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Hijacked by Desire – Getting the Order Right


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This message challenges the false choice between gratifying all our desires and eliminating them entirely, proposing instead that God invites us to transform and reorder what we want. Drawing on Scripture and the lives of biblical figures like Lydia, Paul, and David, the teaching examines five categories of desire, material, achievement, relational, physical, and recreational, showing how each reflects aspects of God's character and creation. The key question isn't whether we should want things, but whether our desires are properly ordered, leading us toward love, generosity, and joy rather than selfishness and isolation. When desire is aligned rather than eliminated or indulged, it becomes one of the primary ways we experience God's presence and goodness in everyday life.
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