This is the first message of Pastor Chuck Bernal's new series TRACTION. This message explains the three ways the word traction is used, why we need traction in our lives and how we get the traction we need to move forward. Using the story of King David in Psalm 40, Pastor Chuck provides positive and practical encouragement to help us become all that God wants us to be. This message was delivered on Sunday, January 10, 2016

3. Where there is no vision from God,
the people run wild, but those who
adhere to God’s instruction
know genuine happiness.
(Proverbs 29:18 – Voice)

4. VISION
The ability to see, something
you imagine, a picture in
your mind and heart

5. “Vision without traction
is merely hallucination.”
(Gino Wickman)

6. GETTING STUCK
THE STORY OF JOSEPH

7. Reuben then said, “Do not put him
to death. Throw him into this hole
here in the desert. But do not lay a
hand on him.” . . . So when Joseph
came to his brothers, they tore off
his coat . . .

8. And they took him and threw him
into the hole. The hole was empty
and had no water in it.
(Genesis 37:21-24 – New Life Version)

9. WHY YOU NEED
SOME TRACTION
IN YOUR LIFE

10. UNDERSTANDING
TRACTION

11. 1. The power that is used
to pull something forward

13. 2. A way of treating broken
bones in which a device
gently pulls the bones
back into place

15. 3. The support or interest
that is needed for something
to succeed or make progress

17. You need traction when
you’re stuck

18. FRUSTRATION

19. I was sliding down into the pit
of death, and he pulled me out.
He brought me up out of the
mud and dirt.
(Psalm 40:2 – New International Reader’s Version)

20. I waited and waited and waited for
GOD. At last he looked; finally he
listened. He lifted me out of the
ditch, pulled me from deep mud.
(Psalm 40:2 – The Message)

21. You need traction when
you’re broken

22. PAIN

23. He reached down and drew me
from the deep, dark hole where
I was stranded, mired in the
muck and clay.
(Psalm 40:2 – Voice)

24. He brought me up out of a
horrible pit [a place of tumult and of
destruction], out of the miry clay . . .
(Psalm 40:2 – Amplified Bible)

25. You need traction when
you’re hopeless

26. FEAR

27. He brought me up also
out of the pit of hopelessness,
out of the miry clay
(Psalm 40:2 – Jubilee Bible)

28. He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire.
(Psalm 40:2 – New Living Translation)

29. HOW YOU GET
SOME TRACTION
IN YOUR LIFE

30. I waited patiently for God to help
me; then he listened and heard my
cry. He lifted me out of the pit of
despair, out from the bog and the
mire, and set my feet on a hard,
firm path, and steadied me as I
walked along.

31. He has given me a new song to
sing, of praises to our God.
Now many will hear of the glorious
things he did for me, and stand
in awe before the Lord, and put
their trust in him.
(Psalm 40:1-2 – Living Bible)

32. Whenever I’m stuck,
broken or hopeless,
I have to trust God

33. TRUSTING GOD
REPLACES MY
FRUSTRATION

34. Whenever I’m stuck,
broken or hopeless,
I have to turn to God

35. TURNING TO GOD
REDUCES MY PAIN

36. Whenever I’m stuck,
broken or hopeless,
I have to tell others
about God

37. TELLING OTHERS
ABOUT GOD
REMOVES MY FEAR

38. LIFEPOINTE CHURCH VERSE
FOR 2016
“Forget the past — it is nothing
compared to what I am going to do.
For I am about to do something new.
See, I have already begun!”
(Isaiah 43:18-19 – New Living Translation)

39. Let’s Pray