Refuge Church Of San Antonio
Do you feel stuck in a rut....have you ever thought that you might be the reason your stuck...and if so, how do you get out of it.
LIVESTREAM — Week 1
“WHEN YOU’RE SICK OF BEING STUCK”
I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate...19 I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway…24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?Romans 7:15, 19, 24 NLT
• Real change isn’t behavior modification.
• Real change is spiritual transformation.
... Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. ... Romans 7:24-25 NLT
The Way to Real Change
• Not “God, then me.”
• Not “God, not me.”
• But “God through me.”
For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 1 Corinthians 15:9-10 NIV
The grace that saves you is also the grace that changes you.
• Your spiritual “why” is God’s purpose for you.
• Your spiritual “how” is God’s power through you.
Then he said to me, “This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Zechariah 4:6 NLT
I am disciplined. Christ in me is stronger than the wrong desires in me.
If you change your behavior but don’t change your heart, the behavior will come back.
You’re trying to meet a need or relieve a hurt with something besides God’s grace.
... [God] said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT