6. Religion: They believed their god demanded something of them in order to love them

7. Religion: They believed their god demanded something of them in order to love them The Faith: We know our God loves us and wants to bless us, so we willingly give ourselves to him

8. Less So much more…

9. 1) Limitless 2) Fearless 3) Powerless 4) Imageless

12. "Mine, Mine, Mine!"

13. "Yours, Yours, Yours" ??

14. "His"

15. Jesus didn't die on a cross to make me a better person

16. Jesus didn't die on a cross to make me a better person but to make me a new person through second birth

17. There are those who think they can use the faith to get what they want

18. There are those who think they can use the faith to get what they want When we give ourselves to God we find everything we need- and more

19. The Faith isn't there to give me more stuff but to teach me to trust God and become like Jesus

20. Predestined to be conformed To the Image of Christ - Romans 8:29

21. Jesus is our example

22. Jesus…being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped (held on to for his own advantage) - Phil. 2:6

23. Not "Mine"

24. All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had - Acts 4:32 Not "Mine"

25. But Jesus did not commit himself to them, because he knew all men - John 2:24

26. Not "Yours"

27. I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.” - John 8:29

28. His!

29. What would change if I really believed it's all His?

30. God wants more for me than I want for myself

31. Abraham wants to be a father

32. God wants to make him the father of a nation

33. Gideon wants a little grain with peace and safety

34. God wants to restore Israel's blessing by making him a mighty warrior

35. A prostitute named Rahab just wants to live

36. God wants to make redeem her and bless her family with covenant and make her an ancestor to Messiah

37. Moses wants to do it by himself. Then wants to be left alone

38. God wants to demonstrate his power through a stuttering failure

39. Paul wants to make a name for himself

40. God wants to give him life and a purpose outside himself

41. Every time, what God wanted for them Was greater Than what they wanted for themselves

42. Every single person Had to give up what they wanted To discover all that God wanted for them

43. Truth: It's not mine

44. You are not your own, you were bought at a price - 1 Cor. 6:19-20

45. What price?

46. Choice: Pretend it is and miss real life

47. Choice: Hand it back to God and discover life "to the full"

48. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me - Galatians 2:20

49. Brian is dead Christ is Alive

50. What would change? What hopes, dreams, desires? Brian is dead Christ is Alive

51. What would change? What fears, insecurities, doubts, pains? Brian is dead Christ is Alive

52. "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it" - Jesus, Luke 9:23-24

53. Jesus is the model

54. Jesus is the model People are examples

55. What God wants for me is greater Than what I want for me

56. How Do I Get There?

57. Adjust my life to his desires for me "…for I always do what pleases him”

58. "His"