to a YOU Focused Life 1Peter 3912 By reconfiguring our motivating factor we will overcome the obstacles to unity amp obtain Blessing Spiritual Life Principle What Motivates a Vengeful Heart ID: 566026
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Overcoming Obstaclesto a “YOU” Focused Life.
1Peter 3:9-12Slide2
By reconfiguring our motivating“factor”
we will overcome the
obstacles to unity & obtainBlessing.
Spiritual Life Principle:Slide3
What Motivates a Vengeful Heart?
PAIN. Physical or Emotional.
PAIN causes us to build DEFENSIVE WALLS to keep out hurt. It also SHUTS OUT LOVE.Types of Emotional Pain: Betrayal, Rejection, Disrespect, Disregard, Abuse.Creation can’t stand injustice, Prov. 30:21—23.Slide4
What Motivates a Vengeful Heart?
WE can’t stand injustice.
BUT it isn’t for US to handle. We were never intended to bear the weight of injustice.When we try to “make it right,” we make it worse. Prov. 30:33. “Pressing anger produces strife.”
Theme of 1 Peter is to suffer injustice and let GOD deal with the outcome.Slide5
What a Vengeful Heart Communicates:
It communicates the abundance of the heart, Prov. 4:23. Our Hearts are a Spring of Water.
What is in
, is what comes
out
.
Vengeful hearts overflow with:
Hatred, Malice, Slander, Pride.
God wants to FREE us from a Vengeful Heart. He Never intended for us to be able to deal with them.Slide6
What Overcomes a Vengeful Heart?
Confession, James 5:16
Blessing & Prayer: Matthew 5:38—48 & Luke 6:27—36.To This We Have Been Called. SO THAT…We Bless so that WE may be BLESSED.
Vengeance in the heart pollutes the waters tainting everyone who drinks of our spring.Slide7
Spiritual Life Principle Application:
What is the condition of
your spring today?Are you ready to say, “Lord, I am willing to do whatever you ask of me?”
Begin working out with me using the dumbbells of humility and submission. They are hard to pick up but with every exercise we get stronger.
Blessing is the hard work that needs to be done to receive the blessing of God.