READY FOR THE LIT LIFE - PART 1
TODAY'S PREACHING MESSAGE
COVETOUSNESS:
Desiring something so much
that we lose our ___________ in God.
Problem is that Covetousness...
- Never _________
- _________ the Spiritual Life
- Is the breeding ground for a thousand other _____
- _________ the soul
JOHN 6:35 NIV Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."
TRUTH:
What it means to know Jesus as the bread of life
is to ___________ Him
as the ____________ of our
soul’s thirst and our heart’s hunger.
JOHN 6:12-13 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets...
LUKE 5:4-7 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
CHALLENGE:
To keep our hearts
__________ in Jesus
I TIMOTHY 6:11-12 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called…
HEBREWS 11:1 Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.
ROMANS 10:17 Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God
2 CORINTHIANS 4:13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak...
MOVING FORWARD THIS WEEK:
- WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS?
- HOW WILL YOU USE IT TO HELP/SERVE OTHERS?