
LIVING FOR GOD IN OUR WORLD, My Way or God's Way? Part 5
LIVING FOR GOD IN OUR WORLD
My Way or God’s Way? Part 5
February 12,2023
One action needed for great relationships:
SUBMISSION = Having the courage to
Three basic ways to live life:
WHY SHOULD I BE UNSELFISH?
1. Selfishness is the source of
James 4:1-3 - What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
2. Unselfishness is the secret to
I Peter 3:1 - Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,
3. Selfishness short circuits
1 Peter 3:7 - … Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers.
HOW CAN I BE UNSELFISH?
1. Understanding:
1 Peter 3:7 - Husbands, in the same way be considerate…
Philippians 4:5 - “Let everyone see that you are unselfish and considerate in all you do.”
• The skill is called listening.
A. You have to be willing to
B. Let them tell it
C. Make
2. Respect: Appreciate
1 Peter 3:7 - In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God’s unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.] AMP
Philippians 2:3 - “When you do things, do not let selfishness or pride be your guide. Instead, be humble and give more honor to others than to yourselves.”
3. Sacrifice:
I Peter 3:1 - “Your godly lives will speak to them better than any words.”(TLB)
I John 3:18 - “Let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions.”(TLB)
1 Corinthians 13:5 - (LOVE) It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
To be unselfish you must…
LET GO OF YOUR
I Peter 3:6 - “do what is right and do not give way to fear.”
I John 4:18 - “We need have no fear of someone who loves us perfectly; his perfect love for us eliminates all dread of what he might do to us.” (TLB)
Jesus, I pray that Your attitude of unselfishness would be expressed in my relationship with