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Co-Dependent part 1

09/24/2019 19:57

This might seem like it flies in the face of what I just Ranted, about being self-sufficient, but it really doesn't. Because, as we saw, God is our sufficiency. He is the reason that we can do anything at all. It is the power of God in us that EMPOWERS us both to will and to do of HIS good...

Self-Sufficient part 5

09/23/2019 19:56

I have everything I need. Because I have Jesus. I am entirely sef-sufficient... because I have the ability to connect with people. I know that seems counter-intuitive, but I think it's supposed to. I don't think we're supposed to be able to "figure everything out." Certainly not by ourselves. If we...

Self-Sufficient part 4

09/22/2019 20:44

This is the one I really wanted to get to. The one that I (think I) used when I preached this sermon lo those many years ago. "And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I...

Self-Sufficient part 3

09/21/2019 18:25

When we spend (or waste) our three T's (time, talent, treasure) trying to get something we think we haven't got... that's when we miss out on what we have got. That, in fact, is when we rob ourselves of what we have got. The trick is to change our mindset to realize that we have everything we need....

Self-Sufficient part 2

09/20/2019 19:44

We have everything we need because we have God. Jesus. Love. We have everything we need because we have... each other. Love is the bond that connects us to each other. Love is the bridge that allows us to share what we have with each other. Let me say it like this: "Look not every man on his own...

Self-Sufficient part 1

09/19/2019 20:14

I remember preaching a message similiar to this--wow, probably like five years ago now--and when I was done I had to say, "That wasn't what I had planned to preach tonight, it was a break from our usual series, but that's what I had in back pocket." And one of the people who heard the message was...

Naked part 5

09/18/2019 20:09

Being naked is nothing to be ashamed about. Especially not in the context of our relationship with God. He has never had a problem with our nakedness. He created us that way. It wasn't until WE had a problem with our OWN nakedness--and tried to cover ourselves with fig leaves--that He even...

Naked part 4

09/17/2019 20:04

To me, the opposite of being ashamed is being bold. Instead of being naked and ashamed (naked and afraid) we need to get to the point where we're naked and bold. And you know I'm not talking about stripping your clothes off and running around like a Jay-bird. I'm talking about being bold in being...

Naked part 3

09/16/2019 20:27

"Just be yourself," we say, "and people will like you." Well, truth be told, some will and some won't. That's the chance you take. And that's why so often so many of us are afraid to be naked. Afraid to be ourselves. Afraid to bare our souls. Because we're convinced that NOBODY will like us if we...

Naked part 2

09/15/2019 20:32

To be naked is to have nothing hidden. To be honest. Vulnerable. To let people see who you are. Who you REALLY are. Now let me show you something interesting in Genesis 3:7, "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and mede...

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