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It’ s Your Choice

It’ s Your Choice. Pastor Carolyn Vian September 2, 2012. Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT)

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It’ s Your Choice

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  1. It’s Your Choice Pastor Carolyn Vian September 2, 2012

  2. Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT) “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

  3. Pride is the devil’s most ________ and __________ tool. effective destructive

  4. Pride can be summarized as an attitude of ______________ and ______________. self-sufficiency self-importance

  5. Proverbs 8:13 (NLT) All who fear the LORD will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.

  6. Psalm 10:4 (NLT) The wicked are too proud to seek God.

  7. 3. Before Christ could fill Peter with the Holy Spirit and make a new man of him, Peter had to be ________. That was a transformation that required a difficult journey for Peter as he vacillated between surrender and pride until he finally ______, through Christ’s work in him, to completely _________ to Christ. humbled chose surrender

  8. Luke 5:8 (NLT) . . . he fell to his knees before Jesus and said, “Oh, Lord, please leave me — I’m too much of a sinner to be around you.”

  9. Matthew 10:8 (NLT) Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons . . .

  10. Matthew 16:13-17 (NLT) “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

  11. Matthew 16:22-23 (NLT) . . . Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things. “Heaven forbid, Lord,” he said. “This will never happen to you!” Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

  12. John 13:6-9 (NLT) . . . “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.” “No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.” 9Simon Peter exclaimed, “Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!”

  13. John 13:37-38 (NLT) But why can’t I come now, Lord?” he asked. “I’m ready to die for you.” Jesus answered, “Die for me? I tell you the truth, Peter — before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.

  14. Luke 22:59-62 (NLT) About an hour later someone else insisted, “This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too.” But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered that the Lord had said, “Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.

  15. How do we combat pride? • ____ for the Holy Spirit to rid our heart of pride. Pray

  16. How do we combat pride? • ____ for the Holy Spirit to rid our heart of pride. • Our heart needs to be ____________ and not self-focused. Pray God-focused

  17. How do we combat pride? • ____ for the Holy Spirit to rid our heart of pride. • Our heart needs to be ____________ and not self-focused. • Don’t set goals without ______ _____. Pray God-focused God’s input

  18. How do we combat pride? • ____ for the Holy Spirit to rid our heart of pride. • Our heart needs to be ____________ and not self-focused. • Don’t set goals without ______ _____. • We need to strive for ________ _________ to Christ. Pray God-focused God’s input absolute surrender

  19. Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT) “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

  20. 5. Surrender is an ________ process. ongoing

  21. Revelation 22:17 (NLT) " The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life.

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