Are You Flexible and Stretchy
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What does it mean to be flexible
What does it mean to be flexible
Flex: to bend, especially repeatedly
To be Flexible is to be capable of being flexed: pliant yielding to influence
Characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements
Being flexible does not mean being wishy washy and not having any control over the flex
Being flexible does not mean being wishy washy and not having any control over the flex
Do you have the ability to stretch?
Do you have the ability to stretch?
Are you flexible in the physical realm?
Are you flexible in the physical realm?
Are you flexible in the spiritual realm?
Are you flexible in the spiritual realm?
Being flexible means being willing to change and try something new
Being flexible means being willing to change and try something new
11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
Flexible people are much easier to get along with than people who are not willing to bend
Flexible people are much easier to get along with than people who are not willing to bend
9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
How do I get flexible?
How do I get flexible?
FACTS
Getting flexible is painful
Getting flexible is challenging
Getting flexible requires effort
Getting flexible requires change
Getting flexible requires stretching
10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;
2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
How do I stay flexible?
How do I stay flexible?
MORE FACTS
Staying flexible requires maintenance
Staying flexible requires effort
Staying flexible requires choices
Staying flexible requires desire
Staying flexible requires stretching
7 For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. 8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.
16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
Inflexible people have a hard time getting along with people and getting things done because they remain stiff and rigid and are not willing to change
Inflexible people have a hard time getting along with people and getting things done because they remain stiff and rigid and are not willing to change
16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
Are you willing to make the change?
Are you willing to make the change?
26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.