Wiregrass Church
We all want to win. After all, winning is better than not winning. In a game, a win is defined. But life is not a game. And winning in the most important areas of our lives isn’t always clear. So, how do we win?
Winning is better than not winning
ENNEAGRAM
If I want to feel bad about myself, there are less expensive and less time-consuming ways to do so.
Winning
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Competitor
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Hey, you can't win. So why try?
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Winning is everything, try anything!
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The arena that matters most is ...
Your Life
This is a question that most people never ask and consequently never answer.
What's the win?
It's difficult in any arena of life to know that you're winning if you've never identified the win.
What's the win?
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In the areas that matter most, most people never define the win.
What's the win?
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If you don't define the win, you'll adopt somebody else's.
Don't settle for NOT goals.
NOT goals are not wins.
If you don't know what the win is, it's hard to tell if you're winning.
What's the win?
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Seven Words
THE WIN
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To always want to be where the other person is.
THE WIN
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Children who want to be with one another and with us when they no longer have to be
As a parent, once you decide what the win is, whatever the win is, you will change your parenting style and you will change the way you discipline.
Saul of Tarsus
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The Apostle Paul
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.
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1 Corinthians 15:9 NIV
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.
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1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV
1 Corinthians 15:9-10 NIV
Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
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1 Corinthians 9:19 NIV
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
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1 Corinthians 9:20 NIV
To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.
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1 Corinthians 9:21 NIV
Christ Law >> "As I have loved you, so you are to love one another."
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
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1 Corinthians 9:22 NIV
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?
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1 Corinthians 9:24 NIV
In athletic competition, the competition is obvious.
When it comes to winning in life, it's just not as obvious.
Consequently, we lack urgency.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?
Run in such a way as to get the prize.
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1 Corinthians 9:24 NIV
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last ...
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1 Corinthians 9:25 NIV
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last ...
but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
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1 Corinthians 9:25 NIV
Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave ...
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1 Corinthians 9:26-27 NIV
so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
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1 Corinthians 9:27 NIV
1 Corinthians 9:19-27 NIV
His Point
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I'm going to prepare and compete as if my competition was lined up beside me or standing in front of me.
You don't win by wishing.
You don't win by hoping.
You don't even win by just praying.
You win by preparing to win.
What's the win?
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Are you preparing to win?
"No for now, but not forever. No for now, but not forever. No for now, but not forever."
What's the win?
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You only get one season.
What's the win?
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When you win, the people closest to you win as well.
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last.
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1 Corinthians 9:25 NIV
If Jesus was correct, our lives are not book-ended by a birth certificate and a death certificate.
Don't run like someone running aimlessly.
Don't fight like a boxer beating the air.
Make your body your slave.
What's the win?
