SERIES: What's In It For Me? Episode 2: Success Comes With A Cost

DISCLAIMER: YOU MUST BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST JESUS TO
GRASP THESE TEACHING AND TO LIVE THIS KIND OF LIFE!


SERIES: WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME!


Recap: Set up to Win. I hope that you are beginning to position
yourselves to begin to experience God in a life-changing
way.

THIS WEEK’S EPISODE: Introduction: Success Comes With A Cost!


JOSHUA 1:7-8- 7 “Be strong and very courageous. {4 times]
Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not
turn from it to the right or the left, that you may be successful
wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on
your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be
careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be
prosperous and successful.


Joshua was one of only 2 of the spies that believed that they
could possess the promised land, this is why God chose him and
giving him a blessing of invincibility during his lifetime. He
listened to God & Moses, he was willing to risk it all for
God and he was never afraid to act on what God called him to do.
You know you, somebody when God named one of the books of the
Bible after you.


Some first ingredients of being a successful believer are found
in part of vs 7 {strong, courageous, and obedience]


1.    It is when turning right or left, following our
plans, our thoughts, our desires, things began to fall apart:


Moses- (Num 20:11-12). He allowed the stubbornness and hard
hearts of Israelites to keep him from entering the promised land,
God told Moses to speak to the rock, He struck it.  


Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-10)- Half Obedience is not even
good enough, they wanted people to think they gave all the
possessions to the poor, but the Holy Spirit revealed to Peter
what they had done.


Israelites- worshipping other gods, marrying foreign women, not
killing their enemies.


1.    Memorizing the Scriptures, going to church,
listening to gospel music is not enough, it must be obeyed, it
has to be trusted, and it has to be always on in your mind/heart.
We cannot do with it like we are taking a test, keep the
information in our head long enough to pass the test, or like
going to an interview, researching a business to find out what
it's all about to impress until you get the job. It connects you
to the very heart of God. It is your protection [spiritual armor,
it lets us know when we are getting off track, it is life]. If
the Word used the Word to fight the schemes of the devil, so must
we. 


Success Comes with a Cost:


1.    God is only going to give us success if we are
willing to follow His master plan and not our desires. 


2. God does not give passes for disobedience


3. Purposely Pursue God, A Blessed Life Is Not Automatic!”


Experiencing God, Discerning the Voice of God, When Godly People
Do Ungodly Things.


PROVERBS 16:3- Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He will
establish the plans.


Lessons To Reflect On From This Week’s Episode: 


Our success in this world is not determined by the world
standards but it is based on the Word of God and you will never
succeed until you trust Him!


Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself in the Lord, and He shall give thee
the desires of thine heart. He gives us our desires because our
desires line up with what He desires.


Letting go your will is not easy, it is familiar, traditional,
all you have ever known but just like Jesus, we have to deny
ourselves, pick up our crosses and follow Him and while we are
going, saying in our heads and out loud “not my will but thy will
be done. It cost Jesus His life, what will it cost you?


Next week we will continue to dive into what God has just for
you. Check out Romans 12:1-2


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REMEMBER MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS, IT TAKES GRACE


Remember my sisters and brothers, it takes GRACE TO MAKE
IT!