Raider Church
Pleasing God —> Room of Good intentions
•Striving hard to be all God wants me to be
•Self effort
•Working on my sin to achieve an intimate relationship with God
Trusting God —> Room of Grace
•Living out of who HE says I am
•Humility
•Standing with God, my sin in front of us, working on it together
John 8:36 NLT
It whispers and hisses that no matter what you do, you will always be defined by what you did or what was done to you. It mocks you. Shame wants you desperately performing for acceptance you don’t believe you deserve. - The Cure
We imagine Him staring at us with a thin smile and a measured nod. He has to love us, but He’s not sure He likes us. His arms are folded. He wears an expression that says, “Yes, your sins are forgiven. Your ticket is punched for eternity, but you’re still the same failure. You had an excuse before, but not anymore.” - The Cure
Lies we believe when we view God through our shame:
- God can’t satisfy me as much as this sin.
- I’ve always been this way. I don’t believe He's powerful enough to change
that.
- There is something fundamentally wrong with me.
- I don’t believe God has been fully good to me.
- I’m going to feel like a failure anyway, I might as well enjoy it!
Galatians 5:16-17 NLT
"Oh what a miserable person I am!"
Sin Management??
You have as much God as you’re gonna get!
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 NLT
HOLY AND BLAMELESS, WITHOUT A SINGLE FAULT
Ephesians 4:21-24 NLT
What you believe to be true about yourself will shape your life, your behaviors, and your habits.
Now we’re free. When I depend on the new creature I’ve been made into through the work of Jesus at the cross, I begin to live healthier, more free of sin, more free to love. I learn to believe all His power, love, truth, and goodness already exists in me, right now. I am not who I was, even on my worst day. - The Cure
Romans 12:2 NLT
Your NEW reality:
- I have been changed into a new creature.
- I am joined with Jesus for eternity.
- He loves me and enjoys me.
- He is maturing me in His way, in His time.
Put on your NEW nature
•I AM the righteousness of Christ.
•He is MATURING me, day by day.
•I trust HIM, He knows what he's doing.