1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

3. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Disciplined vs. Undisciplined Defining discipline: Choosing between what we want now and what we want most Inconsistency

4. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Romans 7:15-20 “I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.”

5. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Romans 7:24 “Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?” By nature, we are not self-disciplined people By nature, our sin pulls us away from what God wants

6. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Romans 7:24-25 “Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord...” By nature, we are not self-disciplined people By nature, our sin pulls us away from what God wants

7. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Romans 8:11 “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” Spirit-disciplined We need to move from a self-disciplined life, to a Spirit-disciplined life “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20)

8. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Spirit-disciplined So how do we do all this? Running a race Isthmia

9. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Spirit-disciplined So how do we do all this? 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 “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. 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 for ever.” Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, 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”

10. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Spirit-disciplined So how do we do all this? “They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last for ever.” 1 Corinthians 9:25 Olympia Isthmia

11. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Spirit-disciplined So how do we do all this? 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 “So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.”

12. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Spirit-disciplined The Power of a Habit Charles Duhigg The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business “Keystone Habits” – create positive momentum Question One What do you want most? Question Two What do you need to do now to have what you want most?

13. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Review Week One One word will direct our year We are going to think big, but we are willing to start small Week Two Our thoughts matter Our life will always move in the direction of our strongest thoughts Week Three Our words have the power of life and death If you want to change the life you have, you will need to change the words we speak Week Four By the power of Christ we choose what we want most, over what we want now We are not self-disciplined... but we are Spirit-disciplined

14. It's always the small things that no one sees that result in the big things that everyone wants The Power of our Habits Review James 4:10 “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” Psalms 75:6-7 “For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But from the God...”

16. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.