THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE GRIND OF MAN (PART 3))

THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE GRIND OF MAN

“Framework for the Abundant Life”

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Questions

1. What Is A Half-Way-House?

2. What Is A Half-lived-life?

a. Being alive but not living

b. It is a Life Full of Almost’s.

3. What Do We Call Old Cars That Are Beautiful But Never Driven?:

a. ANTIQUES

4. What do we call a life that is not lived?

a. A wasted life

PRINCIPLE: There Is Nothing More Dishonorable to the Lord Than To Have His Life And To Waste It On Being An Antique and Half-Way Living It

B. The Key To Change Is That, In Order To Change, You Have To Change.

1. You have to change your mindset

2. You have to change your internal and external enviornment

3. You have to change who and what you tolerate

II. CHRISTIAN FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE: MY 3-H FRAMEWORK

A. Be Always Holy – Staying honorable in my relationship with God and others

B. Be Always Humble – Prioritize serving the Lord, others and myself

1. The most-humble thing I can do is to be the best me God has created me to be

C. Be Always Hungry – The Priority of doing all that I can to achieve my purpose

III. GREATNESS: INTEGRITY AS THE INTEGRATED LIFE

“GREATNESS IS DISCIPLINE WITHOUT DISTRACTION”

A. Stop Taking M.E.D.S.

1. M - Making excuses

a. Principle: Stop masking eternity

2. E – EASE

a. Principle: Ease is mediocrity’s twin

3. D- DEVICES

a. Principle: Cell phones should assist and not assault our purpose

4. S- SLOTH

a. Principle: Laziness is lethal against purpose

B. Plant Good S.E.E.D. In Your Life

1. SEED #1

S: Sleep –

i. Sleep has more impact on health than nutrition and exercise combined.

ii. “… only during deep, restful sleep can human brain cells replenish the energy stores they deplete during a full day of thinking, sensing and reacting

School-aged Children 6-13 years ____ to ____ hours

Teenagers 14-17 years ____ to ____ hours

Young Adults 18-25 years ____ to ____ hours

Adults 26-64 years ____ to ____ hours

v. You-Tube Shawn Stevenson

E: Exercise

i. PRINCIPLES OF exercise

Just get moving

Incorporate it into your routine

E: Execution –

i. Educate for Execution so that you can Execute for Education

ii. The pursuit of perfection is the enemy of execution.

iii. Focus on consistency not perfection

iV. Only those who educate and execute those are the cultivators and transformers of life, society and the world

v. Perfection is enemy of purpose: ship it!!!!

vi. PRINCIPLES OF EXECUTION

1. Organize your day

2. Organize your free time around your purpose

3. APP your organization

D: Diet

2. S.E.E.D. #2

S: Serve

E: Examination

i. An unexamined life is life not worth living

ii. An unexamined life never gets out of its own way

iii. An unexamined life is like a garage full of old stuff that seems important, but is only taking up space, because you have not assessed its value

iv. An unexamined life is a life that does not know what to be thankful for and, therefore, is void of gratitude

E: Eternity

i. Greatness comes when we believe (have faith)

ii. Faith cannot be strengthened against the odds we will face if we do not constantly seed it and nurture it

iii. Principles for SEEDing Eternity

1. Prayer and Word

2. Weekly worship

3. Godly friends and conversations

4. Planting it in others’ lives

D: Delight