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No More Burping Your Tupperware™ Lid —No more doubling down on limitations, it’s time to lift the lid.

17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
2 Cor. 3:17-18 NLT

But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants; day and night they think about his law. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper.
Psalm 1:2-3 NLT

When it comes to rising ceiling or Lid on life…

1. and what the LID in Life

There is an

Influence on every life here…

There is also an

Influence on every life here…

Key: God’s perfect plan for us is that HE every thing in our lives

17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
2 Cor. 3:17-18 NLT

Continuing to keep the wrong influence external or internal in life is doubling down on . The end outcome is the same.

Focus Questions: It’s time to assess and adjust.

or is influencing your life externally and internally? -God?

What Lid(s) is God drawing your

that need to be raised or ?

2. Address the

This one is different from the External and Internal influences on our lives…

Here are two undeniable facts:

First, nothing hinders more what God can do

me and me than ME!

Second, my

is dependent on me.

But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants; day and night they think about his law. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper. Psalm 1:2-3 NLT

Key question: Do I equate God’s or with ?

“…transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” 2 Cor. 3:17-18 “…From glory to glory…” KJV

Study this Book of the Law continually. Meditate on it day and night so you may be sure to obey all that is written in it. Only then will you succeed. Josh. 1:8

I am the one that what God can do through me. My choices my and level.

“I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.” Psalm 119:10-16

Key: When we neglect and to his path, we are sentencing ourselves to spiritual and the placing of a lid on our life potential.

Focus Questions:

Have you taken

for your spiritual growth?

What

is seeking to contain your growth in God?

So What’s the Next Step?

Action Steps:

  • Choose with God’s help to never allow anything to be a lid on your life that is not of God.

  • Choose to grow spiritually by setting a spiritual growth pattern that includes obedience to God.

  • Ask Him to remove lids that don’t belong.

  • Choose daily to be a lid lifter in others lives.

Personal and Small Group Discussion Questions:

  • What are common lids on a persons life? What are your top three?

  • What are ways we can allow God full access to all decision making?

  • What are ways we can help others see the lids on their lives?

  • How can we help one another life the Spiritual Lids in our lives?

  • What do I need to do to have no spiritual lid on my life?