1/5-6/19
Patrick Conrad, Lead Pastor

I Corinthians 9:24, “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.” (ESV)

Our Problem with Winning…
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: Because people can’t handle NOT winning.

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Reveal Answer

: We’ve been taught that for me to win - you must lose…

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Reveal Answer

: Many Christians have been conditioned to believe that winning is unimportant and even unbiblical!

Luke 12:16-21 (NLT)

Winning at the Game of Life requires that we…
Live for our Creator’s

Reveal Answer

>>> affects what you
pursue.
vs. 19b, “you have enough stored away for years to
come. Now take it easy! Eat Drink and Be Merry!”

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” Jim Elliot

Live within His

Reveal Answer

>>> affects amount of freedom you enjoy.
vs. 18, Then he said, “I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.”

Live in

Reveal Answer

with other believers >>> affects the quality/depth of your life - not just the score of your life.
vs. 17, “He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’ Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.’”