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Acts8:9-25/ Eph 4:17-24

• Your decisions begin to “Define” you

- Meaning: These decisions begin to outline/shape:o Behavior – What I doo Character – Who I am

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•Our lives are defined by a series of Decisions…

•Our Destiny is shaped by a series of Defining Moments

oDestiny – Where I’m Headed

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Define “Defining Moments”• An appointed time at which the essential

nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified, which often influences the direction of ones future

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A.Your decision determines if you:- Move on to the next assignment ordained for

your life

- Stay in the thicket of a bad decision and hopefully “learn from it”

- Forfeit the next assignment ordained for your life

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A. Define CORE BELIEFS• Deeply rooted convictions which shape

how we respond to life in general, to people and the world around us.

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Forfeited Destiny SaulSamsonEli

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The Story of Job

• Job has deep rooted convictions!

A.Job’s first statement• “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And

naked shall I return there. •      The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken

away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.” • In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with

wrong. Job 1:21-22

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• Job has deep rooted convictions!

A.Job’s second statement• Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to

your integrity? Curse God and die!” • _10_ But he said to her, “You speak as one of the

foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:9-10

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This is Your Defining Moment 2

Deep Rooted Convictions