"The size of your challenges will determine the size of the influence you leave on this world." Now, you think, why would that matter to me? I have no influence. My friend, I must tell you we all have influence on someone. Whether it be your family, friends, workplace, church or those you casually come in contact with in your area. What kind of influence are you?Our Pastor, Mark Lantz from our home church, came to teach our women at our group meeting on Tuesday, August 28th and brought a powerful and encouraging message on Living Through a Paradigm Shift. His context was from Joshua Chapter 1 verses 2 through 6.
Pastor Mark's reference to Joshua, who came after Moses, a leader of the Hebrews, was able to see what other's couldn't see. He was a spy who went into Canaan to see what was there. He held onto the promise God gave him in Joshua 1:3 "Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you as I said unto Moses."
"The reason some people never grow is because they are never willing to change their mindset away from what got them to where they are, to get a mindset of where they need to go."
"You can never change what is in your hand until you change what is in your head." Dr. Mark Lantz
YOU MUST BE SECURE IN WHO YOU ARE
Joshua 1:5-6 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, [so] will I be with thee: I will not forsake thee 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people thou shalt divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Secure people learn what to give. Luke 6:38 Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down and shaken together, and running over shall men give into your bossom. For the same measure that you mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
You must increase your circle of people who are better than you. Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
BE BOLD ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER DONE
Change takes guts.
The challenges you are going to face -
People are comfortable with mediocrity - go through a shift, but can't accept it
People are fearful of what they don't know
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