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James 4:1-10 (NLT)

The Bible wasn’t written to you, but it is written for you

Jesus set you free

James 4:1 (NLT)

Just because you’re free doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.

What you pray for reveals what matters to you

James 4:3 (NLT)

Hands reveal the Heart

James 4:8 (NLT)

God can tear down the walls of resistance

Walls fall at the shout of God’s people

Psalm 24:4 (ESV)

You can clean your hands. God can clean your heart.

Let God be God

James 4:10 (NLT)

When you humble yourself, God lifts you. When you lift you, God humbles you.

Matthew 23:12 (CSB)

Proverbs 3:34 (NIV)

1 Samuel 20:13-14 (NASB)

Our Greatest Portion of Legacy: Are The Relationships We Build Now To Support Future Generations

2 Samuel 9:1-3 (NASB)

The Status That Life Hands You – Never Stunts The Significance Within

2 Samuel 4:4 (NKJV)

Receive God’s Grace As A Distancer from Shame – Not A License To Blame!

2 Samuel 9:4-12 (NASB)

Your Infirmity Is Not Your Identity

Lo-Debar: A place of no pasture, a place prohibited

Lo-Debar May Be Your Location – But It’s Not Your Final Destination

1 John 3:1 (NASB)

Genesis 2:18 (NLT)

Genesis 2:23 (NLT)

Often loneliness is GOD’S WAY of letting us know that it is TIME TO REACH OUT.

5 Truths to Fight Loneliness

I Need People

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NLT)

“The hidden cost of PRIDE, is isolation” -Bob Goff

I will be an amazing friend

Luke 6:31 (NLT)

I will choose not to be offended

Ephesians 4:31-32 (NLT)

The risk will be worth it eventually

Jesus knows how I feel and what I am going through

Isaiah 53:3 (NLT)

Matthew 26:56 (NLT)

Matthew 27:46 (NLT)

2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (NIV)

Pray - Ask God for help

Purpose to be a tither

Plan to be a giver

2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (NIV)

Prepare to be a life-long learner

2 Corinthians 9:6-12 (NIV)

Choose to make rest a non-negotiable rhythm in your life.

Genesis 2:2 (NIV)

 

Proverbs 3:7-8 (NIV)

Rest is not vacating our reality - but reordering it around Christ.

Rest is not the absence of activity - but the presence of partnership with the Lord.

“If we have to resist rest to maintain momentum, it’s not the Lord’s energy we are trusting”. – Zack Eswine

Rest is the foundation of work - not the other way around.

Rest is best experienced from slowing - not always sprinting.

Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)

2 invitations from Jesus:

1. Come to me.

2. Take my yoke upon you.

“The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting his way with us.” In other words, no one ever says, “If you want to be a great athlete, go vault eighteen feet, run the mile under four minutes,” or “If you want to be a great musician, play the Beethoven violin concerto.” Instead, we advise the young artist or athlete to enter a certain kind of overall life, one involving deep associations with qualified people as well as rigorously scheduled time, diet, and activity for the mind and body.” - Oswald Chambers

ACTS 2:42-47 (CSB)

COMMUNITY TAKES CONNECTION.

CONNECTION REQUIRES TIME.

TIME IS A CHOICE.

HEBREWS 10:23-25 (CSB)

Strength that provides safety

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12 (CSB)

Truth that leads to growth

Proverbs 27:6 (CSB)

1 Kings 18:17-40 (CSB)

Courage deepens as we discover God's character

Change starts with CONFRONTATION

What you worship MATTERS

TRUST is the point

John 6:29 (CSB)

Ecclesiastes 3:9-12 (CSB)

Don't allow the busyness of your responsibilities to blind you from what matters most

Title: Growing Pains

1 Peter 2:1-3 (CSB)

GOOD GROWTH requires us to PUT IN THE WORK and PARTNER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

Shift in our DESIRE

"Cue / Craving / Response / Reward" - James Clear | Atomic Habits

Shift in our DISCIPLINES

Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)

Shift in our DEFENSE MECHANISMS

1 Peter 2:1-3 (CSB)

Psalm 34:4-8 (CSB)

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[Next Steps:]

-Say Yes to Jesus

-Put in the work & Partner

Ecclesiastes 3:1-12 (CSB)

There is A LOT to DO

Every decision I make with my time has a COST

I can't do EVERYTHING

Don't allow the BUSYNESS of your RESPONSIBILITIES to BLIND you from what matters MOST.

Luke 10:38-42 (CSB)

Shift from MY VISION of SUCCESS to what JESUS defines as SUCCESS

Shift from being DISTRACTED by "Many Things" to DEVOTED to "The One Thing"

Shift from QUESTIONING the care of Jesus to RESTING in the care of Jesus

Matthew 7:1-5 (CSB)

Matthew 7:15-16 (CSB)

Luke 18:9-14 (CSB)

Proverbs 14:12 (CSB)

Proverbs 3:5-8 (CSB)

See Clearly

Romans 3:23-24 (CSB)

Simmer Down

Philippians 2:3-4 (CSB)

“Being wronged doesn’t justify doing wrong.”

Ephesians 4:2-4 (CSB)

Seek Peace

“The best way to get rid of an enemy is to turn them into a friend.”

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[Next Steps:]

Say Yes to Jesus

Seek Peace