Hall Pass to Life

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Hall Pass to Life
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Graduation

• Reflect back over school years, friends,
  teachers, football games, activities
• Most schools require a Hall Pass for students
  to be in the halls during class time.
• This morning I will give you your hall pass to
  life
• 5 Things must be on this pass.

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1 Faith in Christ

• Hebrews 116 But without faith it is impossible
  to please Him, for he who comes to God must
  believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of
  those who diligently seek Him.
• Not parents faith, elders faith, preachers faith
• Not faith in church, people, family

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1 Faith in Christ

• Must have your personal faith
• Faith in God, Christ, Bible
• You must have your own personal faith in your God.

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2 Focus on your goals

• Many HS graduates are aimless
• No goals, no direction
• Concentrate on the goal
• Hebrews 122 looking unto Jesus, the author and
  finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was
  set before Him endured the cross, despising the
  shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the
  throne of God.

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2 Focus on your goals

• Don't let others distract you from your goals
• Harvard (very bad football team) cheer
• That's all right, that's OK
• You will work for us someday.

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3 Finish what you start

• Luke 1428-30 28 For which of you, intending to
  build a tower, does not sit down first and count
  the cost, whether he has enough to finish it-- 29
  lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is
  not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock
  him, 30 saying, 'This man began to build and was
  not able to finish.'

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3 Finish what you start

• Build a tower FIRST count the cost!
• Attend college graduate!
• Get married Stay married!
• Go to work Finish what you start!

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3 Finish what you start

• Paul Harvey message for graduates
• Life is not fair get used to it.
• If you think your teacher is tough wait till you
  get a boss.
• If you mess up its not your parent's fault so
  don't whine about your mistakes. Learn from them.

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3 Finish what you start

• Before you were born your parents weren't as
  boring as they are now. They got that way paying
  your bills and cleaning your room.
• Life is not divided into semesters.
• You don't get summers off.
• Few employers are interested in helping you to
  find yourself. Do that on your own time.

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4 Freedom to fail

• James 32 For we all stumble in many things. If
  anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect
  man, able also to bridle the whole body.
• Optimist called home after failing an exam -
• But I got a high F.

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4 Freedom to fail

• Great men of God failed
• Abraham lied twice
• Noah got drunk
• David adultery and murder
• Peter denied Christ
• Paul was the chief of sinners

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4 Freedom to fail

• An American Failure
• 1831 Failed in business
• 1832 Defeated for state legislature
• 1833 Failed again in business
• 1835 Fiance died
• 1836 Had nervous breakdown
• 1838 Defeated for speaker of the house
• 1850 Son died

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4 Freedom to fail

• An American Failure
• 1855 Defeated for senate
• 1856 Defeated for vice president
• 1858 Defeated for senate
• BUT in 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected
  President of the United States

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5 Family a priority

• Exodus 2012 "Honor your father and your mother,
  that your days may be long upon the land which
  the Lord your God is giving you.
• Stay close to home
• Not about geography
• But about the heart
• Always make family a priority
• Immediate family
• Church family
• Extended family

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HALL PASS TO LIFE

• _____________________________
• Is authorized to enter
• Into life with the following stipulations
• Faith in Christ
• Focus on your goals
• Finish what you start
• Freedom to fail
• Family a priority