0623 Grow In Your Grace

GROW IN YOUR GRACE

2 Tim.2:1-4

Soldier - dedication to war // dedication

Athlete - play according to rules // discipline

Farmer - hardworking // diligence

My son - you should be mentoring or being mentored if you want to succeed in life

If you reached your destiny - mentor someone; if you are trying to reach your destiny - find a mentor

Grow in the Grace

Before I met Jesus, I could not rely on my strength but now, I have been with Jesus, I can rely on it

Your strength is perfect weakness, it will fail you in time of temptation

Surround Yourself

Sin privately, sin with friends….you can’t go deeper 2 Tim.2:22

Have conversations about Jesus not just church

Endure not fight hardships

Soldiers have hardship

Good soldiers endure them instead of fighting them

Developing your character is God’s priority over giving you what your appetites dictate

Engage in warfare

Wisdom is to separate hardship from warfare (families are broken because everything is demonic, some are afflictions)

Jesus was accused of having a demon....Saul had a demon

What i have to endure and what I have to engage?

Goliath or brothers? We agree with Satan on his terms, and we have this wait and see attitude, we endure him...yet we engage in war against others...

Don’t entangle with details

Focus is to please Jesus - redefined winning is pleasing not conquering (Satan is defeated, but Jesus is not pleased)

Count it all joy when you fall in trails, testing of faith, produces patience = perfect and complete

Hardship is the hardest and the worse ship… Jonah, Jesus, and Paul

Only in faith you can have joy as response to trails

Patience is muscle under your fat, the only way, less fat and more muscle is not miracle but painful work

4. Recognize your real battle

Paul saw Spirit behind good confession. Samuel almost anointed a wrong king

Deception we label her as evangelist, and him as king

Deception is not knowing who you got on your team

Don't be entangled with details

Keep objective clear - please Jesus