131222 AM How are You Handling Your Weight




How are You
Handling Your Weight?  A. We all know
what it is to be “weighed down” in life. How are you handling
it?  B. What sort of wisdom, counsel,
and perspective can be gained from God?
I. The oppressive weight of ______
A. “Watch yourselves lest your be weighed down … ” (Luke
21:34).  B. “They promise them
freedom, but they themselves are ______ of corruption” (2 Pet
2:9-22).   C. “Let us also lay
______ every weight, and sin which clings so closely … ” (Heb 12:1-2).  II. The insignificant weight of the
______    A. “But one thing I do:
_______ what lies behind and straining forward … ” {Phil 3:3-16).  B. “The old has passed ______; behold,
the new has come” (2 Cor 5:14-21).
III. The blessed weight of _______A. “We appeal to you not to
receive the grace of God in ______ “(2 Cor 6:1).   B. “…. eternal comfort and good
_____ through grace” (2 Thes 2:16-17).
C. ” _______ in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ” (2 Pet 3:17-18).
IV. The eternal weight of _________
A. “This light _______ affliction is preparing for us an eternal
weight of glory” (2 Cor 4: 13-18).
B. “Blessed is the man who remains _______ under trial … “
(James 1:12).  V. The faithful wait of
the ________ A. “…. waiting for our blessed hope, the  ______ of the glory of our great God”
(Tit 2:11-14).  B. “…. not to
deal with sin but to ______ those who are eagerly waiting for him” (Heb
9:27-28).  C. “… what sort of
people ____ you to be in lives of holiness and godliness” (2 Pet 3:
11-13).  D. “…. _____ yourselves
in the love of God … ” (Jude 21).