Pay Now, Play Later - November 4, 2009

Winning Race Teams: Households that live out the message, power and glory of God to their neighborhood, community and the world.

NASCAR teaches that to win the race it takes a lot of discipline and hard work to not only get to the track, but also endure and win the race.

“You can either pay now and play later, or you can play now and pay later. But remember if you play now and pay later you will end up paying much more.” John Maxwell

To be successful family team, team members need to know:
>>>You are what you do daily.
>>>You first form your habits; then your habits form you.
>>>Habits of success are as easy as habits of failure.

Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? Luke 9:23-25

For the Family Team to Succeed – Everyone Needs to Pay Now
For the Family Team to Succeed – Paying the price is a way of life
For the Family Team to go to the next level – they have to give up to go up

How a Family Team “Pays”
• Personal & Family Sacrifice
• Commit Time to Right Habits
• Never Stop Growing as members and a family
• Humility/Unselfishness is the rule not the exception

Train yourself toward godliness, keeping yourself spiritually fit. 1 Timothy 4:7 Amplified

Disciple’s Cross: Having the right habits to to succeed as a Christian Family requires understanding how to have balance in what each member does and what the family does. Avery Willis gave us a diagram called the Disciple's Cross in his study called MasterLife.