Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

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1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

Four Pitfalls of Success 1) We begin defining who we are by our success.

Four Pitfalls of Success 1) We begin defining who we are by our success. How has becoming successful in a particular way changed who I am as a person????

After we won the lottery, we bought an eight-bedroom, seven-bath, 10,000-square-foot mansion because we could, and it sounded amazing. Well, now we re selling the eight-bedroom, seven-bath mansion because it s impractical for a family of four.

Don t let your success -- - lift you off the ground.

Don t let your success -- - lift you off the ground. 1 Corinthians 15:10 By the grace of God I am what I am. (Apostle Paul)

Four Pitfalls of Success 1) We begin defining who we are by our success. 2) Successful people have to deal with the jealousy of others.

1 Samuel 18 6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. 7 As they danced, they sang: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.

Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Four Pitfalls of Success 1) We begin defining who we are by our success. 2) Successful people have to deal with the jealousy of others. 3) Success has a way of making us proud.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

The Success Shift We shift the credit for our success from God to ourselves.

Two great questions! What do I have that has not been given to me???

What do I have that has not been given to me??? 1 Corinthians 4:7 What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?

Two great questions! What do I have that has not been given to me??? Who has given me the stuff it takes to become successful?

Two great questions! What do I have that has not been given to me??? Who has given me the stuff it takes to become successful? Deuteronomy 8:18 Remember the LORD your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath.

Galatians 6:14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Four Pitfalls of Success 1) We begin defining who we are by our success. 2) Successful people have to deal with the jealousy of others. 3) Success has a way of making us proud. 4) Success has a way of making us feel entitled.

Anti-Entitlement verses Job 1:21 "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."

Anti-Entitlement verses 1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into the world, and neither can we carry anything out of it.

Lord Acton "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Application One of the reasons handling success can lead us into trouble, is that we have a faulty understanding of what success truly is.

Application One of the reasons handling success can lead us into trouble, is that we have a faulty understanding of what success truly is. What is your measuring stick?

Application 1. One of the reasons handling success can lead us into trouble, is that we have a faulty understanding of what success truly is. What is your measuring stick? Success in whose eyes?

Application 2. For a believer in Jesus, the measuring stick for success is faithfulness, and the person in whose eyes we want to be successful is Jesus.

John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Matthew 23:12 (BBE) And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.