Jesus More Than a Catchphrase

INTRO:

What are some motivational quotes or catchphrases you have heard?

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. - Thomas Edison

If you can’t fly, then run,

if you can’t run, then walk,

if you can’t walk, then crawl,

but whatever you do,

you have to keep moving forward. - MLK

Why are we drawn to quotes or catchphrases?

The Coaching Factor - like feeling motivated by an authority figure

The Power of Language - Details in wording make a difference (Not always what is said but HOW it is said)

The Primal Aspect - We want to be led

What qualities make a good leader?

Facing the Giants

All set up for coffee cup verses, why we are drawn to them

I Won’t be Shaken

Psalm 16:8 ESV

8 I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Focal on ending, I will not be shaken

What is wrong with this Coffee Cup verse?

Incomplete

All about us

Need context clues

Read all of verse 8

Still don’t have full picture, still all about me

Psalm 16 ESV

A Miktam of David. 1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. 4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. 5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. 6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. 7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. 8 I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. 11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Without God we have nothing, no hope - vs. 2

God Sent Christ

Jesus is that hope that we have - This is the Gospel

Colossians 1:16 ESV

16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

Through Christ

all things created through Him

including your new person, new heart, new mind

Like going to the optometrist and getting new lenses

Reread adding THROUGH CHRIST

Catchphrases or motivational quotes don’t fit with Christ

HE IS ENOUGH!

Coaching Factor - No greater person to be on a team for than the Author of your salvation

The Power Language - Jesus the very Word of God

The Primal Aspect - Our soul was made to follow and be in fellowship with the Lord

The full context of is this, apart from Christ we have nothing, we will not be shaken only through Christ, For Christ, and By Christ