February 19th, 2012
by Max Andrews
The following is a lesson I presented during a Bible study group based on Col. 3 and Micah 7.7-9.
Question: How many of you ever wanted to change the world?
A loss of motivation often comes from a spiritual failure
- A sense of unworthiness and guilt clouds our goals
We know how to avoid spiritual failure
- Accountability
- Discipline
- Fellowship
- Prayer
The biggest problem isn’t (although, they are still are problems)
- A lack of interpersonal love
- Sexual addictions
- Second thoughts on relationships
- Mental thoughts
- Social behavior
- Doubt
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February 13th, 2012
by Max Andrews
The following is an outline from a lesson I delivered in a Bible study group.
Question: Have you ever doubted God? When God says He will do something, have you ever denied that He would do it?
Impatience is unbelief
- It rises in your heart when you begin to doubt God’s timing
- When you doubt the wisdom of His guidance
- It springs up when the road to success gets muddy or a tree falls across and blocks it from where you thought you would be and when you thought you would be there
There’s a difference between impatience and desire
- God doesn’t want us to be impatient
- God wants us to desire Him
- Not to be apathetic
- It’s OK to desire something, be patient
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October 24th, 2011
by Max Andrews
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) believed that man lived on three different stages: the aesthetic level, ethical level, and the religious level. The self-centered aesthetic man finds no ultimate meaning in life and no true satisfaction, which leads finally to boredom and a sickness with life. Kierkegaard recognized the objective standards of good and realized that one cannot live up to what the standard demands. This results in a sickness, unhappiness, and despair.[1] The religious stage is where reconciliation can be found. He finds forgiveness of sins and a personal relationship with God, an overcoming of alienation, and a restoration of the two previous stages.
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