FACTS – IT COULD BE WORSE

FACTS – IT COULD BE WORSE (WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER)

¹⁵ I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.”

ROMANS 7:15

• It becomes a part of your .
• You feel increasingly .
• You become .
• You become .
• You begin to your life.

THE PARADOX THEORY OF CHANGE: You will never become the person you want to be until you accept the person you are.

HOW TO CHANGE

¹⁷ This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”

II Corinthians 5:17

¹² Do not let sin control the way you live;^[a] do not give in to sinful desires. ¹³ Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. ¹⁴ Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.”

Romans 6:12-14

1. Get rid of the .

¹⁸ But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’¹⁹ Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.’²⁰ Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.”

Luke 14:18-20

        2. Make a .

¹⁴ Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? ¹⁵ What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil ? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:“I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. ¹⁷ Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you. ¹⁸ And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

II Corinthians 6:14-17

³³ Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” ³⁴ Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.”

I Corinthains 15:33-34

        3. Fill the .

• Give your to Jesus.

⁹ But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.”

I John 1:9

¹⁸ Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Ephesians 5:18

• Get in a .

⁹ Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. ¹⁰ If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. ¹¹ Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? ¹² A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

• Find your .

²⁴ But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 20:24

• Live your life for the .

^7-11 Everything in the world is about to be wrapped up, so take nothing for granted. Stay wide-awake in prayer. Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. Be quick to give a meal to the hungry, a bed to the homeless—cheerfully. Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it: if words, let it be God’s words; if help, let it be God’s hearty help. That way, God’s bright presence will be evident in everything through Jesus, and he’ll get all the credit as the One mighty in everything—encores to the end of time. Oh, yes!

I Peter 4:7-11 (MSG)