Mark 4:14-20
Stop
Yourself.
We’ve shifted from a
society to a
society.
“For the ancient mind, giving in to the whims of our [desire] was madness, today it’s heroic.” —Strahan Coleman
The modern man doesn’t
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Psalm 63:1-3
Desire isn’t inherently
or evil.
“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord! And our hearts are restless until they rest in you!” —St. Augustine
1. Our desires can be in the
order.
“God’s ‘yes’ to our request is conditioned on our ‘yes’ to His will. What we can do is become the kind of people God can empower to do what we want.” —Dallas Willard
Psalm 37:4
2. Our desires usually
with each other.
3. We can desire the
thing in the
way.
4. We can desire the
things.
“Desires for things God has forbidden are a reflection of how sin has distorted me, not how God has made me.” —Sam Alberry
“Insofar as I keep choosing to try to find that satisfaction in finite, created things - whether it’s sex or adoration or beauty or power - I’m going to be caught in a cycle where I’m more and more disappointed in those things and more and more dependent on those things.” —James KA Smith
2 Timothy 4:3-5
In the fourth quarter, people will pursue self-
Self-control is a combination of
and
.
“Without God, we can’t. Without us, God won’t.” —St. Augustine
Is there a practice from the way of Jesus that sets us free from the chokehold of desires for other things?
By the
of the Holy Spirit, we can “exercise self-control in everything” through the practice of
.
“Fasting gives strength against sin, represses evil desires, repels temptation, humbles pride, cools anger, and fosters all the inclinations of a good will even under the practice of every virtue.” —St. Leo