Called to Compete - part 2

Jeremiah Poulsen

Called to Compete • Sermon • Submitted 5 years ago

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in the midst of striving for victory and success in the various competitions of life we can wrongly begin filling our heart with the achievements of this life. Our performance record can quickly become the thing that lifts us or lets us down. Scipture teaches that its in rejoicing, reasoning and requesting that we can armor our hearts against the drifting toward worry and performance based righteousness.

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Guard Your Heart

Proverbs 4:23 NIV84

23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV

23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

English Standard Version Chapter 4

4 pRejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness4 be known to everyone. qThe Lord is at hand; 6 rdo not be anxious about anything, sbut in everything by prayer and supplication twith thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And uthe peace of God, vwhich surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Where your heart finds its fullness is where your life will be attracted toward.

Guard means to “keep watch, observe, hide, protect, store away, keep in reserve”

Philippians 4:4–7 ESV

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

phil

rejoice in the LORD

reasonableness toward all

gratefulness and request

Proverbs 4:23 NLT

23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Discussion questions:

Who is the most Passionate person you know? Why would you say they are passionate?

What are you passionate about?

How has this influenced you?

Is there something that "fills your heart" simply by thinking about it? What does this mean you need to guard against? Where will this lead you?

Group Leader, have someone read . Jeremiah spoke about guarding your heart by "rejoicing", "reasoning" and "requesting" which one of these do you think is most important for you to add to your week?

What is the difference between rejoicing “in the LORD” and rejoicing in other things?

How does the gospel give us passion as we compete?

What does this teaching help you learn about yourself?

What does this teaching help you learn about God?

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