
Galatians 5:22-26, 6:9 CSB
It’s easy to
it at the Christian life when life isn’t
you.
We fall for the lie that loosening our
will lessen the
.
Galatians 1:6; 4:9; 5:7
Matthew 26:36-46
The crushing comes from our capacity, our community, and our cross.
When your capacity is maxed out, your community has disappeared, and your cross is more than you can bear… has Jesus formed you enough to still crush it at the Christian life? Or is it crushing you?
Three Fickle Responses:
1.
Out
Matthew 26:14-16
2.
Out
Matthew 26:56
“Long-term relationships are the crucible of genuine progress in the Christian life. People who stay grow.” —Joseph H Hellerman
3.
Out
Matthew 26:33-35, Matthew 26:74-75
Faithfulness is:
• obedience with
• defeating sin in defeating
• a fruit of the
Practice the Prayer of FAITH
1.
your feelings.
Matthew 26:37-38
2.
boldly and humbly for another way.
Matthew 26:39
3.
trusted friends to watch and pray.
Matthew 26:41
“It may be a habit that holds us in its destructive bondage, an attitude that deforms our way of living, a perception that warps our view of others, a pattern of relationships with others that is destructive both to them and us, a way of reacting to circumstances that hinders us, a cancerous resentment whose poison is eating away the vitals of our being.” —Robert Mulholland
4.
in God’s Will.
Matthew 26:42
“Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.” St. Ignatius of Loyola —St. Ignatius of Loyola
5.
in God’s faithfulness.
Hebrews 12:2