Pastor Dave's February 2005 Message Series
"LIVING FIT?" - DROP EXCESS WEIGHT!
Join us as we go through a season of weight loss. Take a body assessment and begin to trim up your life. Lose things that are unhealthy and begin to live the life of fullness and health.
February 20: “The truth about diet.” Part 2
Overeating Text: Genesis 2-3, Ephesians 4:17-19
Many people don't like the concept of grace. When we are under the law, we know if we are either following it or not. We are in control of our destiny, choosing either to be lawful or lawless. However, under grace we are left with listening to the Holy Spirit to help in guiding us and many times the decisions are very subtle.
Take food for instance - we are called to celebrate and feast, to enjoy the blessings of God. Yet we have been given explicit instructions not to be a glutton or drunk. From the outside it becomes a grey area in which it is hard to judge. Jesus was accused by the Pharisees of being both. So where do you draw the line. With grace it is found with the voice of the Holy Spirit.
In your life, how's the listening? Have we been listening for the Holy Spirit to speak in all aspects of our lives? Or have we slipped into overeating when we are supposed to be enjoying the blessings of God?
There is a loss of Sensitivity
A calloused Spirit - a loss of sensitivity to God.
A calloused Heart - a loss of joy and gratitude.
There is a loss of Control
We are locked in bondage.
We are locked in ignorance.
There is a loss of Satisfaction
Their fulfillment is limited to this World
Their shame becomes their glory
The Promise for us is that...
We don't have to live this way anymore!! God has come to fill us up and to take away the desire to settle for the substitute.
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