Texts: 2nd Corinthians 4:8-9; 1st Peter 5:10; 2nd Chronicles 15:7
From our lesson last Sunday, one of the characteristics of eagles is speed, courage, taking divine opportunities, embracing pain, having strong vision, and taking advantage of the storm.
What we need to know about life?
1. Life is a challenge, meet it!
2. Life is a gift, accept it!
3. Life is an adventure, dare it!
4. Life is sorrow, overcome it!
5. Life is a tragedy, face it!
6. Life is a duty, perform it!
7. Life.is a game, play it!
8. Life is a mystery, unfold it!
9. Life is a song, sing it!
10. Life is an opportunity, take it!
11. Life is a journey, complete it!
12. Life is a promise, fulfill it!
13. Life is a beauty, praise it!
14. Life is a struggle, fight it!
15. Life is a goal, achieve it!
16. Life is a puzzle, solve it!
Life will not give you what you desire until you demand for it by force. To seize life, you have to do more!
For you to soar in the time of adversity, do more than exist, LIVE. Do more than touch, FEEL!
Don’t forget, life is good!
An eagle takes advantage of its disadvantages. That’s why it flies facing the sun, very different from other animals. You should take advantage of your disadvantage to your own advantage!
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Quitting is not an option; you may be knocked down but you’re not knocked out.
One of the hardest things that can happen in the journey of life is for the ones that are meant to encourage you to be the ones discouraging you.
A success without a failure is a SCAM
A time will come, you will suffer but he will come to settle you, establish you, strengthen you and make you perfect! There is no life scattered, battered, shattered that God cannot gather.
Don’t let your Esau stop you, don’t let your past stop you. Face front, set a goal and get it. Do more!
Proverbs 24:10; Romans 8:28 & 29
If you love God, no one will beg you not to sin. Joseph said, “How will I do this and sin against God?” Love God and don’t stop loving him!
2nd Chronicles 15:7 … but be strong, payday is coming!
Conclusion
God allows us to go through adversity so he can see the ones that will stand, to be able to trust them. God is looking for people in the church that cannot be blown away by all manner of useless things
