Burn the Ships

• “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”(2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT)

• Your life may look like a chunk of bread & a few dried up fish – In the heart of God that’s more than enough!
⁃ bread: stale hope
⁃ Fish: dried up dreams

Whenever we say no to one way of life that we have long been used to, there is pain.
⁃ But remember, “no pain, no gain”!

• 2 Tim. 4:10 “for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica…”

Hernando Cortez issued a rather interesting order to his men as they began their conquest of the Aztec empire in 1519. The order was simple: Burn the boats.
He wanted his men to realize that they had no opportunity to retreat, so they had to give this fight everything they had. Failure was no longer an option and winning this battle just became that much more important.

• Perspectives for “A Long Obedience In The Same Direction”

• Perspectives for “A Long Obedience In The Same Direction”:
⁃ We need to look at the word of God not as commandments we are under obligation to, but as promises we are invited into.

• Perspectives for “A Long Obedience In The Same Direction”:
⁃ We need to look at the word of God not as commandments we are under obligation to, but as promises we are invited into.
⁃ We need to focus on the “living from” rather than the “living for”

• Perspectives for “A Long Obedience In The Same Direction”:
⁃ We need to look at the word of God not as commandments we are under obligation to, but as promises we are invited into.
⁃ We need to focus on the “living from” rather than the “living for”
⁃ Live to give not get, you’ll never be disappointed!

• Perspectives for “A Long Obedience In The Same Direction”:
⁃ We need to look at the word of God not as commandments we are under obligation to, but as promises we are invited into.
⁃ We need to focus on the “living from” rather than the “living for”
⁃ Live to give not get, you’ll never be disappointed!
⁃ Don’t romanticize the past(ie. the times before Jesus in my life were the “fun” times)

• “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.”
Philippians 1:6 NLT