“Unlocking The INSECURITIES Of Life” Text: II Corinthians 4:18, 5:1-8

The REALITY Of Insecurities  2nd Corinthians 5:1-4

The REALITY Of Insecurities  Job

The REALITY Of Insecurities  Job  Relationships- (Marriage, Children, Friends, Co- Workers, Extended Family, Fellow “Grace-ites”).

The REALITY Of Insecurities  Job  Relationships  World Peace

The REALITY Of Insecurities  Job  Relationships  World Peace  Personal Finances  Retirement

The REALITY Of Insecurities  Job  Relationships  World Peace  Personal Finances  Retirement  Physical Appearance

The REALITY Of Insecurities  Job  Relationships  World Peace  Personal Finances  Retirement  Physical Appearance  Control

The REALITY Of Insecurities  Job  Relationships  World Peace  Personal Finances  Retirement  Physical Appearance  Control  Other…

The RESPONSE To Insecurities  2 nd Corinthians 5:5-8(a) “ we know that…”, “knowing that…” “always confident…”, “we are confident…”

 Isaiah 40:8- “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”  Matthew 5:18- ”For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

 Psalm 12 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.  7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Hebrews 11:8-10

2 nd Corinthians 11:23(b)-27

John 14 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

“the earnest of the Spirit” 2nd Corinthians 5:5(b)

1st Corinthians 2:9 - “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”

“the earnest of the Spirit”  Ephesians 1: 13- ”In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

“the earnest of the Spirit”  Ephesians 4 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.  2nd Corinthians 1 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

You CAN Know  1 st John- 2:3-5  1 st John- 3:24  1 st John- 4:13  1 st John- 5:11-15

 Romans 8 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.  2 Corinthians 13 5(a) Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.

The RELEASE From Insecurities  2nd Corinthians 5:8(b)

 Do you have this knowledge?  Do you have this confidence?  Do you have the Spirit of Christ in you?