* True life can only be experienced when you go through death.

* How does that relate to biz?

* Because a biz starts as a dream, and if you want to accomplish it there are three stages to a dream:

* Birth - Death - Fulfillment

* Our first book - WTC: Facing your fear, Die to your dream, live POWERFUL.

* How does this work?

* Jesus came to give us eternal life, but He had to die first.

* Vs 23-24 shows the mindset of death (use seed prop).

* All the characteristics of the oak tree are found in an acorn - but it has to die to come to life.

* If the acorn had feelings, what would it say? “I don’t wanna die!”

* Vs 25-26 shows the method of death - the practical way you do it.

* You put God’s thing above your thing.

* That requires eternal perspective (hate this life compared to our next life).

* Vs 27a - Christ’s humanity revealed!!!

* Don’t ask God to get you out of it, ask Him to help you get something out of it.

* Vs 27b - the only way to die is to focus on your purpose for being alive!

* You are not here for YOU! You’re here for God’s glory.

* If you know you’re here for God’s glory, then you can trust Him to write your story!

* Vs 28 - God’s response - Christ heard His audible voice.

* Do you want to hear God’s voice? Then you have to be willing to die!

* You wanna hear God’s voice in your life? Then you gotta die!

* True life can only be experienced when you go through death.

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