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LIFEPOINTE CHURCH VERSE “Forget the past — it is nothing compared to what I am going to
do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have
already begun!”(Isaiah 43:18-19 – New Living Translation)
REMEMBERING WHAT WE’VE
ALREADY LEARNED ABOUT TRACTION!
DAVID: He got stuck because he focused in the past
THE ISRAELITES: They got stuck
because they feared the future
PAUL’S STORY: I’M STUCK & I NEED
SOME TRACTION RIGHT NOW!
I need something more . . . the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I
obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can
will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it;
I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such
as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time. . It happens so
regularly that it’s predictable . . .
I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything
for me? Isn’t that the real question? (Romans 7:17-21, 24 – The Message)
WHAT PAUL DISCOVERED
CHANGED HIS LIFE & CAN CHANGE YOURS
I do not mean that I am already as God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal, but I continue trying to reach it and to make it
mine. Christ wants me to do that, which is the reason he made
me his.
Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal,
but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and
straining toward what is ahead,
I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called
me through Christ to the life above. All of us who are spiritually mature should think this way . . .
we should continue following the truth we already have.
(Philippians 3:12-16 – New Century Version)
STEP 1:
ADMIT Own up to where you are right now
I do not mean that I am already as God wants me to be.
I have not yet reached that goal . . .
ASK: What is currently keeping
me stuck where I am?
STEP 2:
COMMIT Make the choice to move ahead in your
life
I continue trying to reach it and to make it mine . . .
I keep trying to reach the goal
ASK: Am I really ready
to make the changes I need to make?
STEP 3:
TRUST Know that Christ has called me to do this
Christ wants me to do that, which is the reason he made me his . . .and get the prize for which God
called me through Christ to the life above.
ASK: What is God’s purpose
and what is He calling me to be and to do?
STEP 4:
FOCUS Know what is truly important and do it
There is one thing I always do.
ASK: What are my “big rocks”?
STEP 5:
STOP Don’t be defined or
defeated by your past
Forgetting the past . . .
ASK: What in my past
is holding me back or weighing me down?
STEP 6:
START You’ve got to do
whatever it takes to move ahead
Straining toward what is ahead . . .
ASK: What specific things
do I need to do in order to reach my goals?
STEP 7:
CONTINUE You keep moving
ahead no matter what
I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize . . .
we should continue following the truth we already have.
ASK: Once I get started,
what do I need to do to keep the momentum?
STEP 8:
GROW Spiritual maturity fuels
spiritual momentum
All of us who are spiritually mature should think this way!
ASK: Am I growing in my
relationship with Christ daily? If not, why not?
TO GAIN TRACTION YOUR NEED THE
RIGHT INTERACTION
I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question? The answer, thank God, is that
Jesus Christ can and does.
He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want
to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by
the influence of sin to do something totally different.
(Romans 7:24-25 – The Message)
I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.
(Philippians 4:13- God’s Word)
“No chance at all if you think you can pull it off by yourself.
Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it.
(Luke 18:27- The Message)
Let’s Pray