MORE THAN GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS
Remain Inspired – Part 3
Paul Westbrook
January 23 & 24, 2021
2 Corinthians 6:4-5; 11:23-28
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NIV)
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV)
We need to:
1. Keep
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Paul – “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
Philippians 1:21 (NIV)
Paul – “But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ…”
Philippians 3:7-8 (NIV)
Matthew 22:37-39; Matthew 4:10; Luke 16:13;
1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Timothy 1:17
2. Pursue
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“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV)
3. Maintain
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Matthew 22:37-39; Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 19:10
Paul – “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.”
Acts 20:24 (NIV)
4. Look
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Paul – “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
5. Include
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Paul – “Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’”
1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV)
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
Proverbs 27:17 (NIV)
Acts 13:1-5; 15:40; 16:1-3; 20:4-6; 21:15-16
Romans 12:9-21