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Religion: They believed their god demanded something of them in order to love them
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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
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Less So much more…
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1) Limitless 2) Fearless 3) Powerless 4) Imageless
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"Mine, Mine, Mine!"
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"Yours, Yours, Yours" ??
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"His"
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Jesus didn't die on a cross to make me a better person
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Jesus didn't die on a cross to make me a better person but to make me a new person through second birth
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There are those who think they can use the faith to get what they want
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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
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The Faith isn't there to give me more stuff but to teach me to trust God and become like Jesus
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Predestined to be conformed To the Image of Christ - Romans 8:29
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Jesus is our example
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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
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Not "Mine"
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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"
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But Jesus did not commit himself to them, because he knew all men - John 2:24
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Not "Yours"
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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
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His!
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What would change if I really believed it's all His?
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God wants more for me than I want for myself
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Abraham wants to be a father
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God wants to make him the father of a nation
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Gideon wants a little grain with peace and safety
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God wants to restore Israel's blessing by making him a mighty warrior
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A prostitute named Rahab just wants to live
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God wants to make redeem her and bless her family with covenant and make her an ancestor to Messiah
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Moses wants to do it by himself. Then wants to be left alone
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God wants to demonstrate his power through a stuttering failure
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Paul wants to make a name for himself
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God wants to give him life and a purpose outside himself
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Every time, what God wanted for them Was greater Than what they wanted for themselves
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Every single person Had to give up what they wanted To discover all that God wanted for them
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Truth: It's not mine
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You are not your own, you were bought at a price - 1 Cor. 6:19-20
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What price?
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Choice: Pretend it is and miss real life
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Choice: Hand it back to God and discover life "to the full"
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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me - Galatians 2:20
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Brian is dead Christ is Alive
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What would change? What hopes, dreams, desires? Brian is dead Christ is Alive
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What would change? What fears, insecurities, doubts, pains? Brian is dead Christ is Alive
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"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
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Jesus is the model
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Jesus is the model People are examples
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What God wants for me is greater Than what I want for me
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How Do I Get There?
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Adjust my life to his desires for me "…for I always do what pleases him”
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"His"
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