Striving Towards Purpose: A Journey of Faith
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"I am not saying that I have already reached that place in my life but I have not yet completely become the person that God wants me to be whoo let me read that again I have not yet completely become the person that God wants me to be how many of you know that's true in your life if that ain't true you lying I'm not there yet but watch this but I'm trying very hard to reach that place this whole series can be summed up in those five words I am trying very hard I am trying very hard tell somebody next to you might be mad at you tell them I am trying very hard I am come on full watchers just look over somebody you ain't spoke to you don't even want to speak to I am trying let them read your lips I am trying very hard I'm trying to get there to reach that place that was Christ's purpose when he first chose me to belong to him" [00:00:47] (62 seconds)
"Your direction is more important than your speed. Because when you go fast, you lose the process that can develop the skills and the character necessary that you need to handle where you're trying to go. Are you following me? Don't take shortcuts. Watch this video right here that kind of echoes my point about taking shortcuts. Check this out." [00:08:21] (24 seconds)
"were y 'all pulling for the girl who took the hard road see see when you when you take when you take the pathway and you you avoid the hard stuff sometimes you lose don't always take the easy way because there are some things that hard produces in you that's why when you reach your goal see people who take shortcuts don't they usually don't last long but people who go the long way and go the hard way, have everything they need to not only stay at the level they got to, but to grow from that level." [00:09:54] (37 seconds)
"Now, one thing you have to do is either be consistent and keep being patient with your habits, or sometimes you plateau and what got you there won't get you there. What got you here won't get you there. Sometimes you run into a situation where you need a new skill set and new habits and new accountability and new training to get where you're trying to go. Because what you know got you where you are. But where you're trying to go, you have to know something else. So always be a student. Always be willing to learn because God's trying to take you further than you even imagine." [00:11:45] (34 seconds)
"So part, if you're going to strive, strive to be who God wants you to be and what God wants you to be in your life because here's the thing you can know about Jesus. Jesus is very well prepared to play two roles in your life. He can be Savior and He can be Lord. He can be Redeemer and Ruler, but He's not always both in our lives. Now, one, in order for him to be Savior in your life, that's a momentary decision. You can decide in a moment to say, God, I want you to be my Savior. Jesus, I accept you as my Savior. I thank you for what you did. This is the price you paid for my salvation, and I accept that gift into my life. Thank you for being my Savior. That's a momentary, one-time decision." [00:13:07] (40 seconds)
"But in order for him to be Lord of your life, that's a decision you're going to have to make day after day after day throughout the day and the night. It means surrendering your will to his, even when it's uncomfortable, doing it his way, following his plan, following his script. And watch this, watch this. When you align your goals to him, he will give you the power to do them. That's the beauty of it. When your goals align with him, you have his help." [00:13:47] (28 seconds)
"Striving is about trying very hard, y 'all. And when I say trying very hard, that don't mean you're not dependent on God, too. See, some of you think you're going to reach your goal because God's going to do it. God's doing it. God's going to work it out. Well, that's faith. When you read through the Bible, faith and works work together. They're married. In fact, faith needs two things in order to activate, it needs words and it needs works. Because faith without works, so whenever, watch this, whenever you have something that's faith but you don't have no action, that's dead faith." [00:16:52] (35 seconds)
"Now, let's talk about this definition. First of all, he says, do what you're supposed to do, and then you do it when you're supposed to do it, you do it how you're supposed to do it, and you do that every single time. Now, I'm going to take license to say every single time is not realistic because we're not perfect, but it should be your pattern. Your pathology should be, this is how I do things. So it starts, you're doing what you're supposed to do. What's your what? What's your what? What are you supposed to do to move you in the direction of becoming the person God wants you to be financially, relationally, professionally, spiritually, every Lee of your life? What's your what?" [00:19:32] (36 seconds)
"Because if you don't know what the what is, you're stuck. So you have to say, well, God, what am I supposed to do? Because God, watch this, watch this. He uses his word, mostly, he uses his word to do it. He'll use teaching like this. Sometimes, I don't have to know anything about your life. God can use a preacher or a pastor to say something to, from this podium or from any podium, and it speak directly to your life. That's God. He uses word. Because watch this, his word is a lamp to my feet, that's my next step, but it's also a light to my path, that's the future." [00:20:08] (33 seconds)
"What's the thing that you do? What's your thing? Because successful people have learned how to zero down their life to one thing. Many of you can't reach your goals because you're doing too many things. Now, it doesn't mean you don't do other things. In your life, yeah, you take baths. You go get gas in the car. You go to the grocery store. You eat. You brush your teeth. You dump trash. You make up the bed. You do all that stuff that everybody else does. You have your responsibilities. But there's one thing that's in your DNA that has to do with your legacy." [00:25:21] (32 seconds)
"It has to do with why God put you on this earth. That one thing. And the sooner you find out that one thing, you protect that thing in your life. Because that's the thing. Watch this. That's the thing that people notice that you do it when you do it. And they take note of it. It's the thing that people will pay you in compliments and maybe in cash to do. It's your value add to society. It's one thing. It's one thing." [00:25:52] (26 seconds)
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"Your direction is more important than your speed. Because when you go fast, you lose the process that can develop the skills and the character necessary that you need to handle where you're trying to go. Are you following me? Don't take shortcuts. Watch this video right here that kind of echoes my point about taking shortcuts. Check this out." [00:08:21] (24 seconds)
"were y 'all pulling for the girl who took the hard road see see when you when you take when you take the pathway and you you avoid the hard stuff sometimes you lose don't always take the easy way because there are some things that hard produces in you that's why when you reach your goal see people who take shortcuts don't they usually don't last long but people who go the long way and go the hard way, have everything they need to not only stay at the level they got to, but to grow from that level." [00:09:54] (37 seconds)
"Now, one thing you have to do is either be consistent and keep being patient with your habits, or sometimes you plateau and what got you there won't get you there. What got you here won't get you there. Sometimes you run into a situation where you need a new skill set and new habits and new accountability and new training to get where you're trying to go. Because what you know got you where you are. But where you're trying to go, you have to know something else. So always be a student. Always be willing to learn because God's trying to take you further than you even imagine." [00:11:45] (34 seconds)
"So part, if you're going to strive, strive to be who God wants you to be and what God wants you to be in your life because here's the thing you can know about Jesus. Jesus is very well prepared to play two roles in your life. He can be Savior and He can be Lord. He can be Redeemer and Ruler, but He's not always both in our lives. Now, one, in order for him to be Savior in your life, that's a momentary decision. You can decide in a moment to say, God, I want you to be my Savior. Jesus, I accept you as my Savior. I thank you for what you did. This is the price you paid for my salvation, and I accept that gift into my life. Thank you for being my Savior. That's a momentary, one-time decision." [00:13:07] (40 seconds)
"But in order for him to be Lord of your life, that's a decision you're going to have to make day after day after day throughout the day and the night. It means surrendering your will to his, even when it's uncomfortable, doing it his way, following his plan, following his script. And watch this, watch this. When you align your goals to him, he will give you the power to do them. That's the beauty of it. When your goals align with him, you have his help." [00:13:47] (28 seconds)
"Striving is about trying very hard, y 'all. And when I say trying very hard, that don't mean you're not dependent on God, too. See, some of you think you're going to reach your goal because God's going to do it. God's doing it. God's going to work it out. Well, that's faith. When you read through the Bible, faith and works work together. They're married. In fact, faith needs two things in order to activate, it needs words and it needs works. Because faith without works, so whenever, watch this, whenever you have something that's faith but you don't have no action, that's dead faith." [00:16:52] (35 seconds)
"Now, let's talk about this definition. First of all, he says, do what you're supposed to do, and then you do it when you're supposed to do it, you do it how you're supposed to do it, and you do that every single time. Now, I'm going to take license to say every single time is not realistic because we're not perfect, but it should be your pattern. Your pathology should be, this is how I do things. So it starts, you're doing what you're supposed to do. What's your what? What's your what? What are you supposed to do to move you in the direction of becoming the person God wants you to be financially, relationally, professionally, spiritually, every Lee of your life? What's your what?" [00:19:32] (36 seconds)
"Because if you don't know what the what is, you're stuck. So you have to say, well, God, what am I supposed to do? Because God, watch this, watch this. He uses his word, mostly, he uses his word to do it. He'll use teaching like this. Sometimes, I don't have to know anything about your life. God can use a preacher or a pastor to say something to, from this podium or from any podium, and it speak directly to your life. That's God. He uses word. Because watch this, his word is a lamp to my feet, that's my next step, but it's also a light to my path, that's the future." [00:20:08] (33 seconds)
"What's the thing that you do? What's your thing? Because successful people have learned how to zero down their life to one thing. Many of you can't reach your goals because you're doing too many things. Now, it doesn't mean you don't do other things. In your life, yeah, you take baths. You go get gas in the car. You go to the grocery store. You eat. You brush your teeth. You dump trash. You make up the bed. You do all that stuff that everybody else does. You have your responsibilities. But there's one thing that's in your DNA that has to do with your legacy." [00:25:21] (32 seconds)
"It has to do with why God put you on this earth. That one thing. And the sooner you find out that one thing, you protect that thing in your life. Because that's the thing. Watch this. That's the thing that people notice that you do it when you do it. And they take note of it. It's the thing that people will pay you in compliments and maybe in cash to do. It's your value add to society. It's one thing. It's one thing." [00:25:52] (26 seconds)
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