Going From Existing To Effective …Four Keys –pt1 Hebrews 11:23-29 Feb 26, 2017 Edward Church

Do You Want to Stand Before… …Burning Bushes …Or Dried Roots ?

Hebrews 11 Is About Winners It's God's Hall of Fame of Faith. We Often Forget These Were Ordinary People, …Who Accomplished …Extra-ordinary Achievements.

Hebrews 11 Several Things They Had In Common: Weren't Perfect Often Failed All Reached Their Goal Why? They Came To A Pivotal Point… …In Their Faith Life.

They Made The Right Decisions Moses Was No Exception. He… Was Not Perfect Experienced Failure DID Reach His Goal He Settled 4 Basic Life Questions

ALL That We Can Be For God… Basic Life Questions Who Am I? (24) What Are My Choices? (25) What Is Really Important? (26) What Are My Goals? (27) Before We Can Be Truly… ALL That We Can Be For God… We Must Do the Same.

...to Be Effective In God’s Kingdom Basic Life Questions The Answers to These 4 Questions Are… 4 Basic Principles to Apply to Your Life… ...to Be Effective In God’s Kingdom

Who Am I? (24) Be Yourself (24) Refused =to reject; deny; totally disown He Wanted to Do… …What God Made Him to Do.

Moses had an Identity Crisis God Made You For A Purpose. Be Yourself (24) The Problem: Moses had an Identity Crisis He Had to Decide "Who Am I?" We Come to Same Decision The Purpose: God Made You For A Purpose. He Made You to be a Part of a Plan. There's Nobody Who Can Be You Except You

Be Yourself (24) The Power: When He Gets To This Point, He Finds Inner Power Refused (to Reject, Deny,Totally Disown) He Wanted to Do… …What God Had Made Him to Do.

What Are My Choices? (25) Accept Responsibility For Your Own Life Choosing= to select, decide, delib. choice We Have a Choice: Place Blame or Accept Responsibility Don't Blame Somebody Else Do Something About It Decide to Change

Be Responsible (25) Who (23) What (25) When (24) God Chose Moses as a baby… …But When Moses Grew Up What (25) He had to Choose… When (24) He Made His Choice? "When he was come to years."

Mark of Maturity

Part 2

Have Values (V 26) Establish A Value System For Your Life V 26 Esteeming (to weigh in the balance, consider the options, evaluate the worth, consider the value). You have to settle this issue "What is really important?" This is what Moses did.

Have Values (V 26) He clarified his values. He thought it out. He set up a value system. What are your values for life? He believed that Christ was to come and acted accordingly. “These are the things that are important to me, on which I make my decisions.”

Have Values (V 26) Establish A Value System For Your Life Pleasure “I want to feel good.” Possessions “I want to have a lot.” Power “I want to be famous. I want to be influential. I want to be popular. I want to have power, prestige, position.”

Have Values (V 26) The world is frantically searching for these things in life. That's their value system. Psalm 84:10, “I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.” Jesus said, No man can serve two masters. He'll either hate the one and love the other…” You have to decide what's important. James 1:8 “a double minded (2 hearts/ 2 spirits) man is unstable in all his ways.”

Have Values (V 26) Moses decided three things: God's purpose is more valuable than popularity (v 24) God’s people are more valuable than pleasures (v 25) God's peace is more valuable than possessions

Have Some Vision (V 27) Never Take Your Eyes Off The Goal Moses continually visualized his goal. He was persistent. He focused his attention. He constantly kept it before him. Some of us used to have vision. We started out right, and now have forgotten!

Have Some Vision (V 27) By faith (V 27) Vision is a matter of faith Seeing is a matter of faith Moses was seeing with the eyes of faith He left Egypt He persevered, because he saw Him who is invisible. Who's that? God! He saw Him who is invisible.

Moses never took his eye off the goal. Have Some Vision (V 27) Moses never took his eye off the goal. Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish”. "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."