THE RIGHT WAY TO SPELL SUCCESS Part 2 OL 2017

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THE RIGHT WAY TO SPELL SUCCESS!

Successfully Living For Christ – Part 2 C - COMMITMENT


Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
CrossWord Christian Church “However I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may
L. Kirk Sykes, Lead Pastor finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given
me…” Acts 20:24 (NIV)
September 24, 2017

C - COMPASSION (LOVE)
“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; “I may have all knowledge … and the faith to move mountains
meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do … I may give away everything I have – but if I have no love,
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and this does me no good.” 1 Cor. 13:2-3 (TEV)
successful.” Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
“Clothe yourselves with compassion…” Col. 3:12 (NIV)

I. WORLDLY MEASUREMENTS OF SUCCESS E - EXTREME FAITH


• How I look. (1 Sam. 16:7, Gal. 2:6) “If God be for us, who can be against us.”
Romans 8:31 (NIV)
• What I have. (Mark 8:36, Lk. 12:15)
“I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that
Christ gives me.” Philip. 4:13 (TEV)
**Success is determined by who I am**
S - SERVICE TO OTHERS
• "By the grace of God I am what I am." 1 Cor. 15:10 (NIV)
“… we carry out this service of love for the Lord’s glory and to
show that we want to help.” 2 Cor. 8:19 (TEV)
II. A BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF SUCCESS
(Based on the life of the Apostle Paul) “I will be glad to spend all I have, and myself as well, in order
to help you.” 2 Cor. 12:15 (TEV)
S - SENSE OF DIRECTION
“I run straight toward the goal, in order to win the prize…”
S - STANDING POWER
Phil. 3:14 (TEV)
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed;
perplexed, but not in despair;
U - UNDERSTANDING (WISDOM) persecuted, but not abandoned, struck down, but not
destroyed.” 2 Cor. 4:8-9 (NIV)
“May the Lord lead you into a greater understanding of God’s
love and the endurance that is given by Christ.”
2 Thess. 3:5 (TEV) Paul’s Outlook on Life: 2 Cor. 4:16-18

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