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Staying Patient in a World of Delays
Staying Patient in a World of Delays
Learning to Thrive When You’re Struggling to Survive
Part 3
Learning to Thrive When You’re Struggling to Survive
Part 3
Series Review:Series Review:
Series Review:Series Review:
1. God has designed and called us to thrive, but we often struggle to survive.
1. God has designed and called us to thrive, but we often struggle to survive.
1You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.
2 Timothy 2:1-2 (NIV)
1You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.
2 Timothy 2:1-2 (NIV)
Series Review:Series Review:
1. God has designed and called us to thrive, but we often struggle to survive.
2. Paul gave Timothy three models to guide him on his journey from surviving to thriving.
1. God has designed and called us to thrive, but we often struggle to survive.
2. Paul gave Timothy three models to guide him on his journey from surviving to thriving.
3Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs—he wants to please his commanding officer. 5Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules. 6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 2 Timothy 2:3-6 (NIV)
3Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs—he wants to please his commanding officer. 5Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules. 6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 2 Timothy 2:3-6 (NIV)
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3. The soldier taught us how to avoid distraction by becoming people of intensity.
3. The soldier taught us how to avoid distraction by becoming people of intensity.
SOLDIER ATHLETE FARMERDanger: Distraction
Defense Intensity
Warning: Don’t Drift
Goal: Please the Commander
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3. The soldier taught us how to avoid distraction by becoming people of intensity.
4. The athlete taught us how to avoid disqualification by becoming people of integrity.
3. The soldier taught us how to avoid distraction by becoming people of intensity.
4. The athlete taught us how to avoid disqualification by becoming people of integrity.
SOLDIER ATHLETE FARMERDanger: Distraction Disqualification
Defense Intensity Integrity
Warning: Don’t Drift Don’t Cheat
Goal: Please the Commander
Win the Prize
Lessons From the Field of AgricultureLessons From the Field of Agriculture
1. We are warned about the danger of DISCOURAGEMENT.
1. We are warned about the danger of DISCOURAGEMENT.
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 (NIV)
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 (NIV)
9For it is written in the Law of Moses: "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? 10Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:9-10 (NIV)
9For it is written in the Law of Moses: "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? 10Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:9-10 (NIV)
SOLDIER ATHLETE FARMERDanger Distraction Disqualification Discouragement
Defense Intensity Integrity
Warning Don’t Drift Don’t Cheat
Goal Please the Commander
Win the Prize
Lessons From the Field of AgricultureLessons From the Field of Agriculture
1. We are warned about the danger of DISCOURAGEMENT.
2. Our best defense is to become people of INDUSTRY.
1. We are warned about the danger of DISCOURAGEMENT.
2. Our best defense is to become people of INDUSTRY.
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 (NIV)
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 (NIV)
SOLDIER ATHLETE FARMERDanger Distraction Disqualification Discouragement
Defense Intensity Integrity Industry
Warning Don’t Drift Don’t Cheat
Goal Please the Commander
Win the Prize
Lessons From the Field of AgricultureLessons From the Field of Agriculture
1. We are warned about the danger of DISCOURAGEMENT.
2. Our best defense is to become people of INDUSTRY.
3. God’s warning to us is DON’T QUIT .
1. We are warned about the danger of DISCOURAGEMENT.
2. Our best defense is to become people of INDUSTRY.
3. God’s warning to us is DON’T QUIT .
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 (NIV)
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 (NIV)
5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
1 Corinthians 3:5-9 (NIV)
5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
1 Corinthians 3:5-9 (NIV)
SOLDIER ATHLETE FARMERDanger Distraction Disqualification Discouragement
Defense Intensity Integrity Industry
Warning Don’t Drift Don’t Cheat Don’t Quit
Goal Please the Commander
Win the Prize
Lessons From the Field of AgricultureLessons From the Field of Agriculture
1. We are warned about the danger of DISCOURAGEMENT.
2. Our best defense is to become people of INDUSTRY.
3. God’s warning to us is DON’T QUIT .
4. Our ultimate goal should be to ENJOY the HARVEST.
1. We are warned about the danger of DISCOURAGEMENT.
2. Our best defense is to become people of INDUSTRY.
3. God’s warning to us is DON’T QUIT .
4. Our ultimate goal should be to ENJOY the HARVEST.
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 (NIV)
6The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 (NIV)
SOLDIER ATHLETE FARMERDanger Distraction Disqualification Discouragement
Defense Intensity Integrity Industry
Warning Don’t Drift Don’t Cheat Don’t Quit
Goal Please the Commander
Win the Prize Enjoy theHarvest
