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DISTURBING YOUR
COMFORT ZONES

2. Luke 9:23
• And He said to them, “If
anyone wants to come
with me, he must forget
himself, take up his cross
everyday and follow ME”
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COMFORT ZONES
 They are our living, work and social
environments that we have grown accustom
to. It determines the type of friends we make
or people we associate with. It determines a
life style we accept or reject.
 It is the term used to denote a type of mental
conditioning resulting in artificially created
mental boundaries within which an individual
derives a sense of security.
Source: www. motivation-tools.com/elements/comfort.zone.htm

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in other words….
our comfort zones are the areas in which
we feel comfortable…they protect
personal comfort…they more likely
involve personal preferences as what is
comfortable to one is uncomfortable to
another.

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The realities about comfort
zones:
Often times, it restrict God’s work
and purposes
Spiritual growth specializes in
violating comfort zones
More often than not, GOD wants us
to leave our comfort zones
Source: Getting Out of Our Comfort Zones by Rev. David Massey

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1. Noah
• Noah is comfortable with his life (No faults;
the only good man in his time; Genesis 6: 9-
10)
• God asked him to come out of his comfort
zones. God asked him to build an ark as He
is about to destroy every living being on
earth. (Genesis 6: 13-21)
• Noah’s Response: Noah did everything that
God commanded (verse 22)
• Result: Noah and his sons were blessed by
God (Genesis 9)

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2. Abram/Abraham
• Abram leads a comfortable life. After his
father died he became the clan’s leader. He
is respected and obeyed. He is comfortable.
(Genesis 11:31)
• God asked Abram to get out of his comfort
zone. (Genesis 12: 1-5)
• Abram’s Response: (Genesis 12: 4-5)
• Result: Abram became “Abraham” (Genesis
17: 5) He was blessed by God and he
became a blessing to the world.

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3. Nehemiah
• He worked at the king’s palace as the wine
steward. He leads a comfortable life.
(Nehemiah 1:11b)
• God asked him to leave his comfort zone.
God gave him a deep concern for Jerusalem.
• His Response: He obeyed God. He went out
of his comfort zones and return to Jerusalem
• Result: He was able to rebuild the wall of
Jerusalem; he was able to unite God’s
people. Surely, he was blessed by God.

9. WHY DO WE NEED TO
LEAVE OUR
“COMFORT ZONES”?
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10. God leads you outside your
comfort zone so you can
experience HIS protection
• Matthew 2:21-23
• God directed Joseph to Egypt, and
then to Nazareth, to protect his
family.
• When God leads you out of your
comfort zone, he may be doing it to
protect you and your family.
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11. God leads you outside your
comfort zone to stretch your
boundaries.
• God wants you to see the world
through his eyes.
• God wants to lead you to a new
level of usefulness.
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12. God leads you outside your
comfort zone so you can learn
to depend on HIM.
• Matthew 2:13
• Joseph was in a position in which he had to
put all of his trust in God, and remain
focused on hearing God’s voice.
• During those times that we are forced out of
our comfort zone, we have the opportunity
to hear God’s voice more clearly than ever
before, to experience his presence more
powerfully than ever before.

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Lessons Learned:
Do not allow “your comfort zones” to
restrict God’s work and purposes
Allow God to change us so that our
comfort zones will include everything
that comes from God and expresses
itself in Jesus Christ
 God takes us out from our comfort
zones at times to help refine us. He has
to turn up the heat to remove the
impurities in us.

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Lessons Learned:
Remember, to serve Christ
costs everything. There is an
element of risk involved but
Jesus called us out of our
comfort zones when he tells us
“to take up your cross and
follow me”

15. REMEMBER THAT:
• Whenever we first break through a
comfort zone, we will probably feel
uncomfortable at first. But not long
after we make the change, we
experience a new-found freedom
on the other side. Then we wonder
why we didn't break through
sooner.
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Challenge:
Do you want to serve GOD?
Let us leave our comfort zones and
wear our faith on our sleeves. Let us
speak up on behalf of our Lord.
And when you feel weak, remember
what the Lord said in 2 Corinthians
12:9
“My grace is sufficient for you, for
my power is made perfect in
weakness”

17. FINALLY….THINK ABOUT
THESE…..
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• "God places many of His
blessings outside of our
comfort zones, then asks us
to come get them." --Kent
Crockett (Kent Crockett,
The 911 Handbook,
Peabody, MA: Hendrickson
Publishers, 2003, 67)

19. • The time spent outside
our comfort zone gives
God the opportunity to
make us what he wants
us to be.
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God Bless!!!