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Training For Reigning Part 3

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Jan 16, 2025 • 40 min

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Summary

Any advancement in life inevitably meets opposition, requiring wisdom and strategy rather than mere willpower to overcome. Winning introduces new pressures, such as navigating unrealistic expectations, evaluating elevation opportunities, and keeping ambition within godly boundaries. By learning to manage victory through God's Word and discernment, believers can experience true Kingdom progress while preserving their peace and purpose.

Themes

Spiritual Advancement and WarfareManaging Success and ElevationNavigating Expectations and CriticismKingdom Purpose vs. Personal AmbitionDiscernment and Divine Timing

Pastor's Points

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Ignore unrealistic expectations

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Evaluate opportunities for elevation

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Avoid Abimelech

Key Points

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Any advancement in life—whether spiritual, relational, career, or financial—will inevitably be met with opposition.
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True spiritual growth requires fighting battles with God-given wisdom and strategy rather than mere willpower.
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Big problems rarely travel alone; secondary stresses often attach themselves to a root challenge, but eliminating the main problem removes its companions.
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Achieving victory introduces new types of battles, requiring believers to learn how to manage the unique pressures of winning without losing what matters most.
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Believers must learn to ignore unrealistic and unarticulated expectations from others when stepping into greater success.
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You cannot chase your God-given purpose and try to satisfy everyone else's expectations at the same time.
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Every opportunity for elevation must be carefully evaluated because having the capability to do something does not mean it is your God-given assignment.
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Sermon Moments

“Any advancement will be met with some type of opposition... Your willingness and ability to overcome the opposition dictates and determines how far you advance.”

“We don't just want to fight with willpower, we want to fight with wisdom.”

“There's one big problem and then all the little problems get in the car with it... when you kick the Midianites out, the cousins got to go.”

“He went from lamb to lion... chasing what used to chase him.”

“God told Joshua I want you to have something different... I want you to gain but not lose your soul.”

“You can't chase purpose and other people's expectations at the same time.”

“Just because I can do it doesn't mean I'm supposed to.”

“Ambition is like water... without boundaries it'll drown you and destroy everything that's valuable.”

This Week

Identify areas of recent advancement in your spiritual, career, or personal life, and prepare for potential opposition using biblical strategy rather than raw willpower.

Evaluate current open doors and invitations to make sure they align with your God-given assignment for this season, rather than simply accepting them because you have the ability.

Practice setting healthy boundaries by lovingly declining to fulfill unarticulated or unrealistic expectations imposed by others.

Audit your personal goals to ensure your drive is bridled within godly boundaries and serving Kingdom purposes rather than selfish ambition.

Address the primary root issue in stressful situations instead of allowing secondary problems to overwhelm your focus.

Protect your spiritual peace and personal relationships during seasons of success, refusing to compromise your soul for outer achievements.

Declare God's promises over your life daily, trusting that His timely Word is preparing you for upcoming breakthrough and victory.

Remember This

Advancing in God's Kingdom requires wisdom to manage victory, discern open doors according to assignment rather than ability, and guard the heart against unbridled ambition.

A Challenge for You

I want you to say this to the doubting Thomas on the inside of you: I'm getting ready to win. God is getting me ready... Father, get us ready for what we don't know to get ready for, and we stand in tiptoe anticipation that our eyes have not seen and our ears have not heard what You're going to do in our life.

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Unbridled ambition must be guarded against, as drive without godly boundaries can destroy spiritual values, relationships, and Kingdom progress.

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God's Word carries power through its divine timing, signaling that He is actively preparing you for breakthrough and victory.

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