From Trying to Training: Winning Spiritually in Life

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "I want to help you become the very best version of you that you can be. That's what we do here at New Life Church. We believe that, look, this is who we are right now, but this is who God wants us to be. And we're on a journey to become all that God really wants us to be. And if that's who you are, then man, welcome to the New Life Church." [01:01:21] (19 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "God wants you to win. So look at what 1 Corinthians 9, verse 24 says. It says, don't you realize that in a race everyone runs where only one person gets the prize? Can you just shout out the last words with me? So run to win. Now look, before you just thought this was Jeff Baker with his little antics up here as a pastor getting this sermon started. No, no, no, no. I was actually talking about God's word. God's word says, look, if you're gonna do it, do it to win. Run to win." [01:03:27] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "There is a power to change that comes from training for godliness, guys. And it's worth it because the prize is so much greater than a wreath. The prize is eternal life with God forever. So what's the difference between training and trying? Well, trying is just an attempt. It's an attempt to change with a minimal commitment. Trying, just think about the word itself. I'm trying to do it. So many people say, I'm trying to do something, which means this. I'm kind of half-hearted." [29:57] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "Do you want to actually experience the power to change? And do you actually want to stop trying and start training? It has to be a spiritual response to God, a spiritual effort based on the power of the Holy Spirit and let God change you from the inside out. There is a power to change. Train. Don't try. Train. Don't try." [42:10] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "Let me motivate you today. Let me tell you this. That winning isn't something that happens when you finally completed the change in your life. Winning happens when you wake up tomorrow and you commit yourself to training. Don't try anymore. Trying is a human effort based on human abilities. And when we base things on human effort and human abilities, guess what happens? We fail every time. Training is a spiritual effort based on the power of the Holy Spirit. And when we take a spiritual effort based on the power of the Holy Spirit, here's what happens. God wins every time." [42:10] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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### Quotes for Members

1. "Lasting change doesn't come through behavior modification. Lasting change happens through spiritual transformation. Spiritual transformation. We talked about that spiritual transformation is changing the heart. It's changing from the inside out. And then if we don't change the heart, we don't change our life. And if we don't change the heart, then guess what happens? The behaviors come back." [01:07:25] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "I want to help you change the way you think about change. Today, basically, what I want to do is I want to help you change your perspective on change, and I'm going to help you do that. We're going to get there, but before we do that, let's review this teaching series. This teaching series started with this premise that we want to have lasting change, but lasting change doesn't come through behavior modification. Lasting change happens through spiritual transformation." [16:31] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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3. "So we talked about, well, how do you get there? Well, you need a spiritual why. A spiritual why is like the answer to why you're going to change. It's not I'm just changing because I don't like what I'm saying. I'm changing because I want to bring glory and honor to the Lord. I'm not just going to change the way that I deal with my finances because I hate being in debt. No, I'm going to change the way I deal with my finances because I want to put God first in my finances." [01:09:52] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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4. "So let's review. What's the difference between trying and training? Well, when you're trying, it's easy to give up. It's easy to walk away. Why? Because I don't feel like it right now. I don't feel like it. But when you're training, when you're training, then you don't, you don't train, right, according to your feelings. You train according to your commitment. There's a difference. You don't train according to how you feel. I don't feel like it today so I'm not going to church. I don't feel like it today so I'm not reading the Bible. I don't feel like it today so I'm not going to serve, you know, my position that I volunteered for here at the church. You don't do that. That's trying. Trying is based on feelings. Training is based on commitment." [36:28] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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5. "You need to get to a point where you start telling yourself about the change that needs to happen in your life. I'm not trying anymore. I'm training. You got to get to that spot where you start telling yourself I'm not going to try anymore. I am going to start training. Can you just say this with me? I'm not trying. I am training. Come on one more time. I'm not trying. I am training. Listen to me. I want you to stop trying to have a better marriage. You have a great marriage. You're just in training. It's a mindset change. You're right. You're right. You're not trying to be good parents. You are good parents in training. Right. You're not trying to be more like Jesus. You're a great Jesus follower in training." [40:46] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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