
Jeff Geyer
Proverbs 22:3
Big Idea: Discipline, not desire, determines destination.
Intro: We all have regrets we wish we could go back and change. Maybe we want to hit the reset button on our relationships, health, and plans. Maybe there are decisions we wish we could do over. Maybe it’s a target weight, target amount of money in the bank, relational status, or an area of your life that we would all say, “I’ve lost some faith, missed out, and even messed up. I’m ready to start over.” We can’t go back and undo our past, but with Jesus we can start over.
The first week we looked at the greatest obstacle to us getting to where it is that God wants us to be affects all of us. The greatest obstacle for all of us is how we see ourselves. It’s how you see you. It’s how I see me. It’s our past that we cannot get past. Things we’ve done to ourselves in action or reaction.
The second week we saw that as we start over there will be things out of our control and things under our control. I’ve noticed that the people I look up to the most, I realize that I’m only a few decisions away from getting to where they are. The difference between them and me is the discipline they’ve used to make those decisions. We find ourselves ready to start over because we couldn’t control ourselves.
Last week we saw that all of us, all of us have been told at some point in our lives what we need to do to get from where we are to where we need to be. Somebody in this world knows what you need to do to get from where you are to where you need to be. As we looked at the story of Rehoboam, discipline, not desire, determined his destination. Just like him, discipline, not desire, determines destination. It’s the discipline to resist the things that will keep you from getting to where you want to be. It’s the discipline to start over.
A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are ...
Series: Start Over
Jeff Geyer
Proverbs 22:3
Big Idea: Discipline, not desire, determines destination.
Intro: We all have regrets we wish we could go back and change. Maybe we want to hit the reset button on our relationships, health, and plans. Maybe there are decisions we wish we could do over. Maybe it’s a target weight, target amount of money in the bank, relational status, or an area of your life that we would all say, “I’ve lost some faith, missed out, and even messed up. I’m ready to start over.” We can’t go back and undo our past, but with Jesus we can start over.
The first week we looked at the greatest obstacle to us getting to where it is that God wants us to be affects all of us. The greatest obstacle for all of us is how we see ourselves. It’s how you see you. It’s how I see me. It’s our past that we cannot get past. Things we’ve done to ourselves in action or reaction.
The second week we saw that as we start over there will be things out of our control and things under our control. I’ve noticed that the people I look up to the most, I realize that I’m only a few decisions away from getting to where they are. The difference between them and me is the discipline they’ve used to make those decisions. We find ourselves ready to start over because we couldn’t control ourselves.
Last week we saw that all of us, all of us have been told at some point in our lives what we need to do to get from where we are to where we need to be. Somebody in this world knows what you need to do to get from where you are to where you need to be. As we looked at the story of Rehoboam, discipline, not desire, determined his destination. Just like him, discipline, not desire, determines destination. It’s the discipline to resist the things that will keep you from getting to where you want to be. It’s the discipline to start over.
A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are ...
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