Brains in Your Head

Know Your Limits

Brains in Your Head

Know Your Resources

Brains in Your Head

Know Your Place

Job 12.12Job 12.12

Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old.

Gen 47.9Gen 47.9

Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years.

But my life has been short compared to the lives of my

ancestors.”

Ecc 12.11Ecc 12.11

The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but

helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with

which a shepherd drives the sheep.

Failure is an Event, Not a Person

Phil 3.13-14Phil 3.13-14

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and

looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the

race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus,

is calling us.

Failure is an Event, Not a Person

You can endure the what if you understand the why.

What kind of dirt will you be?

Luke 8.4-8, 11-Luke 8.4-8, 11-1515One day Jesus told a story in the form

of a parable to a large crowd that had gathered from many towns to hear him: “A farmer went out to plant his seed. As

he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was

stepped on, and the birds ate it.

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Other seed fell among rocks. It began to grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for lack of moisture. Other seed fell among thorns that grew up with it and choked out the tender plants. Still other seed fell on fertile soil.

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This seed grew and produced a crop that was a hundred times as much as had been planted!” When he had said this, he called out, “Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”

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“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God’s word. The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message, only to have the devil come and take it away from their hearts and prevent them from believing and being saved.

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The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation. The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life.

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And so they never grow into maturity. And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.

What kind of dirt will you be?

Pulling Away from the Crowd

Opportunities will abound for you to do the wrong thing.

Titus 2.12Titus 2.12

And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God

Pulling Away from the Crowd

The last thing the world needs is another copy-cat.

Stay the Course

John 4.34John 4.34

Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

Stay the Course

Never, ever forget how to tell right from wrong.