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BE CONSISTENT

MEMORY VERSE

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due faint not."

LESSON TEXT

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INTRODUCTION

The Christian journey is that of a pilgrimage to the kingdom of God. it requires consistency in our work with God .

The journey could be lonely and the duration is not one that anybody can just predict.

It will be a nice thing to go on this journey with God.

He will be the one to dictate the terms can never regret the total obedience.

Enoch, Noah and a host of others and there was no regret.

The situation cannot be different with you.

OUTLINES

The situation cannot be different with you.

OUTLINES 1. Important Hints 2. Outcome Of Consistency IMPORTANT HINTS Falling from grace does not just happen, overnight, it takes a gradual processb Nothing just happens, so take note of the following that could serve as important guides a) Learn from the mistakes of others.

Those who learn from the mistakes of others avoid the scars that normally form after each fall! ) Listen to the advice of elders.

Pay attention to the admonitions of those who had walked the way before you because of their experience, ) Stay away from slippery grounds because those who walk on slippery grounds will fall.

To be successful, avoid unholy companies, Birds of the same feather flock together, .

And anyone who walks too close to a river is likely to end inside it, .

d) Do not look back, .

You must forget a bout past successes and past failures but concentrate on the goal to avoid any slip.

1. Important Hints.

2. Outcome Of Consistency.

IMPORTANT HINTS.

Falling from grace does not just happen, overnight, it takes a gradual process.

Nothing just happens, so take note of the following that could serve as important guides

a) Learn from the mistakes of others.

Those who learn from the mistakes of others avoid the scars that normally form after each fall! .

b) Listen to the advice of elders.

Pay attention to the admonitions of those who had walked the way before you because of their experience,

c) Stay away from slippery grounds because those who walk on slippery grounds will fall.

To be successful, avoid unholy companies,

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Birds of the same feather flock together, .

And anyone who walks too close to a river is likely to end inside it, .

d) Do not look back, .

You must forget about past successes and past failures but concentrate on the goal to avoid any slip.

e.) Overconfidence.

No one is too big to fall.

One way to be on your feet constantly is to take heed .

One way to be on your e) AVotly is to take heed, .

King David committed nstantly is to take heed, .

King David committed feet co y when he stayed at home instead of being in the war front,

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King David committed adultery when he stayed at home instead of being in the war front,

OUTCOME OF CONSISTENCY

a) One major advantage of being consistent with the Lord is that it is never easy to catch up with a man who never stops moving forward "the journey of a thousand miles starts with but a step."

Therefore, if you are consistent, if you keep moving forward, if you keep improving steadily, you will soon leave your competitors behind.

Be consistent and you will soon become the envy of those who are not.

You will make a mark if you are consistent and persistent.

For example, Isaac started by sowing little in the time of famine, .

Then as he harvested that year a hundred-fold, he sowed much more.

And so he reaped much more.

And he persisted in his sowing and reaping, so he prospered more and more, .

But he did not stop.

He was consistent such that within a short space of time, he had gone so far ahead of others that he became the envy of a whole nation, .

Remember that "slow and steady wins the race .

Remember, the cloud of those who persistently and consistently load up with sowing is sooner full of rain than lather, , .

Keep loading your clouds; use every opportunity you have to give and soon the abundant rain will come,

b) On the other hand, some unpleasant things always happen to those who stop moving.

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They usually end as, "Has-been", "Ex-this", "Former champion" Quenched light", "Ashes", and so on and so forth.

For example, there was a man called Demas.

Once he was called by Paul, "My fellow- labourer" .

He was once ranked as high as Luke, the beloved physician, the writer of the gospel of Saint Luke, .

But he stopped walking and ended up with a terrible testimony, .

2 tim 4He started the journey but ended a disaster!

He started the journey but ended a disaster! .

He started the journey but ended a disaster!

2).It is equally distressing to note that those who will not keep walking ways end up as mere observers of those who write history.

They always get a "ring-side view" of those who keep moving.

An example is sons of the prophets in the days of Elijah and Elisha.

Though they had the revelations that something historic was about walked as far as river Jordan and then stopped.

had the revelations that something historic was about walked as far as river Jordan and then stopped.

While Elisha rpen, tiey with Elijah, these other sons of the prophet got themse view of history in the making, .

They saw a maior m happen, but they were not part of it because they stopped!

Much mon distressing was the fact that they were so close to a unique mirad physical rapture of Elijah yet saw nothing.

Only Elisha, the manwNEia kept walking saw that miracle of a lifetime happen and partook of t, .

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Another obviously distressing thing about those who stop walkingis that they remain stagnant.

And as anyone will tell, stagnant water almost invariable stink.

The sons of the prophets were sons of the prophet before the "rapture" of Elijah, they remained sons of the prophet after the event, while Elisha moved on to become "the prophet', and worse still, they all died still sons of the prophet!

The how evidence that they made no progress in revelation and discernment is bene aptly illustrated in a near-tragic incident in .

LESS Deut INTR Davic QUESTIONS Lord 1. 2. 3. Why do we have to learn from the mistakes of others?

Why must we avoid overconfidence in our walk with God?

What are the outcomes of failure to walk with God consistently?

appr BLESSED WEEK WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT MON: - Walking with God involves includes standing firm in His doctrines TUE: -A successful walk with God involves confidence in Him.

WED: - Effective walk with God must involve moving to the mountain top.

THU: - You must be prepared to walk in truth.

FRI: -God can humble those who walk in pride SAT: - Doing good work is part of yo SUN: - Be consistent with your w vant to live long.

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While Elisha pressed on with Elijah, these other sons of the prophet got themselves view of history in the making, .

They saw a major miracle happen, but they were not part of it because they stopped!

Much mon distressing was the fact that they were so close to a unique miracle physical rapture of Elijah yet saw nothing.

Only Elisha, the man who kept walking saw that miracle of a lifetime happen and partook of t, .

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Another obviously distressing thing about those who stop walking is that they remain stagnant.

And as anyone will tell, stagnant water almost invariable stink.

The sons of the prophets were sons of the prophet before the "rapture" of Elijah, they remained sons of the prophet after the event, while Elisha moved on to become "the prophet', and worse still, they all died still sons of the prophet!

The how evidence that they made no progress in revelation and discernment is bene aptly illustrated in a near-tragic incident in .

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