Fundraising Sunday

We've got our fundraiser this Sunday!

Bake sale, plus hot dog sale, lots of work to be done, but it's exciting to work with the same group that I'll be with over the next few weeks

Basically nothing has happened since last week except the passage of time.

Announcements: 

We do a disservice to God by treading Christ as boring. He gave his life so that we may live, and have life to the full.

It is all about the intimate, personal relationship with God. That is where we find our identity, not in activities, actions, groups, or careers. Our identity is in Christ, and that is what we desire to see each and every day when we look in the mirror.

Pastor Dean & Laura introducing our Missions team, and the church praying over us.

Menergy

33 The Series

Discussions

Review of idols:

Idol is an inflated thing that becomes more fundamental than God. Something that you love ultimately.

Brutal honesty: brutal men with brutal struggles

Solomon - empty promises John Bryson

Identify and deal with the roots of our sin.

Jeremiah 2:13 

Two evils man has committed, forsaken me the fountain of living water, and gone for broken cisterns, idols.

Adam

The original lie: that we must go around God and away from God, rather than toward him for the things in our life.

The idyllic garden of Eden, balance in relationship.

Genesis 3:5 idols of control and significance

Genesis 3:6 idol of comfort

Over promise andunder deliver, like all idols.

All men either walk in the shadow of the first Adam, or the light of the second Adam

The lie: there's a better way than what God has provided.

 

Solomon

Ecclesiastes documents Solomon's all out pursuit of happiness. Ended in vanity.

Searched for wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 1:16-17 

Found it was only a broken cistern,

So he searched after pleasure

Unlimited bank account, meant massive parties.

Excessive alcohol, 43% of men engaged in binge drinking (>5 drinks in an hour)

Solomon was worshiping at these 3 altars

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Sex,

Solomon found it all vanity

Work,

We are not our work, work makes for a terrible God.

Paul - idol of self righteousness

Find significance in being good, in being moral, in being self righteous

Philippians 3:4-7

Whatever gain I had I counted it as loss. (Context: huge self worth)

Religious discipline or duty.

You are not alone.

Good things can become bad things if they become the main thing

Enjoy life, don't worship life.

Next session, battle plan.

Discussions:

Heavy hitters, the poster boy of the New Testament,

These guys still fall short.

What are our desires:

Myself:

Independence,

Financial stability,

Community,

Family,

Fitness,

Peace,

Things that we might be idolizing,

Something that we cannot get from God?

Went to the semifinal meeting after Menergy,

We decided to take two groups to the airport on Monday morning.

The plane leaves at 6 I believe, so we're meeting for 4:15.

That's all for now!