Verde Valley Christian Church
Series: Resolved: Better Choices, Better Life
Sermon Title: I Am Consistent
Speaker: Doug Freeman
1. Admit the challenge
"An excuse is a way of promising ourselves that we will have the same issue over and over again."
Henry Cloud
2. Commit to your "why"
"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse."
Anonymous
Daniel 1:8
But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally.
GOD EXPECTS CONSISTENCY
BECAUSE HE IS CONSISTENT
3. Embrace the path
"I know of nothing which I would choose to have as the subject of my ambition for life than to be kept faithful to my God till death."
C. H. Spurgeon
Daniel 6:10
But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
"The beautiful thing about this adventure called faith is that we can count on him never to lead us astray."
Charles Swindoll
Daniel 6:4
Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn't find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.
4. Represent the one true and living God.
"Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they are say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility."
Pope Francis
"Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they are say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility."
Pope Francis
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