DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SPIRIT PT II
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Daniels 6:3 NKJV
Daniel 6:3
3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.
24 But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.
NKJV, NLT
Numbe 14:24
THE ATTITUDE OF CALEB
DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SPIRIT PT II
DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SPIRIT PT II
There are people with the Wrong Spirit
CONTEXT
WHY DO YOU NEED THE RIGHT SPIRIT?
IT IS YOUR KEY TO YOUR PROMOTION!
HOW DO YOU DEFINE AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT?
SLIDE --->>> Definition
Excellent - Of the highest or finest quality; exceptionally good, superb
Spirit - Mental disposition, your attitude
3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.
3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.
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3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
3 Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
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THE EXCELLENT SPIRIT OF DANIEL
Daniel soon proved himself
Distinguished himself above the governor and satraps
Distinguished himself above the governor and satraps
The king saw Daniel
The king saw Daniel
Faithfulness
Faithfulness
Responsibility
Responsibility
Trustworthiness
Trustworthiness
The king made plans for Daniel
The king made plans for Daniel
The king promoted Daniel
The king promoted Daniel
LAST WEEK
DANIEL PURPOSED IN HIS HEART
8 But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.
8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
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1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; Why then should I think upon a maid?
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3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
2. DANIEL WAS A MAN OF PRAYER
3. WE FOUND OUT THAT WHEN YOU PURPOSED IN YOUR HEART COUPLED WITH PRAYER - POSITIVELY AFFECT YOUR PERCEPTION
THE EXCELLENT SPIRIT OF DANIEL
Daniel soon proved himself
Distinguished himself above the governor and satraps
The king saw Daniel
Faithfulness
Responsibility
Trustworthiness
The king made plans for Daniel
The king promoted Daniel
SWITCH
SLIDE --->>> EXCELLENCE DOESN’T REQUIRE RECOGNITION
EXCELLENCE DOESN’T REQUIRE RECOGNITION
EXCELLENCE DOES NOT NEED TO BE NOTICED TO BE EXCELLENT
BECAUSE THEY CAN REPRODUCE AGAIN WHAT THEY ALREADY PRODUCED!!!!!!
IF I MAKE SOMETHING BY CHANCE, I WOULDN’T WANT NOBODY TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT BECAUSE I MIGHT NOT DO IT AGAIN!!!!
EXCELLENCE DON’T JUST BE EXCELLENT WHEN YOUR BOSS IS WATCHING
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT BEING EXCELLENT FOR YOUR BOSS
YOUR BOSS IS JUST THE BENEFACTOR OF WHO YOU ARE
YOUR BOSS IS JUST THE BENEFACTOR OF WHO YOU ARE
EXCELLENCE
EXCELLENCE DON’T MIND PEOPLE TAKING CREDIT FOR WHAT IT DOES
BECAUSE THEY CAN REPRODUCE AGAIN WHAT THEY ALREADY PRODUCED!!!!!!
IF I MAKE SOMETHING BY CHANCE, I WOULDN’T WANT NOBODY TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT BECAUSE I MIGHT NOT DO IT AGAIN!!!!
EXCELLENCE DOES NOT NEED TO BE NOTICED TO BE EXCELLENT - WHY?
SLIDE --->>> EXCELLENCE IS IT’S OWN REWARD
CONTENT IF THE BOSS DON’T THROW THEM A CHRISTMAS PARTY
EXCELLENCE REWARD IS EXCELLENCE - I’VE DONE MY BEST!!!!! - I CAME AND GAVE THIS THING 110%!!!!! - I AM HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME!!!!!! - THAT IS MY REWARD!!!!! - I AM SATISFIED WITH MY BEST
BECAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS SATISFIED WITH YOUR BEST
EXAMPLE - AFTER A RACE.......
Don’t struggle with finishing 2nd place
Don’t struggle with failure
SLIDE --->>> “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” ― C.S. Lewis
HOW DO YOU DEFINE AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT?
Definition
SWITCH
Excellent - Of the highest or finest quality; exceptionally good, superb
Spirit - Mental disposition, your attitude
SLIDE --->>> YOUR ATTITUDE DETERMINE YOUR ALTITUDE
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DOES THE RIGHT THING WITH THE WRONG ATTITUDE “” “3:23”
15 Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill:
16 The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains;
17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
Phil
WRONG MENTAL DISPOSITION - LET THEM PREACH CHRIST
RIGHT MENTAL DISPOSITION - LET THEM PREACH CHRIST
LEAD INTO THIS NEXT SCRIPTURE
3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
SLIDE --->>> SCRIPTURE
3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
THE LOVE OF GOD PRODUCE A CERTAIN ATTITUDE
THE LOVE OF GOD PRODUCE A CERTAIN ATTITUDE
WILL PRODUCE THE RIGHT Attitude towards People - Not patient, Not kind, Jealous, Resentful, Bias
Not kind
Jealous
Resentful
Bias
Arrogant
WILL PRODUCE THE RIGHT Attitude towards God - Lack of faith, Prideful, Stubbornness, Rebellious
WILL PRODUCE THE RIGHT Attitude towards yourself - Always seeing yourself as a failure
WILL PRODUCE THE RIGHT Attitude towards life -
Without Fear
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
Dictionary of Bible Themes 5766 attitudes, to life
Courage
b. With Courage
13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
c. Being forward-looking and positive
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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HERE WE SEE THE PRODUCT OF DANIEL
HERE WE SEE THE PRODUCT OF CALEB
HERE PEOPLE SEE THE PRODUCT OF YOUR LIFE
CHURCH PEOPLE HURT YOU
PEOPLE LIED ON YOU
PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF YOU
THE DEVIL HAS BEEN TRYING TO BREAK YOUR SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!
THE DEVIL HAS BEEN TRYING TO BREAK YOUR SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!
THE REASON WHY CALEB HAD A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE WAS THIS
YOUR POSITION AFFECT YOUR PERCEPTION
WHO YOU GREW UP WITH
WHY CALEB HAD A DIFFERENT SPIRIT/ATTITUDE?
WHO YOU ALLOW TO SPEAK INTO YOUR LIFE
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WHERE YOU HANG OUT
WHO YOU HANG OUT WITH
WHAT YOU HANG OUT WITH
Grew up in Judah
- DETERMINES HOW YOU SEE THINGS
-DETERMINE THE KIND OF ATTITUDE YOU HAVE
CALEB GREW UP IN JUDAH - A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO IS ALWAYS GIVING GOD PRAISE
Grew up with his dad Jephuneh
HIS FATHER NAMED HIM A DOG
It shall be prepared - a statement of faith
Dad named a Dog
Grew up in Judah
HE LIVED IN A HOUSE OF FAITH - JEPHUNEH: IT SHALL BE PREPARED
HE NEVER COMPROMISE
It was not an accident that the one guy who God picked out live in a land called praise
where you hang out determine how you see things
BUT YOU REFUSE TO COMPROMISE
BUT YOU REFUSE TO COMPROMISE
He saw things differently
NEB - STATUTE - BOW - GOD ALLOW NEB TO SEE THAT NOT EVERYBODY FIRE CAN KILL
Perspective is determined by your position
YOU REFUSE TO BOW
YOU REFUSE TO BOW
YOUR REFUSE TO SETTLE FOR WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF YOU
YOUR REFUSE TO SETTLE FOR WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF YOU
CAN I GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT!!!!!!
CAN I GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT!!!!!!
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
PS139
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!
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END OF PT II
END OF PT II
When you know who you are, you know what you have, and you know what you can do
YOUR POSITION AFFECT YOUR PERCEPTION
DANIEL
Kept his identity
I will not compromise my stand with my God
8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Neb - changed their name, but that didn’t change who they are
When you know who you are, you know what you have, and you know what you can do
2. Daniel was humble
“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” ― C.S. Lewis
3. They refused to compromise
Whatever you compromise to get, you have to compromise to keep
25 The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.
Prov 29
They refused to bow to the image of Neb
I refuse to bow to peoples image of me.
prov
25 Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the Lord means safety.
25 The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.
Prov
28 “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
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2cor4
17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
They refused to bow to the image of Neb
I refuse to bow to peoples image of me.
CAN I GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT!!!!!!
Ps
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14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; And in thy book all my members were written, Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
FEARFULLY
AWESOME
WONDERFUL
ADMIRABLE
Dictionary of Bible Themes 5764 attitudes, negative to God
Rejection
MARVELOUS - SO GREAT TO LOOK AT
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
Fearfully
1cor13 4
Fearfully
Wonderfully
Marvelous
3 ENEMIES OF THE SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE
1. A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT
SOMETHING IS OWED YOU..... IT IS GOING TO COME TO YOU NO MATTER WHAT..... DON’T FORGET I’VE BEEN IN THIS CHURCH..... ALL THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN..... THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE DANIEL DESERVE THIS PROMOTION
These are the people who feel they are excused from doing better.
They get mad when they are being pushed to do better.
They are excused from doing better.
They catch a attitude when they are being corrected.
They shut down any new idea that is going to stretch them beyond what they felt they earned.
DANIEL ENDED UP IN THE LION’S DEN BECAUSE
ENTITLEMENT IS THREATENED BY EXCELLENCE
ENTITLEMENT REST ITSELF IN PAST PROGRESS
PAST PROGRESS DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE SUCCESS
You should just be glad I showed up.
2. MEDIOCRITY
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTENT WITH JUST ENOUGH.
EXAMPLE - SOME PEOPLE ARE CONTENT WITH A “C’ GRADE
DON’T GET MAD AT ME FOR ME BEING ME
3. A LACK OF VISION
WHY BRING EXCELLENCE TO SOMETHING I ALREADY SEE AS A FAILURE
DEAD END JOB
THIS RELATIONSHIP IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE
THERE IS NO DOCTOR IN YOUR FAMILY, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
EXCELLENCE DOESN’T MIND SMALL BEGINNINGS
STOP ARGUING WITH SPECTATORS
YOU WILL WIN THE ARGUMENT AND LOSE THE RACE
Entitlement is threatened by excellence
Entitlement rest itself in past progress!
Past progress does not guarantee future success.