How to live an Unshakable Life, based on Mathew 7:24-29. For the rest of the video/audio and Sermon Notes go to www.mympumc.net for August 14, 2016

1. Mt
Pleasant
United Methodist Church

3. Unshakable

4. “THEY will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out
its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its
leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:8

5. “Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose
confidence is in him.” Jeremiah 17:7

6. When the roots are deep,
There is no reason to fear the wind.

7. Participation Principle

8. The Law of CAUSE AND EFFECT
When You, then God

9. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—
and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are
God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good
works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:8-10

10. Salvation is by Faith – New Direction, New Life
Destination is by Choice – New path to walk

11. “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine
and puts them into practice is like a wise man who
built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the
streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against
that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its
foundation on the rock.

12. But everyone who hears these words of mine and
does not put them into practice is like a foolish man
who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the
streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against
that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

13. When Jesus had finished saying these
things, the crowds were amazed at his
teaching, because he taught as one who had
authority, and not as their teachers of the law.
Matthew 7:24-29 (NIV)

14. Who’s responsible for YOUR LIFE?
GOD – brings good things to good people
ME – I show up, I sign up, I build up
CHURCH – better preaching, programs, pews

15. There are No SHORTCUTS
Building on solid rock takes…
1. TIME - vision
2. EFFORT - invest
3. PERSISTANCE - commitment

16. Spiritual Growth is a lot like GOLF
POTENTIAL: Everyone hears these words of mine
KINETIC: Puts them into practice

17. A Healthy, Happy Life is directly related to
the length of time between hearing the
word of God and doing it.

18. The
Deeper
these Go…
The
Higher
these
Grow!

19. “For all sad words of tongue and pen, The
saddest are these, 'It might have been'.” J Whittier