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LAST WEEK LOOKED at the FACT Jesus is Greater Greater than our Sin Greater than the Devil

Devil Greater than our Failure

I DIDNT FEEL LIKE ... I was FINISHED with THAT LAST POINT. I WANT TO PICK IT UP AGAIN today and TALK ABOUT THOSE HEROES OF FAITH in HEBREWS 11. YOULL REMEMBER WE FOUND OUT THEY ALL HAD TIMES OF FAILURE BUT THEY WENT ON TO GREATNESS.

LOOK AT THE CONTRAST They were WEAK! BUT CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY WERE

SUBDUING KINGDOMS STOPPING MOUTHS OF LIONS DOING E PLOITS!

WHAT I WANT to LOOK AT TODAY IS HOW DID THEY DO IT? HOW LEA"E FAILURE BEHIND TO BECOME GREAT?

- SEE ITS ONE THING to KNOW H !S BIGGER THAN YOUR FAILURE - ANOTHER thin" TO LET GOD CHANGE YOU

- #$D MOLD YOU INTO THE HERO HE WANTS YOU TO BE! I!% CALLING THIS MESSAGE & HOW TO BE # HERO NOT # #ERO!

$ow WHEN I SAY THE WORD 'HERO( I!% NOT TALKING ABOUT SA"ING SOMEBODY WHOS DROWNING! or BEING A CELEBRITY IN THE WORLDS EYES!

I!% TALKING ABOUT BECOMING GREAT THE WAY GOD COUNTS GREATNESS! )PEOPLE LIKE YOU SEE $% HEBREWS 11!* DONT YOU LO"E TO READ THAT CHAPTER? )I!% +H#,, $G D!* THANK GOD -or THOSE BIBLE HEROES BUT FOLKS& I THINK we NEED so%e PRESENT&DAY HEROES!

PEOPLE WHO WILL& WALK WITH THE LORD IN HOLINESS ' TAKE PEOPLE UNDER THEIR WING TO ME they!re HEROES OF FAITH $% (he$r OWN RIGHT!

./ 0U STI1$ THIS .12$I$G is 'WHOSE HERO ARE YOU?( HEBREWS 11 3 IS STILL BEING WRITTEN! )God!s STILL LOOKING FOR HEROES!* I WANT TO BE a HERO NOT a #ERO

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I )UALIFIED! HOW ABOUT YOU? WE THINK& 'I- we 6ould 7ust "et the CELEBRITIES SA"ED the RICH PEOPLE saved( God DOESNT THINK LIKE THAT! HIS PLAN IS TO TAKE ORDINARY PEOPLE and MAKE HEROES OUT OF THEM!

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HEROES DONT START OUT LOOKING LIKE HEROES! )In the Bi;le*

B*( READ THOSE NAMES AGAIN! 5eter< Ja%es< John< $oah< 5aul< .oses< David< Ti%othy< #;raha%< Ja6o; NOT ONE OF US IN HERE REMEMBERS THEM FOR WHAT THEY WERE! = REMEMBER THEM F12 WHAT THEY BECAME! ST#2T D 1UT #S& $o;odies

But< BY THE TIME GOD GOT THROUGH WITH THEM THEY WERE SOMEBODIES! )H 21 S!* ALL IT TOOK was GOD! )So IF YOURE INTERESTED FIND OUT

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NO MATTER HOW MUCH FAILURE y+*,e E PERIENCED DONT )UIT! GOD CAN TURN IT AROUND

,11: #T D#9ID& David!s a CLASSIC E AMPLE o- A PERSON who RECEI"ED A PROMISE FROM GOD and THINGS GOT WORSE. ) ver ;een there?* YOU REMEMBER THE STORY& SAMUEL CAME to his house PULLED HIM OUT OF THE FIELD and ANNOUNCED 'GOD HAS CALLED YOU to ;e KING-. $1= IF TH#T HAD BEEN ME& MY FIRST THOUGHT& Glory to God! )SMOOTH SAILING -ro% HERE ON!* I- I!% the KING E"ERYBODYS GOING TO BE SER"ING ME!

WHAT HE DIDNT COUNT ON& SAUL Sa*. /+( 0ea.+*s and D#9ID SPENT THE NE T 11 YEARS #S # FUGITI"E.

RUNNING HIDING $% CA"ES li-e

SE"ERAL ATTEMPTS %ade on his

11 YRS LATER GOTTA BE THINKING& This hasn!t GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN!

JU.5 #H #D 4 S#.U , @A - Da,$2s +*( w$(h h$s 3e%. WHILE THEY WERE GONE& The AMALEKITES $%,a2e2 #IKLAG and CLEANED THEM OUT!

TALK ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO )UIT! But Da,$2 w+*.2%( 4*$(! $ BT 5H2#S & ;ut DA"ID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD )HEROES /+((a 2+ (ha(! SOMETIMES& It!s 0*s( YOU ' GOD!*

It LOOKED LIKE E"ERYTHING WAS LOST But he DIDNT )UIT #nd HISTORY TELLS US& LESS THAN 56 HOURS LATER DA"ID WAS SITTING ON THE THRONE AS KING!

S#. =ITH J1S 5H& Thr+w% $% a PIT )BY HIS BROTHERS* #$D SOLD AS A SLA"E! HES A SLA"E I$ POTIPHARS HOUSE POTIPHARS WIFE LIES #B1UT HI. GETS HIM THROWN IN PRISON! E"ENTUALLY H INTERPRETS A DREAM )F12 TH BUTLER ' BAKER*

B#: 2& DI ! BUT, 2& 2 ST12 D T1 HIS 5,#+ . THE BUTLER ... 7ILL GET YOU OUT! FORGOT ABOUT HIM SPENT TWO MORE YEARS IN 8AIL! ONE DAY KING DREAMS A DREAM )BUTLER REMEMBERS*

WAS A PRISONER 9 THE DAY BEFORE WENT FROM TH PRISON TO THE PALACE! )Doesn!t taCe God lon"* BOTH THOSE CASES LOOKED LIKE GOD FORGOT FOR YEARS! Then< $% ONE DAY E"ERYTHING CHANGED!

=H#T H#55 $ D? 5ayday 6a%e! =ITH G1D /1U D1$!T :$1= =H $ PAYDAYS COMING!

IF YOU WANT TO BE A HERO Don!t Duit!

8.* D1 THI$GS G1D!S =#/ 9 $ =H $ /1U D1$!T U$D 2ST#$D


This is what TAKES YOU OUT OF FAILURE INTO SUCCESS! .1S S IS 1U2 B#.5, H 2 & H B 44&8E-8F - '#-ter .oses "rew uG< his -aith %ade hi% re-use to ;e 6alled 5haraohHs "randson. He 6hose to ;e %istreated with GodHs GeoGle instead o- havin" the "ood ti%e that sin 6ould ;rin" -or a little while.( THI$:& )ON ONE SIDE*& He!s /+( E"ERY PLEASURE EGYPT CAN OFFER OTHER SIDE& God!s CALLING HIM T1 LEAD HIS PEOPLE out o- EGYPT.

Don!t you Cnow HIS FLESH HAD TO BE SCREAMING? LEA"ING TH COMFORTS OF THE PALACE GOING to B MISTREATED WITH THE SLA"ES

ALL SEEMED SO UNNECESSARY& THINK& He!s IN PHAROAHS FAMILY. )NE T IN LINE -or THRONE!* ALL HED HA"E TO DO& IS WAIT -or PHARAOH TO DIE! WHEN I TAKE O"ER ILL LET :EM GO!( 'I G T to STAY HERE WHERE ITS COMFORTABLE and YOU GET YOUR PEOPLE BACK!(

MAKE SENSE& Fro% a HU.#$ 5 2S5 +TI9 . BUT& DONE THAT WAY& God NE"ER WOULD HA"E GOTTEN THE GLORY H G1T WOULDNT H#9 SHOWN HIS POWER! EGYPTIAN GODS WOULDNT HA"E BEEN SPOILED! G+2s WAY $s (he BEST WAY! YOUR FLESH MAY NOT #G2 TH WORLD WONT AGREE But GODs WAY IS THE BEST WAY! How do you ;e6o%e a H 21? FORGET YOUR FLESH FORGET THE CROWD GO WITH GOD!

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