Church Scripture: 

Romans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” For the first quarter of the year, we will memorize Hebrews 11:6 and stand to declare it at the beginning of each message. 

Hebrews 11:6 (NIV) And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. 

• 1. God wants to use you Everyday, “On The Way!” 
• 2. For Matthew 6:10-11 to happen, “the Kingdom of God to come,” it is not “Suddenly” but in the “Everyday Life!” 

Matthew 6:10 “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

Almost every Miracle in the Bible happened "Every Day – On The Way” to do something else, not as a specialized set moment in time. 

God knows the moment; most people just made themselves available for God's moment. 

Availability is more valuable than ability. 

To truly live a life of Everyday Faith, we need to discover where we are in our journey of following Jesus. 

We have narrowed this journey down to 8 steps that we will unpack in the rest of this series. 

• 1. Saved – Born-again 
• a. John 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
• b. Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
• 2. Water Baptized 
• a. Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
• 3. Holy Spirit Activated 
• a. John 20:22 “And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.”
• b. Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
• 4. Healed and Set Free 
• a. John 8:31-32 “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, 'If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• b. John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
• 5. In Community 
• a. Hebrews 10:24-25 “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. 
• b. Acts 2:42 “And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 
• 6. Contributing 
• a. Romans 12:3-8 “3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. 
• 7. Personal Growth 
• a. 2 Peter 3:18 "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen." 
• b. Ephesians 4:15 “We are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” 
• 8. Reproducing 

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• a. 2 Timothy 2:1-2 "You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” 

In this 8-step journey, prayerfully identify where you are and consider how to take the next step in following Jesus. 

I want to focus on 4-8 for the rest of this message: Healed and Set Free, In Community, Contributing, Personal Growth, and Reproducing. 

Backdrop of Philippians 

• · The first Christian church in Europe was founded in Philippi and established in 48-51 A.D. 
• · Paul was arrested in 62 A.D. and put in a Roman prison. 
• · While in prison, Paul wrote Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon. 
• · The theme is Joy (used 5 times ESV) and Rejoice (used 8 times ESV). 

Philippians 1:12 

12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 

12 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my circumstances [prison] have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel (NASB).

• § Greater - Greek: mallon- much more, by far 
• § Progress - Greek: prokopē - advancement or progress 

Could the situation you are praying to get out of be the source that God is using to have you take your next step of faith on your journey with Jesus? 

Philippians 3:8-14 

8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 

12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 

Press - Greek: diōkō

to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after 

• · to press on: figuratively of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal 
• · to pursue (in a hostile manner) 

Goal - Greek: skopos

The distant mark looked at, the goal or end one has in view. 

Prize - Greek: brabeion

the award to the victor in the games, a prize 

Paul elaborates on what he means in 1 Corinthians 9. 

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. 

Could the answer to our current situation, whatever it is, be that many Christians believe in dreaming rather than doing? 

We dream of the perfect: job, marriage, family, body, not doing that sin, being delivered from the addiction, etc... 

• · Dreaming alone never achieves consistent results.  

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• · Dreaming is an attempt to change with minimal commitment. 
• · Dreaming is almost like you planned to fail. 

We may need to change our strategy. We should stop dreaming and start doing!

• · Doing is putting in the work, effort, and energy to take your next step. 
• · Doing is a wholehearted commitment to achieve a specific result. 
• · Doing - It is training myself to do what I can do today, to strengthen me to do even more tomorrow. 
• · Doing is being empowered through the presence of God to work at becoming all he called me to become.

1 Timothy 4:7b-8 “Rather train yourself for godliness; 8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.” 

When you are dreaming, you are hoping to become someone you are not. 

When you are doing, you go into training with discipline to reach the potential of who you already are. 

Doing as a believer is stepping into more of our Identity in Christ today than you did yesterday.  

We do this by being Healed and Set Free, In Community, Contributing, Personal Growth, and Reproducing. 

It is time for you to stop dreaming and start doing. 

Take initiative by faith and make the decision to start doing, not just dreaming. 

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