Sermons About Control
Hooked - Leaving Addiction for Healing
As one author put it, "There's a lot more to being well than just not being sick." God isn't just trying to end patterns and self-destructive and other-destructive behaviors in our lives. He's out to make us whole again.
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Hooked - Leaving Control for Faith
I give up control of my life and have faith that God can and will set me free in order to leave Egypt.
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1 Samuel 30 - When the Bottom Drops Out
David is going to see all that he desire destroyed and his family taken from him. It shouls us that noone excpet God controls and ordains all things. Our job is to thank God for everything so that a root of bitterness will not set into our lives. The Christian life is life in the strength and power of God, They Holy Spirit.
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James 4:11-17
I want to live in reality. And that means that we submit ourselves to God in humility. That means we stop pretending we are God by judging other people and making plans as if we were in control of our future. That means we start living as if we really trust God with our lives.
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Cash and the Kingdom
As the disciples head towards Jerusalem with Jesus, they receive a powerful lesson about what it means to belong to hium and his kingdom.
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MANIPULATIVE
Wow, this is loaded. We have many biblical examples of manipulation (Jacob w/Esau, Women w/Herod, Delilah w/Samson). In this week, we will learn how to break the power of manipulation thru: RECOGNIZE - When is Someone Trying to Control You?, DETERMINE - This Will Not Work on Me, REDEFINE - Learn a new way of relating - sometimes it means allowing people to fail.
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