16 Jan Code Red (Learning to look at what you’re going TO instead of what you’re going through) PART 12

As of January of 2024 I will be entering my 41 st year of ministry! Over that span of time I have seen
just about everything you can imagine. By the grace of God, we have helped people to walk
through suicide, death, tragedy, abuse, addiction, life threatening disease and divorce…just to
name a few! In all the aforementioned, I have watched people be overcome and I have
watched people overcome. If you’ll follow these Biblical truths you can be among the
overcomers!
Let’s once again take a look at our key verse from Psalms 112:7-8:
“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart
is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire on his enemies.”
Now let’s review from the last number of months as we discussed “7 Outstanding Outlines to
Overcoming Crisis”:

1. How you respond in a crisis is key (Mark 5:36)

2. What God did for another He can do for you (Acts 10:4)

3. Rehearsing past victories is proof you are unstoppable. (I Sam. 17:34-37)

4. Your feelings are created by your focus (Rom. 8:6)

We then began to share…
“12 Focus Facets”:

1) What gets your attention gets you!
2) Just because it gets your attention doesn’t mean it deserves your attention.
3) All failure is based on broken focus.
4) God gave you your mind to re-size your experience.
5) You can’t always decide what happens to you…but you can decide what is big or
small.
6) You can either magnify God and minimize your problems, or you can magnify the
problem and minimize God.
7) Your mind decides what lives or dies in the garden of your soul.
8) You are the garden for the flowers or the weeds.
9) What you continually mind you will eventually find. (Rom. 8:5-6)

10) Feelings only stay when you feed them.

11) You can change your feelings by changing your focus.

12) You can change your focus by speaking the Word. (II Cor. 10:5)

We jumped back into our “7 Outstanding Outlines to Overcoming Crisis”with…

5. In crisis…get and give perspective (II Kings 6:16)
In crisis, people either “freak out” or “faith out.” As leaders, one of the first things we
must do is GET perspective. You can’t give what you don’t have.

Then we began sharing with you “5 Principles Pertaining to Perspective”:
1. Praise brings perspective (Ps. 61:2).

Rather than looking up at your problem you are now looking down on it.

It was a baseball bat the devil was using to intimidate you.

Now it’s just a toothpick because of the higher perspective of praise!

2. Time brings perspective (Ps. 37:25).

I totally understand this as I am in my 40 th year of ministry. I have seen just about everything
you can imagine. I know this in times of crisis.

In Heaven there is no panic…only plans!

3. When emotions are high, wisdom is low!

Remember this: It is very difficult to see clearly through the distortion of emotion!

Never make life changing decisions in a valley.

You change directions on a peak. You change your attitude in a valley!

4. Look for the gold hidden in the ashes of defeat.

5. You are not winning or losing, you’re winning or you’re learning.

Our new territory for this year is…

6. Quitting never improves your life. (Gal. 6:9)
Here the scripture tells us, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we
shall reap, if we faint not. Join us over the next few weeks as we begin to share,  “5 Quitting Quintessentials”.

If you’ll follow these Biblical truths you can be an overcomer by learning to look at what you’re going TO instead of what you’re going through!

Join us next week as we continue our series…