Brave Miami

RED: Part 2

- God uses nobodies

- He wants to make every nobody into somebody

- You may have to pray to experience God's power. He is the solution to your suffering.

- In the brokenness, you are better

- You might be dirty, but you are not defeated

WAIT FOR IT

ATTEND + DISCOVER + COMMIT

1. He was successful

2. SUCCESS ≠ SATISFACTION

3. Jairus wanted to discover what Jesus was all about

4. Sometimes discovering Jesus means that there's detours

5. Just because Jesus isn't working on your time table doesn't mean that Jesus isn't working in your trouble

6. When Jairus became personal, his faith became powerful

FearLESS & FaithFULL

FEAR leads to COMPROMISE

Definition of Lonely: without companions

SINGLE = SECOND CLASS

SINGLE ≠ SECOND CLASS

SINGLE = SYMPATHY

SINGLE ≠ SYMPATHY

SINGLE = SEARCHING

SINGLE ≠ SEARCHING

TRUTH #1:

Fear leads to comparison/ Faith leads to contentment

TRUTH #2:

Fear leads to panic/ Faith leads to patience

TRUTH #3:

Fear leads to division/ Faith leads to devotion

TRUTH #4:

Fear leads to paralysis/ Faith leads to freedom

The single life is FULL

Guns N Roses Part 3

REASONS FOR CONFLICT

1. POOR COMMUNICATION

2. UNFULFILLED EXPECTATIONS

3. DESPISING DIFFERENCES

4. SINFUL NATURE

You can't change the circumstances going on around you until you let God change whats’ happening in you.

4 WAYS TO HANDLE CONFLICT

MY WAY

YOUR WAY

HALF WAY

GOD’S WAY

Conflict cannot continue without my participation

4 UNCOMMON WAYS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT

1. I WILL ACT, NOT REACT

NEVER PUT IT OFF

NEVER CALL NAMES

NEVER RAISE YOUR VOICE

NEVER GET HISTORICAL

NEVER SAY NEVER. NEVER SAY ALWAYS

NEVER THREATEN DIVORCE

2. I WILL FOCUS ON THE GOOD THINGS IN YOU

3. I WILL APPLY GOD’S GRACE TO YOU

4. I WILL REMEMBER GOD’S GRACE TO ME

Guns N Roses Part 2: Among the Thorns

Conviction VS Condemnation

4 ways to fight for your purity.

1. Make a commitment to God's standards

2. You've got to manage your mind

3. Magnify the consequences

4. Maintain proper relationships

Guns N Roses Part 1: Out of this world Love

God is Love

1. God's Love is unconditional

2. God's Love is sacrificial

3. God's Love is personal

4. God's Love is acceptable

5. God's Love is accessible

1. The secret of love is being loved by God

- Our first step towards love is not towards them but towards HIM

2. The secret to love is showing God's love to others

- Say it

- Write it

- Give it

- Forgive it

- Live it

3. Love God, let God love you so you can love people.

UP DOWN PART 4

1. Your words can determine where you go.

2. Words can destroy what you have.

3. Words can display who you are.

- You need to pause

- Ponder

- Pray

T- Is it true?

H- Is it helpful?

I- Is it Inspiring?

N- Is it necessary?

K- Is it kind?

UP DOWN PART 3

3 Steps for Fasting

1. Set your objective

2. Decide what you will do

- Complete fast

- Selective fast

- Partial fast

- Soul fast

3. Expect Results

Up and Down Part 2

Your friends will always determine the quality and direction of your life.

1. A friend that makes you better

2. Spiritual strength

3. Tells you the truth

Up and Down Part 1

2017 can be your best year ever, if it’s your best year spiritually. 

Whatever you feed grows; Whatever you starve dies. 

3 ways to have more ups in 2017

1. Prayer

2. Word 

3. The right people

Galatians 5:16-17 NLT

16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.  17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.

Romans 7:15 NLT

15 I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.

Matthew 26:41 NLT

41 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”

Psalms 119:9-11 NLT

9 How can a young person stay pure?By obeying your word. 10 I have tried hard to find you—don’t let me wander from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart,that I might not sin against you.

1 Corinthians 15:33-34 NLT

33 Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”  34 Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.