What Would Jesus Say to…
Lesson 1: Steph Curry?
STEPH HAS A STAGE.
AND SO DO YOU.
Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. (NASB)
YOUR GIFT GETS YOU IN.
Proverbs 22:29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men (ESV)
“I know why I play the game, and it’s not to score 30 points a night, but it’s to use the stage I’m on. I’ve been put here for a specific purpose: to be a witness and to share my testimony as I go through it.”
- Stephen Curry
Pride is the #1 enemy to your Platform.
“When pride walks onto the stage, God walks off.”
- Ed Young Jr.
1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. (NIV)
1 Samuel 16:6 … “Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.”7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (NIV)
“God finds faithful people.”
No matter where they are
1 Samuel 17:34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. (NIV)
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WHAT WOULD JESUS SAY?
Luke 16:10 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. 12And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own? (NLT)
1 Samuel 17:34 When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. (NIV)
#1 David was learning to trust God.
1 Samuel 17:37 The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” (NIV)
#2 God was learning to trust David.
Our Calling & Our Cave are Connected!
Proverbs 24:16 Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again. (NET)