20 Oct Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way (Because Tenacity is a Necessity to Fulfill your Destiny) Part 23

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We have a very large contingency of police officers who come to Joy Church (I’ve had to cut way back on my illegal activity…lol!).  It is just one of those “God things”…they truly feel safe at Joy Church.  Within this large contingency of police officers, we have many S.W.A.T. officers who must undergo special and rigorous training in order to be a part of this select unit.

Well some of these young officers know that their pastor (me!) loves to challenge himself physically.  So they are frequently telling me of the different physical training exercises that they do as they know I enjoy trying them at home.  Recently they told me of a Navy Seal training regimen that they have undertaken so I could try it.

In this Navy Seal challenge, you must do 50 full extension push-ups, 15 pull-ups, 50 full extension sit-ups, 25 dips, 40 military presses with 45 pounds and 160 butterfly kicks on your back.  You must do them without resting.  The record time was 3 minutes and 59 seconds by a S.W.A.T. officer who could just about be my son.  I had to give this a try!

On my first attempt I came in at four minutes and one second!  A few days later I had to give it another shot and I shaved my time down to tie the record at 3 minutes and 59 seconds!  Not bad for this 53-year old pastor!  Why do I tell you this?  Because I am certainly not perfect but I am very tenacious!  I believe tenacity is a necessity to fulfill your destiny!

Over the last few months we have shared with you our key scripture for this series:  “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and a sound mind” (II Tim. 1:7).  

Today let’s review our “10 Truths Towards 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)
  4. Tenacious people don’t waste energy on things they can’t control (Phil. 2:14).
  5. Tenacious people are not people pleasers (Prov. 29:25).
  6. Tenacious people are courageous (Joshua 1:6-9).
  7. Tenacious people let go of the past (Phil. 3:13-14)
  8. Tenacious people never resent others’ success (Rom. 12:15).  

Next week we will continue our series…