Summary: Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us What are you holding on to that’s keeping you from becoming the person you were meant to be? Growing people change Change always comes before growth John 15:1-2 1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." What are you holding on to that’s keeping you from becoming the person you were meant to be? For Further Study: Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud Let go of things that are: Good but not great “Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life." - Jim C. Collins, Good to Great Let go of things that are: -Sick and not getting better -Let go of things that are: -Dead and in the way Ephesians 2:1-2 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— Ephesians 2:4-5 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, 5 made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved
