A Need for Speed | Gray Strickland

Ephesians 2:10 NIV

10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

We were created on purpose for a purpose.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12 NIV

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up...12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

God helps His people through His people.

Anything God does in us is never just for us.

Hebrews 10:24 NIV

24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,

1. Who's in your pit crew?

2. Whose pit crew are you in?

adversity - a state of serious or continued difficulty, misfortune, or distress

Pursuing our purpose requires us to push through adversity – not succumb to it.

Galatians 6:9 NIV

9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Ecclesiastes 4:10b NIV

But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

Hebrews 4:15-16 NIV

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.