Doing Hard Things...

-Why do we do nothing?
1) We’re not as good at something as someone else we know.
2) We don’t have all the resources we think we need.
3) We figure that the chances of failing and looking like losers are too high.

- What we’re really saying is:
1) God only uses the best and the brightest.
2) He only us when every last thing is in place.
3) He only brings glory to Himself when we… bring glory to ourselves too.

- Fear is the fence that keeps us stuck in our comfort zones. We often feel fear for a reason: Often something “is” outside that should make us afraid. The problem is when we just sit there. We wait. And we wait. We’re waiting to stop felling afraid before we attempt anything. We often are too afraid to try something new because of past experiences. We don’t want to embarrass ourselves again…
- Overcoming our fears doesn’t require that we stop caring about what happens, it requires that we act in spite of our fears.
- God expects us to:
1) Do what’s hard for you.
2) Be known for what you do. ( More than for what you don’t)
3) Pursue excellence, not excuses.
- We often get praise for things that weren’t particularly hard to achieve. If we focus in the props and that encouragement of others who have low expectations for us, we become mediocre.
- It can be challenging to set our sights on excellence, particularly when we’re hearing that we’re already there.
- We get so caught up in being that Godliest person in our youth groups or in earning “the celebration of excellence for leadership” award that we lose sight of Gods standards, we fall short of our true potential, because we aimed only to big. Bigger than the next fish in our small pond.

Matthew 6:5-15
Mark 11:22-25
Philippians 4:4-7

“Dreams are not something to wait for, they’re something to work for.”


“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to thrown out and trampled by men.” “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden, Neither do people light a lam and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let you light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:13-16