161218 PM One More Night with the Frogs

One More Night with the Frogs
 
A. 
What does one more night with frogs even mean and what does it have to do with me?
  B.  To answer those questions, we go back to the second book of the Bible.
  I.  The LORD Brings Plagues on Egypt
  A.  To Moses and Aaron:
“You shall speak all that I command you…tell Pharaoh to let the people of 
Israel go out of his land.

  1.  Pharaoh:
“Prove yourselves by working a miracle

(
Exo 7:8

1
3
)
  2.  The waters of Egypt become
___________
_
(
Exo 7:14

2
5
)
  3.  The Nile swarms with
________
_
(
Exo 8:
1

7
)
  B.  Pharaoh:
“Plead with the LORD to take away the frogs

(
Exo 8:
8
)
  1.  Moses:
“Be pleased to command me when I am to plead for you

(
Exo 8:
9
)
  2.  Pharaoh:

________________
_

(
8:10

1
5
)
  What are those “frogs” in my life?
  II.  Wh
en I Choose “One More Night” with the “Frogs”…
  A.  I’m arrogantly
______________
_
about things far beyond my control
(
James 4:13

1
7
)
  B.  I’m damaging my one and only God

given
________________
_
(
1 Tim 4:1

2; Heb 3:12

1
3
)
  C. 
I’m failing to make the best use of my
______
_
(
Eph 5:15

1
7
)
  D.  I’m choosing someone or something over
_____
_
(
Psa 16:11; Phil 3:1; 4:4; Matt 13:44; Heb 12:
2
)
  III.  An Opportunity for Some Self

Evaluation
  A.  My choices have
__________________
_
_
.
  B.  The choices of other
_____________
_
can and often do impact me.
  C.  As a result, there are some things that I can’t
_____
_
or make
_________________
_
right no
w
.
  D.  What I
can
do is thank God and praise God for his patience with me,
____________
_
accordingly.
  MY NEXT STEP
to fighting the temptation of being “far too easily pleased” and embracing infinite joy is…