Easter proves these to us:
1. If you Knew--The Thief comes to destroy--Jesus Brings Life
2. If you Knew--God Loves You
3. If you Knew--Its not too late
(Don Kinder - If you Knew - 04/14/2019)
The confident life is the life of faith
The confident is the life of hope
The confident life is the life of purpose
(Mark Thomas - The Confident Life - 04/07/2019)
And this is where true, Biblical confidence begins
Knowing who you belong to
You belong
You are not a stranger and a foreigner - you are not an outsider - you are not forgotten, not forsaken, not passed over, not... https://t.co/oEZ5SAJhHq
So what can bring spiritual frustration and how can we survive it?
1. Impatience 5. Unbalanced life
2. Religion 6. Our past
3. Comparison 7. Sin
4. Others expectations
Jesus tells them what to do to break free from sleepwalking Christianity:
1. wake up
2. strengthen what remains
3. remember the Word and keep it
4. repent
(Mark Thomas 3/24)
What does spiritual sleepwalking look like?
4. Desensitization
--When we sleepwalk, the enemy likes to lull us into a place where we are not aware of the evil around us (Mark Thomas 3/24)
What does spiritual sleepwalking look like?
3. Comprise
--The thing about spiritual compromise is that it doesn't normally happen brazenly or quickly - it comes in increments - one justification leads to one... https://t.co/o8CyTrqL7e
What does spiritual sleepwalking look like?
2. Going through the motions
--As Christians. we can get into a rut spiritually and find ourselves just doing things with no passion, nor fire (Mark Thomas 3/24)
Reminder: Tonight is our membership class at 6:00. Looking forward to new folks joining our fellowship! There will be donuts, drinks, and such. See you there!
What does spiritual sleepwalking look like?
1. Religiously active
--Our ultimate pursuit is to know and grow in Jesus - when we replace that with a lot of activity we can lull ourserlves into a state of spiritual sleep walking (Mark Thomas 3/24)