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Go for the Goal
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Go for the Goal
Start the Good fight Series
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Introduction
2 Timothy 4:7-8
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
1. Knowing the Goal
What is our goal?
Knowing
Revelations 2:10
10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
Scripture
To remain faithful until the end.
- Not running aimlessly
- Motivation
2. Aiming for the Goal
Aiming
- What are you doing to reach the goal? How are you showing your faith...
Towards God
Towards God?
Mark 12:30
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
- Do you still give God your best?
Towards Your Brothers and Sisters
Towards your brothers and sisters?
Mark 12:31
"The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
Towards others
Matthew 28:19-20
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Towards Others?
2. Focusing on the Goal
Focusing
- What distracts you from focusing on the goal?
Our Desires
Distractions
- Aspirations in life (dream job)
- Material things
- Romance
- Friends/Peers
- What the world offers
- Immediate gratification
- Impatience
- School
- Feelings/Emotions
- Parents
- When the going gets tough
- Worries (Worry-wart)
- K-drama
- Video games
Philippians 3:8-9
Scripture
"8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith."
Hebrews 12:2
"...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Scripture
Goal Without Deeds is Dead
- The right heart or motivation
Action
Ephesians 2:10
"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
- What do you need to do?
Luke 9:23
"23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."
CLOSING
Closing
Matthew 25:23
23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’