How To Attain Excellence in Life Flying High. What is Excellence? Fineness Brilliance Superiority Distinction Quality Merit Antonym: mediocrity.

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How To Attain Excellence in Life Flying High

What is Excellence? Fineness Brilliance Superiority Distinction Quality Merit Antonym: mediocrity

God, the Excellence The Creator The Holy The Perfect

Why Excellence God wants us to be like Him To help others to be like God To Advance God’s Mission To Have Eternal life

The Foundation of Excellence Following God’s guidance and commandments Joshua 1:8-10 Dependence on God: even Jesus needed to depend on God for success

The Way to Excellence Jesus is the way to Excellence Dependence in Jesus John 15:1-10 The tree The branches The connection The Pruning The total dependence Prayer and trust Faith

Can A Sinner be Excellent? All sinned Hope in Jesus He took our condemnation “Jesus living in me” makes success possible To surrender to the power of the Holy Spirit