Next Level

Message Date: October 16, 2019
Bible

Pastor Christian McDaniel

 

What is holding you back from your Next Level?

 

…but first why would we be talking about next level?

 

Hebrews 12:1 TPT

 

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Matthew 25:22-23 TPT

 

Luke 16:10-11 TPT

 

So what is holding you back from your next level??? 

 

Self-focus? 

  -Complaining (it’s my party)

  -CFA night shift & Dean 

  –Luke 16:12 TPT

 

Fear? 

  -Would if I stumble? (Dc talk)

   -2 Timothy 1:7 TPT

   -Negative Nancy’s

 

Comfort? (happy)

  –C. S. Lewis once said, “I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.”

   -Signs you may be too comfortable:

1. There’s no friction between your christianity and your partisan politics. If your Christianity align ms perfectly with a political party that is very convenient.
2. You have no tensions or unresolved questions 
3. Your friends or coworkers are surprised you are a church going Christian
4. You never think about or remember the Sunday sermon on Monday
5. No one at church ever annoys you
6. You never feel challenged, only affirmed
7. You’ve never had to have a “truth-in-love” conversation with a fellow Christian
8. No one in your church could comment on any area of growth they’ve seen in you

but YOU don’t change…

 

The Unknown/Uncertainty? (twilight zone, oceans)

  -Genesis 12:1-3 ESV

  -confidence is built IN the process

 

Confidence?

 -Numbers 13:33

 

Laziness? 

 -Do you appreciate things that are free?

 -Matthew 25:25-30 TPT