LIFE IS EXHAUSTING!

EXHAUSTION MAKES US VULNERABLE

FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real

GOD’S REST GIVES YOU THE ESSENTIAL STRENGTH FOR GOD’S JOURNEY

WE NEED… the STRENGTH that comes from God’s REST 

and the DIRECTION that comes from God’s PRESENCE

God has created our bodies to function at the highest and best levels when they are well-rested and regularly rested.

God desires an unbroken, daily, personal relationship with us.

His presence is our greatest need. And our presence is His great desire.

How do you keep your mind at rest?

1. Resolve Conflict

-Philippians 4:2-3

-Philippians 4:4-5

2. Release Burdens

-Philippians 4:6-7

3. Rewire Your Thoughts

-Philippians 4:8-9

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.

- 2 Thessalonians 3:16

1. God’s Peace is Divine 

2. God’s Peace is Designated 

3. God’s Peace is Definite

Three Questions...

1. What? I’m Commanded to Rest? v.8-10a

2. How am I Commanded to Rest? v.9-10

How do I rest?

3. Why am I Commanded to Rest? v.11

- Your calendar and your bank statement reveals what your priorities are.

- Do the rhythms of your life display a love for God?

Our founders believed…

As Dual Citizens...

1. Our Conduct is to be Submission through Faith v.13-14 

        How far do we submit?  We submit up until submission means directly                 and knowingly disobeying God.

2. Our Criticism is to be Silenced through Faithfulness v.15 

3. Our Christianity is to be Service through Freedom v.16 

4. Our Citizenship is to be Seen through Fear, Love, and Honor v.17 

1 Peter 2:9 (ESV)

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

Are you stronger because of us?

They Were...

1. Committed to the Priorities of God for His Church v.42 

2. Conscious of the Presence of God in  His Church v.43 

3. Connected in the Purposes of God for His Church v.44 

4. Caring for the People of God in His Church v.45

5. Consistent in the Practices of God for His Church v.46

6. Carrying out the Praise of God in their Community v.47a 

7. Continually seeing the Promise of God for His Church v.47b 

Problem Solved: Romans 5:12-21

Your Greatest Problem...

I. Was Caused by The First Adam

II. Was Conquered by The Second Adam

The Christian doctrine of humanity sees the human person as made in God’s image, either a man or a woman by God’s making, fallen through Adam’s historical sin, formed for vocation unto God, and redeemable in and through the God-man, Jesus Christ.

Three life changing questions…

1.How did God make you? v.26

         God made you with...

              1.Divine Dignity

              2.Distinct Dominion

2.What did God make you? v.27

              1. God made you male or female

3.Why did God make you?

               1. God made you for His glory

Your creator made you for a reason.  Build your life on this.

The gospel teaches you CANNOT follow Christ alone. 

To understand and appreciate the Holy Spirit two words emerge:

 1. His Relationship to Us 14:15-17         

          A.His relationship is…

2. His Relationship to the World 14:17b

3. His Role in the World 16:7-15

            He convicts the world concerning the…

4. His Role in Us 

The Holy Spirit...

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