Series: THE HEART OF A CHAMPION
Part 7: CHAMPIONS DO FIRST THINGS FIRST
Champions
God First
- We believe that the first and the best of our
Cain and Abel
Gen 4:1 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”
Gen 4:2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
Gen 4:3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.
Gen 4:4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Gen 4:5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
Gen 4:6 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
Gen 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”
Gen 4:8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Gen 4:9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Gen 4:10 The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
Gen 4:11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Gen 4:12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
Gen 4:13 Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear.
Gen 4:14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
Gen 4:15 But the LORD said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
Gen 4:16 So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden. —NIV
2. Champions
God First
- When we seek God first in our lives and align ourselves with His kingdom, we will see the Goodness of God because we are purposely
Do Not Be Anxious
Mat 6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Mat 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Mat 6:27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
Mat 6:28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
Mat 6:29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
Mat 6:30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
Mat 6:31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Mat 6:32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
> Mat 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Mat 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. NIV —NIV
3. Champions
The
Gap
- A vision Gap is the gap between the
Gen 13:14 The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
Gen 13:15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. —ESV
Champions know where their
Psa 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
Psa 84:6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, (The place of tears)They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools.
Psa 84:7 They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.
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Momentum Killer #1
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Momentum Killer #2
We keep an
I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I’m not where you used to be!
Momentum Killer #3
We
Continuous victory is possible for believers because of what Jesus has done.
CHAMPIONS ARE
We have a vision for our life!
We have a vision for our relationships!
We have a vision for our marriages!
We have a vision for our work!
We own the vision of our church!
CHAMPIONS ARE
We are aligned with biblical values!
We have “aligning values” for our life and relationships!
We champion the values of our church.
We understand that aligning values are designed to keep us from being distracted from the vision!
CHAMPIONS ARE
We know that the Next- Step comes before the final step!
We put aside our personal preferences for the sake of the mission!
We are not alone; We are part of an army on a mission!
We know the target is the vision, but the mission is the way forward.