
GRATEFUL IN THE GRIND
(1 Corinthians 10:31) So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
WHAT IF THE WORK IS THE REWARD?
WHAT IF THE PRIZE IS IN THE PROCESS?
WHAT IF YOU CAN BE GRATEFUL IN THE GRIND?
1 Corinthians 15:9-10(NIV) For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
THE THREE ENEMIES OF THE TRUE REWARD
The PILLOW: the seduction of COMFORT.
The SHINY thing: the allure of constant DISTRACTIONS.
The TOWEL: the perpetual temptation to QUIT.
Passion ALWAYS follows PURPOSE
Instead of pursuing selfish passion—God’s Purpose.
Acts 20:24(NIV) However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
Work is the reward
The prize is in the process
Grateful in the grind