FINISHING STRONG

Discipleship III

Finishing Strong

Finishing Strong

29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’ Luke 14:29-30

In His Steps

Finishing Strong

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. …7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? Heb 12:1-4, 7

In His Steps

Finishing Strong

• Maintain Faith• Move Forward• Maintain Focus

Finishing Strong:Maintain Faith

Maintain Faith…Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses..

“let us throw everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles..”

Maintain Faith….

Finishing StrongMove Forward

Move Forward..

Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us….

Move Forward…• The loneliness trap• The rejection trap• The quitting trap

Finishing Strong:Maintain Focus

Maintain Focus“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God”

What are the benefits of following Jesus?

Maintain FocusA young boy who was kidnapped from outside his Atlanta home was freed after he annoyed his kidnapper by singing a gospel song for three straight hours.“He opened the door and threw me out,” the boy said.

Maintain Focus,,, Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. …7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? Heb 11 v 1-4,7

Discussion• Share how God took you through a major

crisis in your life. Did it strengthen or weaken your ministry?

• Discuss how you plan to maintain focus in your life and fulfil your mission as a team.

• Plan, as a team to creatively present your strategy and mission to the group..the next session.