Sermon Cloud

Abram to his nephew Lot)"Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way,
and I'll go the other." Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley... had
plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord... So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley
for himself... Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in
the valley and camped near Sodom... After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, "From
where you are, look carefully in all directions. I am going to give you and your
descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever." genesis13/9>15
When I am focused on me...
I'll brag about My Accomplishments
""Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be
humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves."
philippians2/3
I'll emphasize Your Struggles
"So those of us who have a strong faith must be patient with the weaknesses of
those whose faith is not so strong." romans15/1gw
I'll always be associated with Drama
"For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder
and every kind of evil." james3/16
When I am focused on you...
I'll have a Larger Perspective
"The Lord says: "My thoughts and my ways are not like yours. Just as the heavens
are higher than the earth, my thoughts and my ways are higher than yours."
isaiah55/8>9
I'll realize God will take care of My Future
"It is God who clothes the wild grass-grass that is here today and gone tomorrow,
burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little
faith you have! So do not start worrying: 'Where will my food come from? or my
drink? or my clothes?'... Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these
things. Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God
and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other
things. matthew6/30>33tev
"That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's
troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled,"
is the way Scripture puts it." romans15/3theMessage