SUNDAY 08-05-2022 | NOTHING WORKS IF NO ONE WORKS PRT 2

 

SUNDAY 08-05-2022 | NOTHING WORKS IF NO ONE WORKS PRT 2

The slothful church

Chapter1: Definition 

The sluggard or the slothful

There are 3 kinds of slothfulness.

1.  Physical 

2. Intellectual

3. Spiritual

• A slothful person is not only lazy but irresponsible and undependable, and at the end is a burden to his or her family and community.

- When one lives as a burden, they are a liability and add no value to others.

- You have not been ordained to be a burden to others. 2 Cor 12:14, 2 Thess 3:7-8

Chapter 2: Characteristics of a slothful church

1. Procrastination. Ecc 11:4

• A procrastinator puts off tasks when all resources are available. Do it now,because later can be late

- A procrastinator spends all the time on social media.

• Set deadlines for time spent on the socials. 

- A procrastinator is always late.

• Prepare an hour or two before time.

- A procrastinator never finishes what they start.

2.Making excuses.

Excuses because of dangers. Prov 22:13

Excuses because of weather or adverse conditions. Prov 20:4 

3. Sleeping too much. Prov 24:30-34

4. Incompletion. Prov 26:15, 12:17 

Chapter 3: Consequences of being a sluggard.

Consequence 1: A sluggard has poor maintenance of what they are responsible for. The field, the vineyard, the building, the wall. Prov 24:30-31

Consequence 2: Living in a wishful world. Prov 21:25-26

Consequence 3: Unproductivity in the work place. Prov 18:9,  10:26, Mthw 25:25-26

Consequence 4: Poverty, Liability. Prov 12:11, 24

Chapter 4: Application on the 7 tribes at Shiloh. Josh 18:1-3

- The Promise Land was subdued before Israel

- Yet  there were 7 tribes that didn't possess their possession.

- Why? Because they were lazy.

Chapter 5: The promise of God is not for the slothful. Heb 6:12, Mthw 11:25

- To take by force in Greek is Harpazo meaning, seize upon, spoil, snatch away or take to oneself eagerly.

Chapter 6: Smart dream

- For a harpoon to work there has to be a target. For a dream to work there has to be a target.

- A dream with no target is a nightmare, but a dream with a target is a goal.

A dream must be;

S - Specific

• What is the dream all about?

• What do I really want? Mark 10:51

• What is my expectation?

M - Measurable

• What evidence will prove you are making progress?

A - Attainable

• What are the resources available? Are they enough to bring it to pass?

R - Relevant

• Why I'm I setting the goal? Luke 19:10

• Who I'm I targeting?

• What's the expected impact in my, and other generations?

• Why is the goal important to you?

• How will it's achievement help you, and how will it contribute to your long term goals?

T - Time bound/ Time framed.

• When are you going to reach that goal? Luke 13:32

• What's the time allowance, till it comes to pass?

Chapter 7: 4 forces to turn your dream into reality. John 5:6

Force 1: Will. Mthw 23:37

- Use your will by being specific of what you want and pursuing it.

Write down what you want

Force 2: Perspective.

- Perspective is how you view life.

- A wrong perspective means things will not work.

Force 3: Choice

- Life is a choice. Deut 30:19

Force 4: Decision

- There is no way one can make it in life without a decision.

To Do;

1. Have a vision board, detailing what your dream looks like.

- What do you see yourself doing for you?

- What does you marriage look like?

- What is your dream for your spouse?

- What is your dream for ministry?

- What is your dream for your family?

- What is your dream for your home?

Remember;

1. You become what you behold.

2. Your mind is your womb.

- if you don't have anything in your mind, you will never birth anything.

3. What you cannot see, you cannot get!

✍️ Pst T D Kasuku