February 19, 2023
1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. New International Version
“I’m not afraid of failure. I’m afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.” – Missionary William Carey
The Way: Greek, “Hodos,” a way, a road, a path, a journey
Jeremiah 6:16 “Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” New International Version
#1 ASK FOR THE ANCIENT PATHS
Jeremiah 6:16 “Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” New International Version
Leviticus 25:20 “You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.” New International Version
Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind. American Standard Version
#2 ASK WHERE THE GOOD WAY IS
Jeremiah 6:16 “Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” New International Version
Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. New International Version
Luke 5:4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into the deeper part, and let down your nets for a catch.’ English Standard Version
Luke 5:5 Master,’ replied Simon, ‘we were working hard all night and caught nothing at all. But if you say so, I’ll let down the nets.’ English Standard Version
Luke 5:6 When they did so, they caught such a huge number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. English Standard Version
#3 WALK IN IT
Jeremiah 6:16 “Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” New International Version
John 15:4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. New International Version
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. English Standard Version
What will 20 years of your current family routine result in?
Matthew 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. New International Version