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Elevation:Getting to the Next Level
“You can’t go back and have a new beggining,
but you can go forward, and have a
new ending”
Elevation
“I am thankful for what I have, but not
satisfied”
Elevation
Three things you must do, to get to the next
level in 2013.
Elevation
Philipians 3:12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
1. Start.
Elevation
Philipians 3:12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Two Basic Principles
1. Start, even without perfect conditions.
2. Do it now!
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of
getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into
small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
Mark Twain
“If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that is going to be
the worst thing that will happen to you that day”.
Mark Twain
Rules on (vegi) frog eating
1.Eat the ugliest one first.
2.Don’t look at it for very long.
Execution Principles
1.Save an hour in execution with each 10 minutes of
planning the night before.
2. Resist the urge to do the small, easy things first.
Execution Principles
Key questions:
a.What will I do?
b.When will I do them?
c.What is the most valuable use of my time right now?
2. Stop.
Elevation
Philipians 3:12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Principles of forgiveness
1.We must love everyone, but not trust everyone.
2.The focus of your life is forward.
3.You will forever see the scars, but it does not affect your state of
mind.
4.You use what happened to you, to help others.
Victoria Ruvolo
3. Stay.
Elevation
Philipians 3:12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
Vince Lombardi
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong
Two Principles
1. Is it worth it?
2. Focus on the prize, not the process.
Philippians 2:9Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names,