OUTLINE: Commands require faith for obedience to have its intended result.God’s View On Religion“The end goal is blessing for you; how you get there matters to Me because it is by My grace that you are able to accomplish such a thing! Your faith is on full display, My child.” 1Jo 4:18bThere is no fear […]
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OUTLINE: Php 4:6-7do not be anxious [imperative mood = command]about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.1Pe 5:7casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares
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OUTLINE: No one is immune to loneliness. Heb 13:5b“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”1Pe 5:7casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.Mt 28:20b“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” — Jesus Jas 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.“jars of clay”This is a reference to
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OUTLINE: Heb 13:5b“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” “jars of clay”This is a reference to cheap, expendable jars that were used during Paul’s time for simple storage, even for holding human waste. Ro 14:23bFor whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.Loneliness has a utility to it for as long as it doesn’t
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OUTLINE: Our PrioritiesThe Spirit of Christ isn’t satisfied with having 2nd place in our hearts! Your TreasureWhen we lack contentment with what God has ordained for us, we are in essence saying Jesus isn’t enough. Lack of ContentmentHuman power doesn’t trust in God’s provisions alone, it’s not willing to give up the extras we’re used
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OUTLINE: Money Lust Corrupts True BeautyThe beauty is in the land, not its monetary value… its features, its fruit, and its memories even. Do we hold the right perspective on where true beauty lies? Lack of ContentmentHuman power doesn’t trust in God’s provisions alone, it’s not willing to give up the extras we’re used to.
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OUTLINE: Php 2:12a [Amplified Classic]Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent…Php 2:12b [Amplified Classic]…work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe
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OUTLINE: Php 2:12a [Amplified Classic]Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent…Php 2:12b [Amplified Classic]…work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe
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The question on the table is this, “What, exactly, is authority orientation?” The term “authority orientation” is a theological one used to describe a person’s willingness to orient to God-ordained authority. Can this type of orientation be perverted, where a person claims it’s one way but the truth, in God’s eyes, is another? Of course, hence the
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OUTLINE: Be Careful What You TreasureIf we treasure a counterfeit, we suffer for it. Sources of Counterfeit “Self-Esteem”Your education, work, or incomeYour appearance or dressYour kindness, niceness, sweetnessYour reputation, accomplishments, “success”Your religion 1Co 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the
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