written by Lena Jennings | read on 321sunday.com
Happy 3-2-1 Sunday,
Here are 3 sermon notes, 2 quotes, & 1 question to consider this week.
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3 Sermon Notes
I.
The first thing that's required for God to do what He's going to promise you is your attendance.
God does not send victories through Amazon. It takes strength to be fully present. God is challenging us to see that there are places that have already been prepared for us, and all we have to do is show up. And showing up is simply being you.
You will never acquire what you keep avoiding.
Source: Strong
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II.
You can be intelligent, gifted, and work hard, but if your attitude is bad, your ability to advance is greatly limited.
The attitude we're talking about is not surface-level; it’s about shifting you from being passive to being assertive. Passive people comply but never fully commit, while assertive people commit even when it doesn’t make sense.
Maybe the problem in your life right now isn't God. Maybe you’re passive. Passively praying, passively giving, passively loving people, and passively leading. Are you receiving small fruit because you're giving God passive actions?
Source: It’s Time to Cross Over
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III.
Sometimes you’re too close up on the problem to understand the why of the problem, and it's only when you take a telescope and back away from it. That's why most of us don't understand what we're going through until after we get through it. In retrospect, your life makes a lot more sense than it does in real time while you're dealing with it, because when you're dealing with it, you're feeling with it.
It's possible for God to be there and you not perceive him as God in the middle of the situation.
Source: The Radical Rabbi
2 Quotes
I.
"Every day you pray and believe, and nothing comes back in the form of love for your life, is a day that takes faith. Every day that the desire doesn't leave you but you commit to getting back up even though you slipped takes faith.
So you're waiting for the walls to fall. You're waiting for the pain to go away. You're waiting for it to get easier. You're waiting for the right pill to fix it. You're waiting for the right key to break it and unlock it forever.
But tonight might just be the day; you never know. This might be the one, this might be the time, this might be the day, this might be the seed, this might be the season, this might be the moment, and you might be the one to break it off from everybody with your last name who is yet to be born. So don't stop now." - Tabitha Brown
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II.
"The hardest place to learn is to learn while people are looking, because if you make any mistakes, you have armed them with weapons to throw at you. How can you not make any mistakes because you have never done this before? " - Sheryl Brady
1 Question
How much does doing nothing cost you?
Many of us are not suffering from doing the wrong thing; many of us are suffering from doing no thing. Your issue isn't that you did the wrong thing; God's issue with you is that you still haven't done no thing. At least fail at something; playing it safe doesn't mean you are in His will.
Until next week,