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). |