Admitting Need: The Reality Choice
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Matt. 5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (NIV)
Matt. 5:3 "Blessed are those who recognize they are spiritually helpless. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them." (GWORD)
We will reinforce Life's Healing Choices in five ways:
- Sunday Sermon
- The Book: Life's Healing Choices by John Baker
- Video with Rick Warren on Tuesday and Wednesday
- Small Groups Discussion following video.
- Memorize a verse every week.
Matt. 4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. 25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
Matt. 5:1-2 Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them, saying: Blessed …
Matt. 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (NIV)
Matt. 5:3 Blessed are those who recognize they are spiritually helpless. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them. (GWORD)
A. The Beatitudes are a series of Divine Announcements
B. The Beatitudes are all Counter-Intuitive.
C. Once you have experienced poverty - You don’t want to stay there.
THE REALITY CHOICE – ADMIT YOUR NEED
I realize that I am not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.
To be poor in spirit I must humbly admit I need help.
- The first thing you need to admit is this: I am broken.
- I need to admit that my secrets make me sick
- It's my pride and fear that keep me stuck.
Ps 32:2-5 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD" — and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
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