If you’ve ever felt like your life has gone “off course” or wondered “how could God use someone like me?”, I believe Sunday morning is your day! What an opportunity to ‘get up off the mat’ and put an end to the nagging doubts and skepticsm. We are gonna take a look at “Purpose Thieves”, “Dream Killers”, “Vision Assassins”, and “Belief Bandits” that try and affect all of us. In other words, people and things that will try to shoot down your faith, dreams, purpose, and identity.

1) Family. Often in innocence or ignorance those closest to us remember us and know us by the old flesh vs. the new spirit.

2) Friends. How many people’s lives have gone off track because they followed or listened to the wrong friends?

3) Failure. We have all been part of teams, plans, even churches perhaps that have spouted great things but for whatever reason it didn’t work out. Then add to that our personal failures in areas such as investments, jobs, marriage or child raising and we can be staggered. But like Paul (who had a glaring past); we too must learn to forget what is behind, reach for what is ahead (God’s high call), and press through opposition.

4) Fatigue. Do not grow weary in well doing, for we will reap if we faint not. Don’t give up on God as He’ll never give up on you.

5) Fear. Fear of men’s faces, fear of failure, fear of fences and boundaries. All must be addressed.