Get Out of Your Head
Pastor Peter Gowesky
Lies we all believe:
1. I’m helpless.
2. I’m worthless.
3. I’m unlovable.
We’re missing out on sleep, joy, peace, relationships because we’re stuck in our head!
“Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers? Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.” —Numbers 11:11-15
“Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep.” —-1 Kings 9:3-5
“We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death.” —-2 Corinthians 1:8-9
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” —-Romans 12:1-2
METAMORPHOSIS: a changing from the inside out
Pt.1 Capture your
“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” —-1 John 4:4
Pt. 2 Your
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” —-Philippians 4:8
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” —-Romans 12:1-2
Pt. 3 How we
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” —-2 Corinthians 5:17