First Baptist Church of Titusville FL

First Baptist Church of Titusville FL

I. Steps to Failure

A. Turning Away from God's Word

B. Allowing False Pride

C. Following Peer Pressure

II. Steps to Restoration

A. Admit Your Failure (Admit it. Quit it. Forget it.)

B. Repent of Sin

C. Serve God's People

I. Two Life Approaches

Faith vs. Fear

II. How to Stay Optimistic

A. Start your day with faith

B. Loof for the good

C. Give your problems to God

D. Eliminate negative words

E. Associate with positive people

F. Remember your future

I. Jesus prayed where olives were crushed.

Hebrews 5:7; Luke 22:44

II. Jesus saw the cup of suffering.

A. He saw isolation.

B. He saw physical pain.

John 10:38; John 12:45; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:3; John 1:1, 14

C. He saw spiritual shame.

II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15; Isaiah 53:6

III. Jesus showed us peace under pressure.

A. Surrender your will to God's always perfect plan.

II Corinthians 15

B. Meet your challenge with God's peace.

II Chronicles 20; Isaiah 26:3; Matthew 26:53; II Kings 19:35

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I. Be Strong and Courageous (vs. 6, 7, 9)

II. Dwell on the Word (vs. 7, 8)

A. Talk About It.

B. Think About It.

C. Live It Out.

III. Remember God Is With You (vs. 5, 9)

IV. Do Not Leave God Behind (Deut. 6:12)

I. The Patriots Made a Bold Declaration

II. The Patriots Paid a High Price

III. The Patriots Reaped a Great Reward

IV. Christians Make a Bold Declaration

V. Christians Must Pay a High Price (We do NOT pay for our salvation.)

Prayer: Lord, God, I give myself to You. Help me to find and to do just what You have for me today.

I. Perversions of “cross-bearing.”

A. Isolating

B. Progressing

C. Sensationalizing

II. It is not a progression. It is the same thought.

A. deny self – die to self

B. take up your cross – take yourself to an execution

C. follow Me – follow Jesus to the cross

D. We who are alive are always being given over to

death for Jesus’ sake, so that His life may be

revealed in our mortal body. II Corinthians 4:11

III. Interpretation

A. To deny self means to give up all claims of self-

existence and self-purpose, replacing them with the

existence and purpose of Christ. Philippians 1:21

and John 4:34.

B. Taking up our cross daily is not passive. There is a

difference between burdens and cross-bearing.

I Corinthians 15:31.

C. To follow me (Gk. akolotheou) “to be in the same

way as.” John 21:19, 22 and Philippians 2:5.

What part of your life needs to die?

Why did Jesus not respond?

1. He didn't need to do more to prove Himself.

2. Jesus wasn't going to let Himself be used for selfish purposes.

3. Jesus wasn't going to do what they wanted Him to do.

First Baptist Church of Titusville FL

First Baptist Church of Titusville FL