05-05-24

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DON ’T SETTLE – Part 2
Finish and Fulfill Your Purpose

Adversity Quotient-Turning Obstacles into Opportunities by Dr. Paul Stolstz

· AQ refers to our ability to handle ___________ , discouragement,

____________, unfilled  ______________  .

QUITTERS:

CAMPERS:

CLIMBERS:

When Jesus saw His ministry drawing huge crowds, He climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to Him, the committed, climbed with Him. Matthew 5:1 (MSG)

1. NEVER _________

We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don’t know what to do, we never give up. In times of trouble, God is with us, and when we are knocked down, we get up again. 2 Corinthians 4:8,9 (CEV)

2. __________ PATIENT  

In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises. Hebrews 6:12 (AMP)

HOW TO ENDURE:

·   ________ God’s word, search for a ______ to your problem

· _____ God’s word _______

· ___________   anything contrary

· ___________ as though you’ve already ____________

NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. Hebrews 11:1 (AMP)

· ___________ that climbing is a ____________

MY NEXT STEP:

The Spirit of God whets our appetite by giving us a taste of what’s ahead. He puts a little of heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never settle for less.
2 Corinthians 5:5 (MSG)