Here is a Plan to fail or Fail to Plan and Fail anyway?
Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
I ponder today the terrible enemies that we face. Our enemy is out to steal, kill, and/or destroy every church, family and individual he can.
Our enemy is not "alive and well," he has a terrible, terminal disease, called CALVARY. I have read the BOOK, I know the enemy loses.
Our enemy wants us to fail, then he would laugh. We must avoid the path toward failure. God has a plan, we must overcome failure. Consider some aspects of our enemy’s strategy. Avoid failure. God has a better plan.
Our enemy gets us to fail because we don’t have a vision. We fail to plan for ahead. What will be will be? This is not true. We can help mold the days ahead by keeping a good attitude, choosing our words carefully, refusing to listen to the negative. No one plans on failing, rather people fail to plan and thus failure follows.
We need a strategy of creative use of conflict. You will become a product of your daily choices.
#1 The path toward FAILURE: INVOLUTION.
The pride and self-centeredness that grew in the enemy of God, must be avoided at all cost.
The crown of thorns is a powerful lesson of
self-centeredness.
The crown, so cruelly put upon our Saviors head
exposes -- SELFISHNESS.
A thorn is an "INVOLUTED LEAF." Involuted means
wrapped up in itself. The thorn never gives to the
plant. It does not give photosynthesis, it does not
contribute, because it is all wrapped up in it’s
self.
Involution is a step toward failure. To avoid
failure we must GIVE and bloom to reflect the Love
of Jesus. Our focus must see beyond the end of our
nose.
#2 The path toward FAILURE: KILL TIME, WASTE TIME. Eph.5:16, Col.4:5. Both of these verses say, "REDEEM THE TIME!"
I understand redeem, because my momma saved S&H
Green Stamps. We licked the stamps, filled a book.
We looked in the WishBook, and redeemed the stamps
with a gift for us.
Psa. 90, David says, Lord, teach us to number our
days....?
The average person only uses 10% of their brain?
55% of our time is productive,
15% of our time involves personal needs,
30% of our time is wasted.
We are headed towards death at 60 minutes an hour,
1440 minutes a day. What you love you will find time
to do?
Where you spend your time will tell a lot
about you?
He that kills time kills himself?
#3 The path toward FAILURE: NEVER PRIORITIZE.
Mat. 6:33.
Some things in life are worthless and you can spend
all your time and energy, and when you have spent
all, you have nothing. Life can be a pocket with
holes? What is important?
#4 The path toward FAILURE: QUIT WHEN IT GETS HARD! Gal. 6:9, 2 Tim. 2:3.
God never promised an easy, down hill road.
Even dead fish can swim down stream?
Any life that is used of God must learn--- I am not
going to quit. ---
Learn to thrive in battle.
Develop a warrior mentality.
Expect obstacles, but realize you and God can find
the solution to any problem.
Learn to love the test, the test is an opportunity
to show you have studied. We need new commitment.
#5 The path toward FAILURE: DEVELOP A LOSING ATTITUDE. Phil. 4:13.
Be negative,
expect the worse,
criticize,
put down, fault find.
Keep this up and you’ll always be a failure, or
if you succeed you will not enjoy it.
#6 The path toward FAILURE: ONE NEVER PLANS TO FAIL, THEY JUST FAIL TO PLAN.
Hab. 2:2. Write your vision, make it clear.
I can’t get people to write their wills, and we will
not write our vision.
This takes discipline and thinking.
Where there is no vision the people perish.
Your enemy knows failure is ahead for those that
refuse to plan.
When couples date, they make plans. They marry and
whatever.
What ever will be, will be, the FUTURE is not ours
to see? ?
I am not responsible for my choices?
If you never develop a plan, you will never become
what God intends for you?
#7 The path toward FAILURE: PLAY HOOKY, SKIP, HIT A LICK AND MISS A LICK.
John 20:24, when Thomas was not with them .... He
missed Jesus and found a nick name--- the Doubter?
Heb. 10:25.
Sickly oaks from sickly acorns grow.
#8 The path toward FAILURE: ARGUE AND FUSS AND DISAGREE.
Mat. 5:25.
We should learn to agree with others quickly.
We learn to love debate and endless genealogies.
Discuss and debate Judas?
After years of flight, you have learned never
ending circles?
Debate and argument breeds strife and hard
feelings.
Why can we agree on 100 things and debate over 1?
Then, blame others when it is finished?
#9 The path toward FAILURE: NEVER STUDY THE BIBLE.
Whose wife will she be? They never knew the basic
of the Bible?
2 Tim. 2:15, Mat. 22:29.
I fear Barney and Mother Goose are known by society
more than the Word.
THE WORD OF GOD WILL DO THE WORK OF GOD.
Be a Bible student.
#10 The path toward FAILURE: THE INSANITY OF SAMENESS.
IF YOU WANT THINGS TO BE DIFFERENT, WHY DO YOU STAY
THE SAME?
Quit praying for God to change everybody, and
submit to change and growth.
The greatest proof of the power of Jesus could be
a changed life.
Look at verses in Psalms 139: 23 -24, Search Me,
O. God.
#11 The path toward FAILURE: NEVER FINISH ANYTHING! Col. 4:17, Paul the old preacher, warns Archippus, the young man, take heed to finish the ministry that you were called to do.
May we see the enemy’s plan to cause failure and avoid it.
May you develop a clear plan and proceed to victory.
May we have much fruit to lay at His Feet.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr
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