Consistency is Key - Augsut 26, 2024

Consistency

Saluki downtime August 26, 202

How many of you are really good at something but don’t like it? Maybe a different sport? Board game? 

Consistency

Remember, God Loves you no matter what.

Successful people are not lucky - they are consistent.

Who do you think of and think how did they get there?

Consistency gives power to change.

Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally.

Occasionally verse is consistent. What are some things you can think of that, if you do them occasionally, they don’t work, but if you do them consistently,  they will work?

saving?

diet and workouts?

Scripture memory?

relationship with someone?

Remember talking about Daniel and his prayer routine? Daniel prayed consistently. It worked for him.

It's not luck; it's consistency.

The greats don't try; they train. Training is doing today what you can do today so that you can do tomorrow what you can't do today.

Proverbs 13:11 - Wealth from get-rich schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time.

what is something you do occasionally that you want to do consistently?

Does the life you are living right now shape the life you will live tomorrow?

If you are quitting or giving up because things aren't going your way; you will live life that way after sports.

Hoping doesn't change your life - habits do.

What is something small but consistent that you do as a habit that has helped you in your life?

small and consistent.

Small decisions done consistently over time will change your life.

What do you do when you get about halfway to your goal? Do you celebrate being halfway to your goal? throw a party and take a break?

What do you do when you want to quit?

We cannot consistently do the right things over the long haul in our own power.

Do you agree with that statement?

We need power we don't have—God's power.

I want to encourage you to value progress over perfection.

The 52-day challenge is this exactly. Your plan is on a continued basis—day after day.

What can help you get where you want to go and be who you want to be?

There are many things. Name some.

This is the 52-day challenge—slow, intentional growth.

What area of your life is not what it was or what it should be?

Gravity effect. what does gravity do? Can you defy gravity?

What you sow, you will reap if you want corn, plant corn.

If you plant good habits, you'll get good outcomes. If you plant bad habits, don't be deceived and expect good outcomes.

Take an honest prayerful look at the disappointing parts of your life.

Are you reaping what you are sowing? Do you need to change something?

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life"

Magic Penny for 30 days that doubles every day or $5 million dollars. - 5.3 million in Pennys

A slight difference each day adds up and multiplies over time.

Callie says there are no rewinds in life.

Financial - what are you doing now? 

Physical - What are you doing now? 

Spiritual. - What are you doing now? 

Keep doing the right thing each and every day.

Sin is a choice. Sin can throw you off of what you need to do each day.

Matthew 25:29

29 To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.

Galatians 6:9

Let's not become discouraged in doing good, for in due time, we will reap if we do not become weary.

Psalm 1:3

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.