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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Texts:

• Luke11:1-4
• James 4:1-10
• John 14

Theme: Prayer

Notes:

Road Hazards to Avoid:

1. Sin
   • Sin cannot break our relationship with God
   • But it can harm our fellowship with God
2. Selfishness
   • Lack of forgiveness is selfishness–and sin
3. Surrender
   • Failure to surrender to God’s will yields
     • Chaos
     • Compromise
   • The Lord’s Prayer begins with prayers to align our hearts to God’s purposes
     • Hallowed be Your name
     • Your kingdom come
     • Your will be done
   • Prayer is God’s resource for His glory, for His purpose
   • It is wrong and pointless to ask for those things that God would not desire or that would not glorify Him
   • The gospel should inform all of your choices:
     • Marriage
     • Parenting
     • Work
     • Play
     • Ministry
     • Citizenship
   • Being committed to God’s will is being committed to God’s methods for working out His will

Live It Out

1. Confess and forsake any known sin and ask for God’s grace to fight it
2. Forgive those who have sinned against you
   • Forgiveness does not obviate consequences
   • Forgiveness does not equal trust
3. Surrender to God’s kingdom, will, and glory

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Text: Luke 11

Theme: Prayer

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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Text: Ephesians 6:10-20

Theme: Satan, the real enemy

Notes:

Why would God tell us that we need power if He was not going to supply it?

We often do not see our need for God’s power until we fail.

Perseverance is a guaranteed part of salvation, because predestination includes glorification.

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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Texts: Ephesians 2:1-10, Romans 12:1-2, 1 John 2:15-17, Matthew 6:24, Ephesians 5:5, James 1:14, Genesis 3:6, Philippians 4:11, Ecclesiastes 1:7-8, Luke 12:13-21, Romans 8:35, 1 Peter 2:2, Ephesians 4,

Theme: Satan

Thesis: We are under assault by a determined adversary, but God has armed us and assured us the victory.

Notes:

• Lust of the flesh: pleasure
• Lust of the eyes: satisfaction, security
• Pride of life: significance, independence from God

Satan tempts us by turning good desires into controlling desires.

“If I only had ____________, I would be happy.”

Or:

“If God took ____________, I would be angry.”

Or:

“What do you rely on to give you peace?”

Whatever you put in those blanks is your god.

God’s many gifts are wonderful blessings but terrible masters.

There is no forcefield against trouble on this earth.

Application:

1. Believe that Christ has made it possible to change
   • John 16:33, “I have overcome the world”
   • Overcoming sin is possible because of Christ’s finished work
2. Dedicate your direction, desires, and decisions to Christ
   • Romans 12:1-2, “…present your bodies as a living sacrifice….”
3. Renew your mind with truth of the word of God
   • Romans 12:2, “…be transformed by the renewing of your mind….”
   • If you aren’t being informed by the Word, you can’t be transformed by the Word
   • Further, we are overestimating our own ability to judge our own lives accurately
   • God transforms us by Spirit-applied truth
   • Most of the Christian life is just obeying the clear things in Scripture
   • If we are obeying the general commands for all Christians, finding the specifics for our particular life will fall into place.

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Theme: Satan: the Real Enemy

Texts: 1 Peter 5:8-10

Notes:

Four Things Satan is Using Against God’s People

1. We need to be aware of the enemy
2. We need to be alert to the danger
3. We need to be armed for the battle
4. We have assurance of victory through Christ

Satan’s Tactics

1. Deception
   • We combat deception by discerning the truth as we grow through discipleship—together
   • We must speak the truth, and we must do so in love
   • We must teach the truth to our children
2. Distortion
   • Satan quotes Scripture—out of context, to sinful ends
   • Satan quoted Scripture to Christ
   • While God says no to things, there is so much that God says yes to
   • We must not stray into either license to sin nor legalism
   • Satan perverts God’s word, and he perverts God’s will
3. Discouragement
   • “God can’t”
   • “God won’t”
   • Success = faithfulness and obedience—not perfection
4. Division
   • We must do the right things, the right way
   • Truth AND love
   • Not truth OR love
   • 2 Cor 2:10-11, Paul exhorts the church to love the man they had confronted with the truth
   • Matthew 18, Galatians 6: church discipline aims at restoration—it’s not punitive

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