1. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
“How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?”
Romans 12:14-21

2. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
Week One
What is true spirituality?
(Matthew 11:28-30)
Loving God & loving people
24/7 from the heart!!
Relationship

3. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
Week Two
How do I give God what He wants the most?
(Romans 12:1)
Am I going to trust God? OR
Am I going to trust myself?
Surrender

4. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
Week Three
How do we get God’s best for our life?
(Romans 12:2)
By getting serious about being intentional in our walk with God
By refusing to compromise in spite of the cost
Conviction & Courage

5. Who do you really think you are?
Week Four
Who do you really think you are?
(Romans 12:3-8)
The Key to An Honest & Accurate Picture of Who We Are….Is knowing the foundation of our self-worth
Identity in Christ

6. Week Five How do I experience authentic community?
(Romans 12:9-13)
Requires concentration and effort
Means helping others become better people
Demands our time, money and personal involvement
Serving in Love

7. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
Today
(Romans 12:14-21)
Who has wounded,
or betrayed,
or abused,
or abandoned,
or forsaken,
or forgotten,
or hurt you?
Serving in Love
Whose face comes to mind?

8. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me? You’ve got a rock of anger
November 4, 2012
You’ve got a rock of anger
…that you have been holding onto for a long time!

9. How do we respond and then overcome the evil that is aimed at us?
How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
How do we respond and then overcome the evil that is aimed at us?

10. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
Rocks of Anger
Weigh us down
Block our relationship with God
Produce all kinds of unhealthy things inside us

11. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
The Story of Joseph
Genesis chapters

12. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
Joseph’s Life
Starts in a pit
He has a dysfunctional family
His father shows him great favoritism
Joseph is the center of attention
He tattles on his older brothers
He thinks he’s the center of the universe
God gives him a dream
…ends up in a palace

13. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
Joseph’s Brothers
Didn’t appreciate his dream
Decide to throw him in a pit
Sold him for 20 pieces of silver

14. This Seventeen Year Old Boy
How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
This Seventeen Year Old Boy
Goes from being Mr. Privileged and center of the universe…
To a slave in a foreign land!!

15. The Lord Was With Joseph
How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
The Lord Was With Joseph
Instead of breaking him, this stuff makes him!!
In the bad times, and in the good times, the Lord was with Joseph.

16. Notice Joseph’s Responses To Evil
How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
Notice Joseph’s Responses To Evil
He survived
He thrived
He resisted
He grew

17. The Most Important Lesson
How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
The Most Important Lesson
Joseph believed that God’s sovereign control of all circumstances were meant for good!

18. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
We Need to Remember
“They meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.”
“God meant it for good!”
“God meant it for good!!”
(Genesis 50:20)

19. Romans 12:14 Challenges Us
“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.”
NIV
This is a command! Not a suggestion!!

20. Matthew 5:44
“But I tell you; love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
NIV

21. God is Calling To Each One of Us…
How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012
God is Calling To Each One of Us…
“Bless and do not curse.”
Choose to forgive!

22. How do I overcome the evil aimed at me?
November 4, 2012