the power of limitations
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Limitationsgregsurratt.org
What would you do if you knew there were
noLIMITS?
Problem: That sounds great - it's just not true
UnfortunatelyYou do have a few limitations
You may be limited by• Time
• Talent
• Money
• Space
• Opportunity
• DNA
So...What should you do?
LIMITATIONS It’s better to know them and be called a wussy than to ignore
them and be called a dumbass
LIMITATIONS Sometimes we find ours the hard way
A wise man knows his limitations.
-Clint Eastwood
A more accurate view
What should you do about real limitations?
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times
I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my
weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. !
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (NIV)
What we know about limitations
• Everybody has them - "I was given..."
• They have a purpose - "To keep me from being conceited..."
• It's okay for you to ask for God to take them away - "Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me"
• You can either whine about them or rejoice in them - "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses"
• God will use them if you allow him to - "My power is made perfect in weakness"
The power of limitations
• Limitations help you grow
Limitations help you grow as a photographer. Traveling with the Fuji x100s for a month, from Iceland to my home country in France, was
very liberating. Not only the comfortable size and weight of the camera was a great advantage, the fact that the camera became a
simple tool and did not get in the way between me and my vision was the best part.
!
- Valerie Jardin
The power of limitations• Limitations help you grow
• Limitations increase our freedom
“Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities. The idea that you can do
anything is absolutely terrifying.” !
- Austin Kleon
The power of limitations• Limitations help you grow
• Limitations increase our freedom
• Limitations stimulate creativity
“Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the money in the world, all the colors in the palette, anything you want - that just
kills creativity.”
- Jack White
Question: How are you viewing your own limitations?
As a nuisance? (Pray) As a gift? (Worship)
As a source of power? (Action)
As a team - What is a limitation we face between where we are now and where we want to be?
How can we allow God to turn it into a strength?