I Am Secure
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Series Review - begins in the mind; think we aren’t valuable, we feel that way and act that way;
Series Review - begins in the mind; think we aren’t valuable, we feel that way and act that way;
Sunday School answers. We know the Bible says this, we might even say we agree with it. But do we believe this? Is it a living reality.
if you think that....you will...
it starts with the mind!!!
We live in a very insecure world and all the time hear of the rampant crime, identity theft, economic recession, online security risks, international terrorism.
And so many of us desperately are trying to build security in our lives. We have locks and alarms on our houses and cars; chip and pin credit cards; computer security centres with virus scanners, firewalls and anti-phishing devices; health and life insurance, illness protection cover. All in the vain attempt to remove fear and give us confidence in an insecure world.
Title: I am secure. You are secure. I am secure, regardless of my feelings and circumstances.
Title: I am secure. You are secure. I am secure, regardless of my feelings and circumstances.
Intro: we all want security - hard to define, what does that look like?
Intro: we all want security - hard to define, what does that look like?
national security; job security; secure relationships (think insecure); insurance, back up plan
without these we (gloom, fear) (job stress, over perform; work extra) (co-dependency) (vulnerable)
what makes us insecure? ever lost these things? especially relationship
misconceptions: feelings; safety
misconceptions: feelings; safety
think that a relationship, safety and attaining possessions/wealthDisappointment.
think that a relationship, safety and attaining possessions/wealthDisappointment.
e.g. Failure. Abandonment. Tragedy. Loss. I am secure.
e.g. Failure. Abandonment. Tragedy. Loss. I am secure.
even with money, house, job - still afraid of losing these things: misplaced security
insecure: past failure; past
distinction between security and safety; difference between security and certainty of future stability.
Why should care about being secure? - trapped, paralyzed by fear, (having fear of loss, insecurity -
what does that do?); work harder to keep things the opposite of faith;
Why should care about being secure? - trapped, paralyzed by fear, (having fear of loss, insecurity -
what does that do?); work harder to keep things the opposite of faith;
Financial insecurity: store up treasure rather than share it.
Financial insecurity: store up treasure rather than share it.
Job security: God is not in control.
Furlough - “I am secure?”
seeking safety and security - avoid bold steps
connected: complete: confident
God stays connected to me. Inseperable
God stays connected to me. Inseperable
e.g. paul names really bad things
e.g. paul names really bad things
The only constant thing. People can fail you. We can lose money. The market economy changes. People will hurt us. Paul assumes these can happen - they are happening to him all the time.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Romans 8:
I cannot be separated from God.
I cannot be separated from God.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:
God is completing what he started in me. (not our trying to be perfect - God’s work completed, but still flawed?) e.g. taking someone bad, making them good;
God is completing what he started in me. (not our trying to be perfect - God’s work completed, but still flawed?) e.g. taking someone bad, making them good;
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
incomplete task?
the one who created you is the one who will complete you
The fact that God is at work in his people, changing the thought patterns and preference of our sinful nature, so that we love what He loves, retooling the grooves in our brain, knitting together the complex strands of our emotional wounds with infinitely greater skill than the world's foremost micro-surgeon--there's no greater promise than this. It is nothing other than the New Covenant promise of -note. 'I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you, I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes.'"
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
what happens when a task is incomplete;
work come to a halt?
God has already given me confidence.
God has already given me confidence.
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy
we think we dont have courage; think we are weak; struggle to love unconditionally; able to resist sin; we already have that - present tense.
claim what we have
lie: we don’t have