03/08/2025
3rd August 2025 Thanksgiving Service
Ministering: Pastor E. A. Adeboye
Text: Proverbs 22:29
Topic: The Winning Team
• Your coach can’t be your friend. A friend is satisfied with how you are. A good coach will always push you beyond your limit.
• Victory is sweet; it is rewarding.
• They don’t give medals to failures. Don’t just participate—win.
• Nobody celebrates failure.
• Revelation 2:17: Overcomers will receive gifts like hidden manna, a white stone, and a new name.
• Without coaches, the team will not succeed. – Pastor E. A. Adeboye
Three major things to take note of to be on the winning team:
1. You must know how to win. – Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is the correct application of knowledge. Coaches have both knowledge and experience to win.
Ecclesiastes 9:16: Wisdom is better than strength. You can be strong and still lose.
• When you are angry, you make mistakes. – Pastor E. A. Adeboye
• Wisdom brings success. – Ecclesiastes 10:10
2. Work extra hard. – Proverbs 22:29; 12:24
• The one who works hard will end up a winner.
• Always go the extra mile in your practice. As a pastor, do more than your members.
# You must protect your weak point.
The devil knows your weak point—protect it.
3. You need divine involvement to win. – Ecclesiastes 9:11
Often, the one who wins is not the best. Whether you become a winner in life depends on God. – Romans 9:16
• Romans 9:10–14: God chose Jacob to be above Esau even before they were born.
• You cannot win in life without God.
• Success in life is 100% dependent on God. – Pastor E. A. Adeboye
• If you have wisdom, team up with God. If He calls you a winner, you will win. If He calls you a loser, you will lose.
Call to Salvation:
God determines your tomorrow. If you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus, please do so now.
