Living In Denial - Week 3

Mark 8

 

34 He called the crowd and his disciples together and said to them, “If anyone wants to follow me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 

 

35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.

 

 

Have I given my life to the Lord?

 

 

Am I living my life for the Lord?  

 

 

When we come to Christ, we’re no longer the most important person in the world to us; Christ is. Instead of living only for ourselves, we have a higher goal: to live for Jesus.

— Billy Graham

 

 

What no is keeping me from my yes?

Galatians 5

 

17 The sinful self wants what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is against the sinful self. They are always fighting against each other, so that you don’t do what you really want to do. 

 

19 The wrong things the sinful self does are clear: committing sexual sin, being morally bad, doing all kinds of shameful things, 

 

20 worshiping false gods, taking part in witchcraft, hating people, causing trouble, being jealous, angry or selfish, causing people to argue and divide into separate groups, 

 

21 being filled with envy, getting drunk, having wild parties, and doing other things like this. I warn you now as I warned you before: The people who do these things will not have a part in God’s kingdom.

 

 

Have you ever wondered why Satan fights you so hard when it comes to your spirituality?

Have you ever wondered why your flesh fights you so hard when it comes to your faith?

 

 

Psalm 92

 

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

 

13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

 

14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,

 

15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

 

 

Planted 

 

 

The enemy will look for opportunities to uproot you.  

 

 

What is trying to uproot you right now?

 

 

They will...

 

 

Stay Planted 

 

 

Jesus never said that a Godly life would be easy; He said it would be worth it.