THE Keys of Success Series: Diligence
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RELEVANT | REL-IGNITE [Young Adult Bible Study]
Min. Derrell Young
Scripture:
Psalm 119:4; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 27:23
PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY
They say persistence is the key that unlocks the door to success. This study
will examine the work of Diligence and it’s aspect in 3 layers: Personal,
Business, and Community. With this series, it will be our attempt to examine
success in its proper context and steps that will help us to accomplish this
journey.
Definition of Diligence:
o Dictionary.com: constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is
undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind.
o Synonym: intensity, laboriousness, keenness,
patience, fortitude, longanimity
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Longanimity: patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or
offense; forbearance.
Take away my ability to fail and I would not know
the meaning of success. Let me be immune to
rejection and heartbreak and I could not know the
glory of living.
- Ross W. Marrs
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Diligence | It’s Personal
Psalm 119:4: Thou hast commanded us to keep thy
precepts diligently.
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There is a personal responsibility in the commitment in this evercultivating relationship between Creation and Creator.
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God has give us the torah | directions | principles | formula to
understand a brief glimpse of his magnitude yet simultaneously
dissect unknown wisdom to enhance the Christian Walk.
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Derrell Young
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Because of the Fall of Man, the Holy Spirit’s presence is predicated
upon man inability to understand God’s wisdom.
o [1 Cor. 1:18-25] |
Psalm 119:3-5
Amplified Bible (AMP)
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Thus in giving His precepts | torah | directions His desire is that we
make ourselves available with constant effort [diligence] thru the
Holy Spirit daily to make our day the best!
--Diligence | It’s Business
Proverbs 13:4: The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the
soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
o A person that is habitually lazy owns only the desire to accomplish
and acquire but obtains zilch.
o “desireth, and hath nothing”
 Working Out
 Clearing up credit
 Traveling overseas
o If one stays consistent in the field of proficiency, his/her name will
circulate and business will always be available.
o “Shall be made fat”
 Job
 Appointed and Recognized
o A wise man will always learn for a foolish man – for a foolish man
has all the greatest ideas and no plans to manifest them.
--Diligence | It’s Community
Proverbs 27:23: Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look
well to thy herds.
o Be intentional to know the wellbeing of those that are socially
connected to you.
o Ask the important questions
o Taking a person for granted is diminishing their value in life only to
erect yours in their place.
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Life Application – How Does This Look
in Life?
1. Take the time each day to seek God’s face for all concerns!
2. If you want to have something – get up and work for it!
3. It’s in your best interest to know the wellbeing of all connected
to you!
Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts];
they walk in His ways.
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You have commanded us to keep Your precepts, that we should observe
them diligently.
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Oh, that my ways were directed and established to observe Your statutes
[hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]!
Proverbs 13:3-5
The Message (MSG)
3
Careful words make for a careful life;
careless talk may ruin everything.
4
Indolence wants it all and gets nothing;
the energetic have something to show for their lives.
5
A good person hates false talk;
a bad person wallows in gibberish.
Proverbs 27:22-28
The Message (MSG)
22
Pound on a fool all you like—
you can't pound out foolishness.
23-27
Know your sheep by name;
carefully attend to your flocks;
(Don't take them for granted;
possessions don't last forever, you know.)
And then, when the crops are in
and the harvest is stored in the barns,
You can knit sweaters from lambs' wool,
and sell your goats for a profit;
There will be plenty of milk and meat
to last your family through the winter.
List
7
WAYS
the
ARK
of
NOAH
and
the
CROSS
of
JESUS
are
similar.
Pray
for
POLAND
‐ 39
million
people
‐ 95%
Catholics
‐ 0.4%
Christians
How
does
Proverbs
19:19
look
in
your
life?
How
does
Proverbs
27:5
look
in
your
life?