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Introduction:

God wants you to thrive. But many of us are just trying to survive. Maybe you feel the same way. However, God wants you to be revived and thriving. You do this by looking for opportunities to improve and maximize your life in the areas of health and wellness. Do you need a reset, a fresh start in the areas of physical, spiritual, and emotional health?

“Dear friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and are in good health, just as your whole life is going well.” —3 John 2

You may not feel like you are thriving right now because you have not been taking care of yourself. This season of life may have you feeling defeated, lost, and not knowing where to start in moving from surviving to thriving.

In this seven-week collection of talks, you are going to explore six A.C.T.I.O.N. steps toward thriving again in your health and wellness.

Text: Daniel 1:8-16 (Old Testament, CSB)

Today’s Takeaway: Discipline determines your destiny.

THRIVE WEEK #3: Commitment: Living with Discipline

I.

Reveal Answer

GOD’S DIRECTIONS

A. Determine to be

“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.” —Exodus 34:15

B. Determine to practice

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Reveal Answer

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things.” —Galatians 5:22-23

II.

Reveal Answer

A ROADMAP FOR SUCCESS

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” —Lou Holtz

A. Determine and write down your

“The Lord answered me: Write down this vision; clearly inscribe it on tablets so one may easily read it.” —Habakkuk 2:2

S pecific
M easurable
A chievable
R ealistic
T ime-bound
Y ield it to God to adjust

“Commit your activities to the Lord and your plans will be achieved.” —Proverbs 16:3

B. Develop a

for achievement

“A person’s steps are established by the Lord, and he takes pleasure in his way.” —Psalm 37:23

“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.” —Ecclesiastes 5:3

“Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly and it will be given to him.” —James 1:5

III. BE

Reveal Answer

AND FOLLOW THROUGH

“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,” —Philippians 3:13

A. Pray

“Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” —Matthew 26:41

B. Shop

“For it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For it is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.” —Romans 13:4

C. Think

“and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.” —2 Corinthians 10:5

CONCLUSION: In what areas do you lack discipline?

“Though a righteous person falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.” —Proverbs 24:16

DEEP DIVE QUESTIONS:

1. In what areas do you struggle with self-control?
   

2. Think of a goal in the area of your health and wellness that you need to develop and start working towards.
   

3. What changes do you need to make this week to be more disciplined? How can Philippians 3:13 provide you inspiration?
   

4. Read Proverbs 24:16. How does this verse speak to having discipline in our lives?
   

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