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8/19/2021

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  • Stop making excuses:
  • "I don’t have what it takes." - Depend on God (Judges 6:15-16).
  • "I have made many mistakes." - Don’t let your past imprison you (Isaiah 53:18-19). Renounce them. Depend on God’s mercy (Proverbs 28:13).
  • "I can't control them." - Control the controllable. Keep trying. Trust God for the rest (Proverbs 24:10 CEV).
  • "I don’t know the future." - Waiting for perfect conditions gets you nowhere (Ecclesiastes 11:4 LB).
 
Identify your assets. Christ is our biggest assets (Colossians 2:10).
  •  Remember what you've learned. Pain and failures are the best teacher (Galatians 3:4, 2Timonty 3:14).
  • Seek out those who can help. Ask them (Proverbs 15:22).
 
Plan, but count on God to direct you (Proverbs 16:9 LB). Then act. Trust God, who is moved by your faith (Matthew 9:29).
  • Set up multiple goals and plan them out.
  • Set up character goals. God is more interested in character than accomplishments.
 
Have fresh thoughts (Ephesians 4:23).
  • Listen more to God’s words than to the world (Psalms 1:1-3).
  • Challenge and ignore unhelpful thoughts (Proverbs 4:23).
 
Accept your ignorance.
 
Everything has its timing (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 8:5-7).
Sometimes you are called to wait.
  •  Ask others to pray for you (Romans 15:30).
  • Seek wise counsels from many (Proverbs 11:14, 12:15).
  • Quietly listen to God’s words (1 Kings 19:11-13). Run from your past mistakes (Psalms 119:59-60). Observe and understand your current conditions (Proverbs 24:32).
  • Identify where you were the most productive and satisfied in helping others (1 Peter 4:10).
  • Take the time. A good decision is better than a fast decision. It's easier to get into something than to get out (Proverbs 20:25).
  • The final outcome is in God’s hands (Proverbs 16:1). If things don’t work out, trust God and His timing. Be humble lest you stumble (1 Peter 5:6).
  • Nothing belongs to you; everything is His. Be ready to surrender your timetable and control to God (Psalms 31:14-15). If you yoke up with Christ, you should let Him set the pace (Matthew 11:28-29, Romans 3:28). 
 
God specializes in fresh starts (Zechariah 10:6; Hosea 14:4-5; Psalms 145:13-14). Through Christ, you have a new heart, new thoughts and new desires (Psalms 51:10, 2Corinthians 5:17).
 
Trust God. He will lovingly and firmly remake you for His glory and your good, like a caring potter starting over but with the same clay (Jeremiah 18:4-6).
  
Summarized two sermons by Rick Warren.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3EvJBEb0YU starting at 28 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW8A46whrmY
 
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当您需要重新开始的时候
 
首先,不要试图找藉口:

     1. “没有所需的本事。”
               依靠上帝 (士师记6:15-16)。
     2. “以前许多的失败。”
               不要让过去禁锢自己(以赛亚书53:18-19)。找出错误,痛改前非,依赖上帝的怜悯 (箴言28:13)。
     3. “有些事情无法控制。”
               控制可控制的事情, 尽力而为。 对于无法控制的事情, 信靠上帝。(箴言24:10)。
     4. “不知道未来会怎样。”
               如果等待尽善尽美,就将一事无成 (传道书11:4)。
 
第二,盘点所拥有的。基督是我们最大的财富 (歌罗西书2:10)。

  1. 记住我们学习到的功课。痛苦和失败是最好的老师 (加拉太书3:4,提摩太后书3:14)。
  2. 寻找可以帮助我们的人。向他们寻求帮助 (箴言15:22)。
 
第三,制定计划,信靠神的引导, 然后采取行动(箴言16:9)。对上帝要有信心,祂会被我们的信心推动(马太福音9:29)。

  1. 设立多个目标,详细计划。
  2. 设定品格目标。上帝对品格比成就更感兴趣。
 
第四,想法和态度改换一新 (以弗所书4:23)。

  1. 更多聆听上帝的话而非世界的声音(诗篇1:1-3)。
  2. 挑战和忽略无助于事的想法 (箴言4:23)。
 
第五,相信上帝。接受我们的无知。
 
第六, 凡事都有定期 (传道书 3:1, 8:5-7)。有时上帝的旨意就是要我们等候。
  1. 请人就此事为我们祈祷 (罗马书 15:30)。
  2. 寻求许多明智的建议 (箴言 11:14,12:15)。
  3. 静静聆听神的话(列王记上19:11-13)。 避免过去的错误 (诗篇 119:59-60)。 观察和明白现在的情况 (箴言 24:32)。
  4. 确定自己效率最高和最满意于助人的地方 (彼得前书 4:10)。
  5. 慢慢来,给自己留时间。 一个好的决定比一个快的决定好。 参与容易停止难(箴言20:25)。
  6. 最终结果在上帝手中 (箴言 16:1)。 如果事非所愿,相信上帝和祂的时间表。 需要谦虚(彼得前书 5:6)。
  7. 我们不拥有任何事物,上帝拥有一切。  因此随时准备将我们的时间表和控制权交给上帝 (诗篇 31:14-15)。 如果我们与基督同负一轭,就必须让基督设定前进的步伐 (马太福音 11:28-29,罗马书 3:28)。
 
天父擅长重新开始。 看看以色列(撒迦利亚书10:6,何西阿书14:4-5,诗篇145:13-14)。 在基督里,我们是新的,拥有新的心、新的思想和新的愿望 (诗篇51:10,哥林多后书5:17)。
 
信靠上帝。 为了祂的荣耀和我们的益处,上帝将坚定不移地以慈爱之心来新造我们,就像一个充满爱心的陶匠,用同样的泥土重新开始制作他心中想要的器皿 (耶利米书18:4-6)。
 
仰望上帝,让我们有新的开始吧。
 
 


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