“Pressing On”
- We are called to live a life with Holy Wreckless Abandon
- We are all going to be crushed by God! Either crushed by His wrath on our sin or crushed by His mercy & grace because we believe in Jesus who has already taken God’s wrath for us!
- Resting in God’s Amazing Grace is like wearing your comfy clothes! You can be whatever God made you to be without fear of what you look like or what others see or their expectations of you! Just be who God made you to be
Philippians 3:14
Luke 12:22-34
A Little about Tyler West
- There is so much to my story I’m always willing to share! When thinking about this week 4 specific instances in my life came resonated where God allowed me to “Press On” and step into His calling on me:
- My Father and Grandfather’s death:
- Father died in Dec. 1986
- Grandfather died in Nov. 1995
- Begged God with Faith that he would be healed but he wasn’t
- Financial Struggles in Middle School & High School
- Kicked Out of Multiple Homes & saw many cars repossessed
- Couldn’t take vacation because of money & when we did all everyone did is stress over how to pay for it
- Accepted to Florida State University but Scholarship came up just short
- Nothing like being accepted into my “dream” school and then realizing that I couldn’t afford it
- Transitioning out of being on staff at Church
- Stepped into Calling God had on my life from the moment I was saved at age 7 & realized in those around me at age 16…at age 28 I finally stepped out of the “Career” into God’s calling on me!
- My Father and Grandfather’s death:
- I share these not for pity, but to show that through all of the trials, all of the heartaches and misunderstandings God has still been faithful & God still helps us “Press On” into a life that’s deeper into His calling because our relationship grows deeper with Him!
- God allowed all of this to happen to me to show me that with Him “I never have to do life alone” and that He may not deliver me through my circumstances but He will always walk with me through them!
How Do We “Press On”
- Give God Your Full Attention
- John 16:33 ; Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG) ; Romans 5:3-5
- When We focus on God and He gets our Full Attention we naturally press on because we block out all the noise of the world around us
- We get to step into God’s “unforced rhythms of grace” when we focus on Him and yoke ourselves to Him
- “walk with Me, work with Me—watch how I do it”
- John 16:33 ; Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG) ; Romans 5:3-5
- Surround yourself with Hungry people
- The only way that others around you see God’s Amazing Grace is through your story! Share it!
- There should always be people in your life pointing you to the Bread of Life and those you are pointing to the Bread of Life
- Without both of these types of people in your life, you will stay stuck!
TakeAway:
- Who has Jesus put in your life to not let you do life alone?
- Who is the ONE person you are going to share your story of never walking alone with?
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Tyler West 