Living a Chirst empower Life
christ empowered living
- isa 62:10
- e long exile is over
- bibical roots of e prob
- jer 6:14
- a ppl cn nv understand why he behave e way he does nor e importance n implications of his behaviour until he understand who n what he is
- ppl are physical beings
- gen 2:7
i) unsound physical function
ii) unnoticed wrg beliefs
iii) unrecognized goal
iv) unsettled negative emotion
- ppl are longing beings
- panting after god ps 143, ps 61
- deep longing, deep thirsty
jer 2:13-14
- when god doesn’t meet our needs, then it will b other things.
- ppl are thinkin beings
- prov 23
- 4 biblical facts abt e mind
a) god mk us w e ability 2 think
b) e 1st arose frm a wrong thought
c) our minds have been deeply affected by e fall
d) to function effectively our mind must b renewed
- ppl are choosing beings
- several things need 2 said abt
hw e will function
a) the will doesn’t function in a vacuum
b) all behavior is goal orientated
c) often in life we lose a sense of felt choice
- ppl are feelings being
signal emotion
a) anger n resentment
b) guilt n shame
c) anxieiy n fear
Hw to b christ empower christian?
1) care for your physical well bein
- exercise, eat well n attitude
2) tune in to your deep longings
- we r a depending being.
- reach out to god
- trust god to meet your deep longings
3) change our thinking
- core wrg belief: working independent wout god
- repentence is nt regretted
- repentence is a change of mind abt where life is found
- fill our minds w e word of god
4) understand e energy behind behavior / frustration goal
- 2 cor 5:9 - to please god
5) learn to manage your emotion
- face n feel them
- consider hw they arose
- express them biblically
