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The Path Principle: Redux. The Path Principle. So far, we have talked about the Path Principle in a negative way. We’ve talked about: Ending up in the wrong place Starting in the wrong direction to begin with Paths that lead off cliffs and into swamps. Mazes. How to solve a 3-D maze
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The Path Principle • So far, we have talked about the Path Principle in a negative way. • We’ve talked about: • Ending up in the wrong place • Starting in the wrong direction to begin with • Paths that lead off cliffs and into swamps
Mazes • How to solve a 3-D maze • How to solve a 2-D maze
What would happen if you followed the maze with the wall always on your right and never turned around?
What would happen if you followed the maze with the wall always on your left and never turned around?
Proverbs 4:25-27 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:25-27 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
Hebrews 2:1 We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Catch the order here: • Attention • Direction • Destination
Solving a 2-D Maze • Most mazes are designed for working in one direction • How can you make it easier? • Work it backward
The Path Principle Your direction, not your intention, determines your destination.
How do I navigate a life? • Determine what you want your life to look like from the end • Work it backward • And be careful of distractions
Work it Backwards • Career • Family • Relationships • Money • Ministry • Desires
Proverbs 27:12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
Proverbs 14:15 A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.
Isaiah 46:4 I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. NIV I will pull you out of the fire. And I will teach you not to set fires around yourself. HBV