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November 9, 2014- 10:30 am
Have you ever lacked the motivation to get things done? Have you ever felt stuck, or felt like you just don’t have the energy to get started?
In this sermon, Pastor Jerry helps us discover the cause, cost, and cure for Procrastination, which is no doubt the enemy of Motivation. We need to know that when Motivation is not Motivation Enough, God is God Enough!
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I’M NOT ________ ENOUGH
I’m Not Motivated Enough
Pastor Jerry Jackson
11.09.14
OUTLINE
James 4:17
“Anyone who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.”
WHEN MOTIVATION IS NOT MOTIVATION ENOUGH
GOD IS GOD ENOUGH
THE ENEMY OF MOTIVATION IS: PROCRASTINATION
MOST CHRIST FOLLOWERS KNOW WHAT TO DO
UNFORTUNATELY THEY POSTPONE IT
WHAT CAUSES US TO PROCRASTINATE?
INDECISION
James 1:8
“A double minded man is unstable in all he does.”
PERFECTIONISM
Ecclesiastes 11:4 (LB)
“If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll never get anything done!”
FEAR
Proverbs 29:25 (LB)
“The fear of man is a trap...”
ANGER
Proverbs 18:9 (GN)
“A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive.”
LAZINESS
Proverbs 13:4 (LB)
“Lazy people want much but get little, while the diligent are prospering.”
WHAT IS THE COST OF PROCRASTINATION?
• IT CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS
Proverbs 15:19 (LB)
“A lazy person has trouble all through life.”
• IT WASTES OPPORTUNITIES
Proverbs 20:4 (LB)
“If you won’t plow in the cold, you won’t eat at harvest.”
• IT HURTS OTHERS
WHAT IS THE CURE FOR PROCRASTINATION?
STOP MAKING EXCUSES
Proverbs 22:13 (LB)
“The lazy man is full of excuses...”
START TODAY
Proverbs 21:1 (GN)
“Never boast about tomorrow. You don’t know what will happen between now and then.”
ESTABLISH A PLANNED SCHEDULE
Proverbs 13:6 (LB)
“A wise man plans ahead. A fool doesn’t.”
FACE MY FEARS
Philippians 4:13 (JB)
“There is nothing I cannot master with the help of Christ who gives me strength.”
FOCUS ON THE GAIN, NOT THE PAIN
Galatians 6:9 (GN)
“So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we reap a harvest.”
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