has success buried you?
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Has Success Buried You?. Ecclesiastes 4:4 “Then I saw that all hard work and skillful effort come from rivalry. Even this is pointless. It’s like trying to catch the wind.”. Has Success Buried You?. Ecclesiastes 4:6 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Has Success Buried You?Ecclesiastes 4:4
“Then I saw that all hard work and skillful effort come from rivalry. Even this is pointless.
It’s like trying to catch the wind.”
Has Success Buried You?Ecclesiastes 4:6
“One handful of peace and quite is better than two
handfuls of hard work and of trying to catch the wind.”
Has Success Buried You?
Buried byFinancial Provision
Has Success Buried You?
Buried byLong Hours
Has Success Buried You?
Buried byWorkplace identity
Has Success Buried You?
Buried byThe money you have
Has Success Buried You?
Buried byPast accomplishments
Has Success Buried You?
Buried bySuccess of your children
Has Success Buried You?
Buried byAll the attempts at SuccessAnd if that image is taken away,You lose your identity.
Have Success Buried You?
Philippians 3:7-9
God does want us to be successful
God put in us a certain passion to excel
A Healthy Ambition.
Success
The positive resolution or completion of a task
or purpose
SuccessAt what?
Godly purpose is at odds with the world
Worldly SuccessExpects Perfection
Nothing less
God has no expectation of our perfection
Fail“A failing; deficience; cessation of
supply, or total defect. As the failure of springs or streams;”
“Omission; non-performance”
Fail“A failing; deficience; cessation of
supply, or total defect. As the failure of springs or streams;”
Cessation of Supply
Would be our effort
World defines success as a destination
God defines success as a process
I am SuccessfulI will be Loved
I am unsuccessfulI am Unloved
God alreadyRadically Loves You
RegardlessOf what level of
success you have had in your life.
Created to do good worksMatthew 5:16
“let your light shine before others, so that they may see
your good works and give glory to your Father who is
in heaven.”
Created to do good works2 Timothy 2:21
“…he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every
good work.”
I don’t have to be THE best
I just have to give MY best- to the glory of God
Accept how much God Radically Loves you
And you are worthy of it.
Then you will notbe performance driven
Doing good and living right should be a RESPONSE to a
Radically Loving God,
NOT a performance plan to earn love from Him.
Discovering who God Created You to be
You are Madein God’s image
Discover who He is
Discovering who God Created You to be
As I learn about Him,
I learn about myself.
Discovering who God Created You to be
Define yourself asGod Radically Loves You
You are WORTHY of His Radical Love
He wants to do awesome eternal things with your life.
Discovering who God Created You to be
His Radical Love for you will be an intimate part of the foundation of His
plan for you