Big Idea: God's plan for my life requires a course of action and a cause of action

Key Questions:
- Why do I seek God?
- Why do I worship God?
- Why do I surrender my life to God?
- Why do I give my best to God?
- Why do I connect and share with others?

Big Idea: What should I do when God says no?

- "Yes" can be a bad and "No" can be best
- Explore the "No"
- Don't avoid the warning
- Choose who will relent

BIG IDEA: Honour is an essential element in God's kingdom.

- Honour others despite their weakness
- Honour others despite their strengths
- Who is the one person I should never honour? Me.

They saw her sin. He saw her value.
- Jesus stooped
- Jesus always brings you higher
- Jesus sent

Move from the mud to the mission
- Jesus stood
- Jesus stopped

Big Idea:
We all have champions of fear that need to fall.

- Dream the defeat
- Dodge the discouragers
- Anchor your assurance
- Speak out of your certainty
- Take your stand and face your enemy

Big Idea:
We are not meant to stand still or stay idle but step into the next assignment on our lives.

Characteristics of God's assignment:
- Progress and promotion
- Invincible and unstoppable
- Promise of partnership

Requirements of God's Assignment:
- Confession and meditation
- Holy confidence
- Unwavering obedience

POINT 1: There is no violent storm or raging heart that Jesus cannot calm.

POINT 2: Some storms come by design.

POINT 3: We are not alone in our anguish.

POINT 4: Jesus walks on what worries us.

POINT 5: When we call out, Jesus climbs in.

POINT 6: The awe is worth the awful.

BIG IDEA:
Be not afraid of God's plan.

- God's plan is creative.
- God's plan is uncertain.
- God's plan is uncomfortable.
- God's plan is rewarding.

BIG IDEA:
We all have treasures in our lives worth guarding.

GATEKEEPER OF THE EYES
Careful to guard what we see.

GATEKEEPER OF THE EARS
Careful to guard what we hear.

GATEKEEPER OF THE MIND
Careful to guard what we think.

GATEKEEPER OF THE HEART
Careful to guard what we feel.

BIG IDEA:
PROXIMITY = PROFITABLE. DISTANCE = DETRIMENTAL

1. FOLLOWING JESUS “AT A DISTANCE” IS MORE ABOUT OUR CURIOSITY THAN OUR CONVICTIONS.

2. DISTANCE IS ANOTHER FORM OF DISOBEDIENCE.

3. DISTANCE CAN BE CAUSED BY THE PROSPECT OF DISRUPTION AND SUBTRACTION.

4. DISTANCE DOESN’T MAKE THE HEART GROW FONDER. IT MAKES THE HEART GROW FAINTER.