"The goal isn\u2019t behavior modification it\u2019s life transformation." - Pastor Ryan Vinson
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\nTitle of message:\xa0 The Rule of Five
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\n(Jeremiah 6:16)\xa0 This is what the LORD says: \u201cStand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.\u201d
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\nWe base our resolutions and goals on the success stories we see in people instead of the failures that helped them get there.\xa0\xa0
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\n(Isaiah 43:18-19)\xa0 \u201cForget the former things; do not dwell on the past.\xa0 See, I am doing a new thing!\xa0 Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?\xa0
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\n(Isaiah 43:19)\xa0 \u201c\u2026I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.\u201d
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\nThe only adequate preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.
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\n5 Principals of Five.
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\n1.\xa0 Find your five.
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\n(Proverbs 17:24 GN)\xa0 \u201cAn intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.\u201d
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\n2.\xa0 Prioritize your five.
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\n(Psalm 90:12)\xa0 \u201cTeach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.\u201d
\n3.\xa0 Enjoy your five.\xa0\xa0\xa0
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\n(Hebrews 12:1-2)\xa0 \u201cTherefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.\xa0 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross\u2026\u201d
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\n4.\xa0 Fight for your five.
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\n(Hebrews 12:11)\xa0 \u201cNo discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.\u201d
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\n5.\xa0 Evaluate your five.
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\n(Philippians 3:13-14)\xa0 \u201cBrothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.\u201d
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\n(Ephesians 1:19-20) (LB)\xa0 \u201cI pray that you\u2019ll begin to understand how incredibly great His power is to help those who believe Him.\xa0 It\u2019s the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead.\u201d
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\n(1 Peter 1:3-4) (Message)\xa0 \u201cBecause Jesus was raised from the dead, we\u2019ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven \u2013 and the future starts now!"
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