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Rebuilding Your Life: Defeating Your Distractions

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Defeating Your Distractions

Rebuilding Your Life - Episode 4

11/29/20 | Gabe Kolstad

You Don’t Have to Attend

Every Distraction You’re Invited To

4 Distractions Coming Your Way:

  1. DOUBT

    “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”    -Thomas, John 20:25

  2. DISCOURAGEMENT

    “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”    -The 10 Spies, Numbers 13:31

  3. TEMPTATION

    He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord.    -Solomon, 1 Kings 11:3

  4. ANTAGONISTS

    1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.

    2 So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But I realized they were plotting to harm me, 

    3 so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”

    4 Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply. 

    5 The fifth time, Sanballat’s servant came with an open letter in his hand, 

    6 and this is what it said: “There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem tells me it is true, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel and that is why you are building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to be their king. 

    7 He also reports that you have appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim about you, ‘Look! There is a king in Judah!’ “You can be very sure that this report will get back to the king, so I suggest that you come and talk it over with me.”

    8 I replied, “There is no truth in any part of your story. You are making up the whole thing.”

    9 They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.

    -Nehemiah 6:1-9

THE #1 WAY TO DEFEAT ANY DISTRACTION:

Reconnect With Your CALLING

“I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come.”

Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?

So I continued the work with even greater determination.

Have You Found

Your GREAT WORK?

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. -Ephesians 2:10

4 Ways to Reconnect with Your Calling:

  1. Write out your Purpose Statement

Complete the following statements:

  • What I want to be is…

  • What I want to do is…

  • My why or "so that" reason that I want to be and do the things I wrote above is…

  • Now tie your answers together in one statement

(Sample) Gabe’s Purpose Statement: The purpose of my life is to experience and share God's love and life, and to raise up others who will also raise up others to do the same, creating a multiplying movement of people experiencing everything God intended for them.

2. Take the “Spiritual Gifting” Workshop

Enroll HERE

3. Pray about the 2020 Christmas Offering


Get the PDF HERE

Give Here: www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/give

4. Say Yes to Jesus today

If you’ve never said YES to Jesus, to receive His unconditional love and forgiveness, consider praying this prayer:

Jesus I give you my life. Thank you for saving me. I believe in you. Your life. Your death on the cross. And your resurrection. Forgive me of my sins. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. Lead me. And teach me to follow you. And I ask it in Jesus name.

For Resources to Grow in Your Faith:

Text JESUS to 503-905-9067

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