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2. By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established. – Proverbs 24:3

3. #TheWordSeries - Matthew 7:24-27 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

4. #TheWordSeries - Matthew 7:24-27 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

5. #TheWordSeries I. Build your life on the strong foundation (v. 24–25)

6. #TheWordSeries I. Build your life on the strong foundation (v. 24–25) 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.” – Matthew 7:24-25

7. #TheWordSeries I. Build your life on the strong foundation (v. 24–25) But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. – James 1:22-24

8. #TheWordSeries “What you do reveals what you love, where your heart is, and what you trust.” – Jerell Carper

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12. “Living only in sunshine doesn’t tell us much about our heart.”

13. #TheWordSeries Hurricane Andrew

14. #TheWordSeries Obedience to Jesus is not a protection from the troubles – it’s a protection in the troubles.

15. #TheWordSeries I. Build your life on the strong foundation (v. 24–25) II. Destroy your life on the wrong foundation (v. 26–27)

16. #TheWordSeries I. Build your life on the strong foundation (v. 24–25) II. Destroy your life on the wrong foundation (v. 26–27) 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” – Matthew 7:26-27

17. #TheWordSeries Foolish = “moros”

18. #TheWordSeries QUESTION: Why did the man build his house on the sand?

19. #TheWordSeries QUESTION: Why did the man build his house on the sand? ANSWER: He miscalculated the weather.

20. #TheWordSeries “Our foundation should be poured on sunny days.”

21. #TheWordSeries 1) The foundation is hidden until the storm comes.

22. #TheWordSeries 1) The foundation is hidden until the storm comes. 2) The Christ follower is not spared from the storms but assured they will withstand.

23. #TheWordSeries 1) The foundation is hidden until the storm comes. 2) The Christ follower is not spared from the storms but assured they will withstand. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

24. #TheWordSeries 1) The foundation is hidden until the storm comes. 2) The Christ follower is not spared from the storms but assured they will withstand. 3) We will all face the ultimate storm of God’s judgment.

25. #TheWordSeries 1) The foundation is hidden until the storm comes. 2) The Christ follower is not spared from the storms but assured they will withstand. 3) We will all face the ultimate storm of God’s judgment. 4) Both “storms” will reveal our self-deception.

26. #TheWordSeries “Stop being merely impressed by Jesus and surrender to Jesus”

27. #TheWordSeries "He became what we are that He might make us what He is." - Saint Athanasius

28. #TheWordSeries “Life has a way of eroding the soil of the soul. Before long we all discover our functional foundation.” – Jerell Carper