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Take Charge
by Steve May
Text: Proverbs 4:25
Topic: How to manage your life for God
Big Idea: A good servant takes charge of the opportunities he's given.
Keywords: Lifestyle; Passion, Motivation; Responsibility; Opportunity
Introduction:
- Illustration: May uses Jesus' parable of the talents to demonstrate God's expectation that we make use of the opportunities we're given.
- Proverbs 4:25
- Big Idea: A good servant takes charge of the opportunities he's given.
Taking charge of your life involves taking chances.
- Illustration: May uses the story of David and Goliath to illustrate the importance of taking action.
- Proverbs 22:13
- Illustration: May quotes the founder of IBM, "The key to success is to double your failure rate."
Taking charge involves taking inventory.
- Proverbs 13:7
- Be honest.
- Proverbs 13:16
- Illustration: May recalls the example of NFL coach Dick Vermeil's first years as coach of the St. Louis Rams, demonstrating how Vermeil's accurate inventory helped him alter his coaching style and build a championship team.
Taking charge involves taking responsibility.
- Illustration: May jokes about a prospective employee who was "responsible" for everything that went wrong at his last job.
- People who aren't in charge of their lives find refuge in blaming others.
- Illustration: May tells the story of a game show contestant who sued the game show because he got a question wrong.
- Proverbs 19:3
- Illustration: May shows how baseball coach Casey Stengel acknowledged his responsibility in his team's success.
Taking charge involves taking time.
- We manage our time for God.
- Proverbs 20:4
- Jealously guard your time.
- Illustration: May demonstrates how a mother had to guard her morning devotional time from her family's impositions, then demonstrates how her decision blessed her family.
Conclusion:
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