1-8-23 Setlist: Worthy Of My Song Make Room Champion Sound Mind Sermon Notes: Key Verse: Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 (NIV) 1. We Must Submit First. Walk in humility Seek God’s will for life and situation Worship Him Pray to Him Serve Him Give to Him OBEY HIM Key Passage: Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me — now let me rejoice. Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. Then I will teach your ways to sinners, and they will return to you. Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. Unseal my lips, O Lord, that I may praise you. You would not be pleased with sacrifices, or I would bring them. If I brought you a burnt offering, you would not accept it. The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalms 51:7-17 2. Resist Key Passage: When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. James 1:13-15 (NIV) Key Passage: The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 (NIV) We take the thought captive by… 1. Exposing it to the truth 2. Tearing down the stronghold 3. Choosing to think about… Key Verse: …whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Philippians 4:8 (NIV) 1. We pray. Key Verse: For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7-8 2. Tear down the stronghold that is telling me that I should be fearful in Jesus’s name. 3. Choose to think about something positive. Set Yourself up for Success! 1. Watch your idle time. 2. Be careful who you hang with. Key Verse: Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character." 1 Corinthians 15:33-34 Set Yourself up for Success! 3. Guard your five senses 4. Stay away from triggers 5. Serve