15 Sep Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way (Because Tenacity is a Necessity to Fulfill your Destiny) Part 19

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Over the last number of weeks we have given you our key verse from II Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.”  Then we began to teach “10 Truths Toward Tenacity”:

  1. Tenacious people don’t’ waste time feeling sorry for themselves (Rom. 8:31).
  2. Tenacious people don’t hand the reigns of their emotional well-being to another (Phil. 4:4)
  3. Tenacious people embrace change (Ps. 55:19)

Then we discussed “9 Channels of Change”:

  1. Sometimes people are more comfortable with old problems than new solutions.
  2. The road to growth always travels through the city of change.
  3. God-given change will always create better “normals”
  4. People tend to keep you where they last saw you.  Your change will expose the flesh of others.
  5. When’s the last time you did something for the first time, and if it’s been a long time…it’s about time!
  6. You must be willing to initially do something poorly so you can eventually do something excellently.
  7. You must fight personal complacency.  You fall prey to “success disease” when you feel good about where you are and what you have.
  8. If it ain’t broke…improve it!
  9. Never under-estimate the power to change yourself.  Never over-estimate the power to change others

4.  Tenacious people don’t waste energy on things they can’t control (Phil. 2:14).

Then we gave you “4 No Moan Zone Milestones”:

    1. Focus on what you do have not what you don’t have (I Thes. 5:18)
    2. Search for the “any” (Phil. 4:8)
    3. Be content with your contents (Phil. 4:11)
    4. Complaining is like bad breath…you notice it when it comes out of someone else’s mouth, but not when it comes out of yours! 

5. Tenacious people are not people pleasers (Prov. 29:25).

We gave you “8 Powerful People Pleaser Points”:

      1. You’ll never find peace in another man’s head!
      2. You’d be surprised how little people are actually thinking of you!
      3. If you compromise to keep a relationship, eventually you won’t recognize yourself.
      4. People can be replaced…peace can’t!
      5. The easiest thing to be in the world…is you.  The hardest thing to be in the world…is what others want you to be.
      6. Popularity is when you are liked by others.  Security is when you are liked by yourself.
      7. I’m accepted by the Best…who cares about the rest! (Eph. 1:6)
      8. Don’t go from people pleaser to people pusher (I Cor. 9:19)

6. Tenacious people are courageous (Joshua 1:6-9).

In this section we shared with you “6 Courage Concepts”:

    1. Anyone can see a problem.  It takes courage to solve a problem.
    2. Courage says publicly what everyone else is whispering privately.
    3. Fear is simply courage’s opportunity.
    4. Courage is not careless!
    5. Courage is contagious!
    6. With courage what could be and what should be…will be!

7. Tenacious people let go of the past (Phil. 3:13-14)

Please allow me to share “6 Life Lessons to Let Go of the Past”:

               1.  Never let what you did define you.  God hates divorce, but He loves divorcees.  If you have gone through the tragedy of divorce, remember it was an event…not a lifetime.  Don’t let it define your today.

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               2.  Never let what was done TO you define you.  My mother grew up the oldest of seven siblings.  Her father (my grandfather) was a raging alcoholic.  He was a very mean drunk.  He would often come home in a drunken stupor, would find my mom and then go and grab his shotgun.  He would tell my mom, “I’m going outside to shoot the dog and when I return, I’m going to shoot you!”  He would then go outside and shoot the shotgun up in the air.  Of course my mother did not know that and she would be terrified as she thought she was next!  Can you imagine what this would do to a young girl emotionally?  Thank God my mom decided a long time ago that she was not going to be a victim but a victor.  She was the first one to be saved in our family.  She was able to lead most of her siblings to Jesus, her mom and even her alcoholic father.  Without my mom, I would not be writing this to you today!  She was determined not to let what was done TO her define her!

Always let what Jesus did for you define you!  If you know what He did for you and therefore how God sees you in Christ…it will allow you to respond to life from your position not your condition!

Next week we will continue our series!