1 John 4:7-16

Discipline works for us until it doesn’t. When we just try to do something or not do something, we often come to a point where we give up because our desires overcome our willpower.

God doesn’t want to change your habits, he wants to change you.

How does God work in us? What does he want to change? He wants to change our:

• Mind
• Heart
• Actions

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Deuteronomy 30:11-16

In order to grow in our spiritual walk, it will be helpful for us to distill our need down to the one, most important thing that God is speaking to us about. So we have to figure out that most important thing for ourselves. So what is:

• The one thing you’ve heard
• One goal you’ll set
• One action you’ll take

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Hebrews 5:11-14

We all face potholes on our road to Christian maturity. These potholes set us back, and oftentimes we don’t see them in our own lives. Here are some potholes that we often deal with:

• You’re not smart
• • Proverbs 12:15; 26:12
• It’s not that you’re not smart, it’s that you’re not listening
• • Romans 12:2a
  • Matthew 5:21-22
• Your vision is bad
• • Matthew 6:22-23
  • Three lenses you see though: Your insecurity; Your desires; Your pain
• You’re a runner
• • Genesis 3:8

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Matthew 4:1-11

There are usually two ways the enemy tempts us: he gets us to doubt our identity in God, or he gets us to believe in our identity outside of God. But ultimately, we have to make the decision to believe and do what we want - Satan can only tempt, he can’t force us to do anything. Yet it is all too easy for us to press into the idea that we can, in a sense, be our own gods. In order to combat this temptation, we must recognize:

• Your God complex
• There can be only one
• Only God can rule: rightly, effectively, and justly

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Psalm 78:1-8

What should we do for our kids as they go out into the world for the school year?

• We must tell them
• • The praiseworthy deeds
  • His power
  • His wonders
• Generations
• • The next generation
  • Their children
  • Children’s children
• Why?
• • Their trust in God
  • Not forget his deeds
  • Keep his commands

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2 Corinthians 9:6-11

Generosity applies to both God and people. God has called us to be generous toward him, but he has also called us to be generous to our fellow neighbor. There are at least three areas where we can spring forward in our generosity:

• Finances
• Time
• Grace

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John 9:1-41

#1 WE HAVE SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS

· Identify Them:

o cultural

o familial

o trauma

o expectations

· It Undermines:

o your spiritual life

o how you perceive God

o Biblical authority

o your ability to mature and disciple

#2 WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE

· Act On It

o be all in

o testify

o even if

#3 JESUS IS MESSIAH

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What are the things that get your best effort?

Ecclesiastes 9:10a (NASB)

Paul’s “Race”

Acts 20:24

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Hebrews 12:1-3

2 Timothy 4:7

What areas do we need to turn it up?

• Intimacy (to be close to God)
• Transformation (to be like God)
• Surrender (worship of God)

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