1. Winning time requires training in the dark
A. Apostle Paul reminds us that anyone who competes goes into “strict training”.
B. Spiritual victories work the same way. Your winning time public breakthroughs are born in your private prayer life.
C. The endurance we need to survive life’s toughest moments is built when we choose to trust God in hidden seasons of testing.
2. Winning time requires us to identify & replace the problem with the solution.
A. The problem is we start acting defeated forgetting the promise of Rom 8:37
B. The problem is we start speaking and copying the world.
C. The solution is to replace rotten fruit with good fruit. (Gal 5:22-26)
3. Winning time requires shedding the weight that holds us back. (Heb 12:1)