Fight for It, week 3: Resilience
James 1:1-4
- Henry Ford went broke 5 different times and failed with multiple businesses before founding Ford Motors and becoming one of the 10 wealthiest men throughout all history.
- Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and started the failed business Traf-O-Data before founding Microsoft with his partner Paul Allen.
- Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken had his secret chicken recipe rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.
- Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” Later he failed in multiple businesses and went bankrupt before Disney.
- Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4 and did not write until age 7. He was considered mentally handicapped by his parents and teachers.
- Winston Churchill a nobel prize winning, twice elected Prime Minister, struggled in School and was defeated in every election for public office until he became Prime Minister at age 62.
- Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926 (14 hours and 34 minutes, a record that would stand until 1950) only after years of training that led to a very public, failed attempt a couple of years prior.
Resilience is the ability to
[think inflatable dinosaur]
Resilience is
[think rubber band - the strength is in the stretch]
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, —James 1:1-2
“Consider” means there is a choice to be made - Will we choose to see our difficulty as an opportunity to learn, to get better, to grow stronger?
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. —James 1:2-4
If you’re a follower of Jesus, this isn’t optional because we know what’s at stake…
We’re fighting for the hearts and lives of others as well as our own.
We’re fighting for
You’re fighting for
Good news - Jesus went first…
“In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) —JESUS
It’s time for some of you to get up off the mat and fight!
I pray for you with joy, confident that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. —Philippians 1:6