OVERWHELMED

What's overwhelming you?

Psalm 142:1-4

When you're overwhelmed,

all you can see is the problem.

Psalm 142:5-7

When you're overwhelmed,

what's true is more important than what you feel is true.

When you're overwhelmed,

pay more attention to what we know to be true than what we feel is true.

2 Corinthians 11:23-27

Romans 8:35, 38-39

James 3:6 [NIV]

Ephesians 4:31-32 [MSG]

2 Corinthians 12:20-21 [NIV]

Proverbs 25:23 [KJV]

Back-biting is the coward's approach to problem solving.

Matthew 12:30

Proverbs 18:21

1) A bad mouth reveals a bad heart.

Matthew 12:33-37

2) Three categories of back-biting:

(i) Rumors & gossip

1 Timothy 5:13

Matthew 11:13

(ii) Arguments & lies

Titus 3:1-5, 9-10

(iii) Hurtful truths

How to avoid:

A) Refuse to be a partaker

Ephesians 5:11

1 Timothy 4:7

Titus 3:10

B) Live by the Spirit and love

Galatians 5:14-16

3) Meditate on the good things

Philippians 4:8

Proverbs 11:11-13

Isaiah 29:20-21

James 3:9-12

There is always something good to dwell on!

WHAT AM I ALIVE TO DO?

Westminster Confession of Faith:

"What is the chief end of man?"

- to glorify God and enjoy Him forever

St. Augustine:

Love [God], and do what you want.

"Sweet Spot"

Ephesians 2:6-10

1)What do I love to do?

2)Where does my engagement makes the greatest impact?

3)What do godly people see in me?

The Myth of Work / Life Balance

...PASSION

God's story is a story of passion.

Why not get more passionate about life?!

Hebrews 12:1-4

**Passion accomplishes so much more than balance.

Give some of your best energy to being the hands and feet of Jesus in the lives of the people around you.

Matthew 23:27-28

Pharisees and Sadducees appeared righteous OUTwardly, but INwardly their motives were evil.

Matthew 16:16-18

Hypocrisy: "the practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that we don't really have; falseness."

How do we get rid of the Hypocrite Factor?

1) Transparency

2) Consider the human soul more valuable than personal gain.

Philippians 2:19-21

It's time to WIDEN YOUR SCOPE...

look for opportunities to reach out, even when it hurts.

3) Genuineness never gives up!

Jesus never gave up on YOU;

don't you give up on THEM.

"Why haven't I accomplished more?"

Ephesians 5:15-20

We often confuse activity for productivity.

Vs 15

The difference between foolishness and wisdom is often execution.

Vs 16

Look at every opportunity and see it as an opportunity.

You can make excuses or you can make progress, but you can't make both.

Vs 17-18

Wasted time is wasted potential.

Vs 18-20

1) Stop saying, "I don't have time."

Say: "I didn't make time."

2) Track your time.

...extensive planning & intentional action

What would the Future You tell you to do right now?

Matthew 14:23-32

Some of the stuff that we deal with can only happen completely when we surrender fully to Jesus.

You are not alone in the struggle.

What would the Future You tell you to do right now?

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In the beginning was the Word.

logos = logic

The Logic was with God,

the Logic was God.

John 1:14

Colossians 1:15-17

The Word became flesh,

full of grace, full of truth

Savior: forgiveness of sins

liberation: change in us

P E A C E

Peace on earth begins with me!

People who were nothing like Jesus liked Jesus... and he liked them back.

The Church is the Body of Christ... what was true of him individually should be true of us collectively.

LUKE 15

vs 1-6

When we lose something of value, we focus on what is lost to the neglect of what is unlost.

vs 8-9

When we lose something of value, we go to great lengths to find it.

vs 20

We can't really be FOR people who are far from God until we FEEL what God feels toward people who are far from Him.

vs 20-22

But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled

with ________________?? How do you fill in the blank??

Pastor Todd Crosthwaite

Acts 5:41-42

Acts 8:1-3

Acts 9:1-22

Paul's boldness is the primary reason we know about Jesus today!

1 Corinthians 15:1-10

Christ DIED for our sin, and was BURIED.

He ROSE from the dead, and was SEEN.

Have you ever embraced this truth personally?

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