4. LEO BIGGER

5. «Israel rises like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion.» The Bible, Numbers 23:24

6. I. Fight for your “territory/area”!

7. The question of passion: what do I enjoy doing most? when do I feel most alive? which circumstance makes me angry? what do I condemn? what do I like to talk about most? what do I fight for?

8. In 1963 Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial: I have a dream!

9. Martin Luther King: It was his passion to become equal!

10. In the forties, Billy Graham filled whole stadiums to tell people of God’s love!

11. Billy Graham: It was his passion to excite people for God!

12. Since May 1996 I, Leo Bigger, have been leading ICF Zurich, a new kind of church!

13. Leo Bigger: already as a child I had a passion for God and the church!

14. II. Stand up! «Israel rises like a lioness...» The Bible, Numbers 23:24

15. The fearful one! «The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.» The Bibel, Proverbs 28:1

16. The immobilized one! «God doesn’t use the best, but those who allow themselves to be used by Him best.» Quote

18. The tamed one! «The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.» The Bible, Romans 8:15

19. The trapped one! «Trust God in every situation! Do what you can and God will do what you can’t.» Quote

20. The comfortable one!

21. III. Take over your place! «Israel rises like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion. The Bible, Numbers 23:24

22. Your patience will become the reward!

23. «As a lion growls, a great lion over its prey - and though a whole band of shepherds is called together against it, it is not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor - so the Lord Almighty will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.» The Bible, Isaiah 31:4

24. Your weakness will become the victory!

25. Your disappointment will become the miracle!

26. «Blessed are those whose dreams are shaped by their hopes, not their hurts.» Robert Schuller

27. «Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell.» The Bible, Acts 13:36