26 Jun I Can! ~Developing a “whatever it takes attitude”! Part 5
Before we begin this week let’s review…
We have been sharing four basic types of people in life:
- Cop-outs…they have no God-given goals and make no decisions
- Hold-outs…they have God-given goals but are afraid to respond to the challenge
- Drop-outs…they have God-given goals but quit when things get tough
- All-outs…they have God-given goals and get them done…whatever it takes!
Then we launched into…
10 Keys to Kindling an “I Can” Attitude:
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- Reject an “I can’t” attitude (Mark 2:4).
- Take the bull by the horns (Phil. 3:12).
- Enter the “No Moan Zone” (Phil. 2:14).
- Empathize don’t criticize (Ezek. 3:15).
- Fan the flame of your passion (II Tim. 1:6)
Now, let’s continue this week with…
6. Go the second mile…over and over again (Matt. 5:41)
Here Jesus said, “And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.” At the time in which this was written, the Romans had a law that the Jews were required to carry the Roman’s backpack of supplies for one mile. Well you can imagine that most Jews would very reluctantly carry the soldier’s supplies because they had to. However Jesus, going counter culture, told the Jews to go the second mile.
Can you imagine the surprise of the Roman soldier, who was used to Jewish people throwing down their supplies in disgust after the first mile…when all of a sudden with a good attitude the Jew would say, “I’ll carry this the second mile!” The first mile the Roman soldier had the Jew, but it was in the second mile that the Jew had the Roman soldier!
It’s always in the second mile that people begin to ask “why” and when they ask why, you can tell them “It’s because of Jesus!”
About 18 months ago, we constructed our second building on campus called “The Landing”. It is a state of the art building. It has a beautiful pantry to feed the poor. It has an entire wing dedicated to teenagers and another entire wing dedicated to children. Dave & Buster’s and Chuck-E-Cheese has nothing on the Landing! I truly do mean this! This facility was not designed for the Joy Church people but as an outreach center to reach the community!
It truly is a “second mile” facility. People are blown away by its excellence. When we had our First Responders outreach there and then on top of that we gave their children bicycles…they were asking why! We then gave them Jesus!
Remember this Expectation Bar:
- No bar…no expectation
- Low bar….low expectation
- Someone sets the bar…required expectation
- You set your own bar higher than anyone else but God…high expectation
Remember this: There is never a traffic jam on the extra mile!
Join us next month as we continue our series!