AVOIDANCE IS ADDICTIVE
“So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?””
Hebrews 13:6
“for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
2 Timothy 1:7
SACRIFICE IS SCRIPTURAL
“even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.””
Matthew 20:28
“Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.”
2 Corinthians 11:25-27
PASSIVITY IS FOR PANSIES
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”
1 Corinthians 16:13
“Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.”
Ephesians 6:13
HARVEST NEEDS HEAT
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.””
Matthew 9:37-38
“The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.”
Proverbs 20:4
TENSION IS TRANSFORMATIONAL
“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 1:6-7
“Trouble and anguish have found me out, but your commandments are my delight.”
Psalm 119:143
