Are You Living Selfless? Series: Are You Living the Life You Were Supposed to Live? Are You Living Selfless?

Are You Living Selfless? Series Intro Questions: Does life ever seem like a collection of chaos bound together by a lack of planning? Have you ever thought that maybe you were missing something in life? Do you think God may have something to say about this?

Are You Living Selfless? The Life of David – An Example of a Selfless and a Selfish Life Selfless David: Fighting Goliath “For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?” 1 Samuel 17:26b NASB

Are You Living Selfless? In the cave with Saul “Then he shouted to Saul, “Why do you listen to the people who say I am trying to harm you? 10This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn’t true. For the LORD placed you at my mercy back there in the cave. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, ‘I will never harm the king— he is the LORD’s anointed one.’ 11Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.” 1 Samuel 24:9-11 NLT

Are You Living Selfless? Selfish David: The sin with Bathsheba “In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. 2Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.” 2 Samuel 11:1-2 NLT

Are You Living Selfless? Selfish David: Taking a Census “Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the LORD told him. 2So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel—from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south—so I may know how many people there are.” 2 Samuel 24:1-1 NASB

Are You Living Selfless? How about you? God ______ you in His image and He has a life for you to live Sin is always a _______ to being who we were designed to be The ____ of sin is “self” taking God’s place We were designed to be like ____ – laying down our lives for others Why not start today ________ who you were supposed to be?   created blockade root Jesus becoming