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It Runs in the Family - Distorted Desires
Families are complicated. Patterns get passed down, brokenness gets repeated, and sometimes it feels like we’re stuck in cycles we didn’t choose. In In this series, we’ll look at the life of Jacob and discover how God meets us right in the middle of dysfunction—not to shame us, but to redeem us. What’s been passed down doesn’t have to define you. God can rewrite your story.
Locations & Times
Church 419
3425 Oak St, Paducah, KY 42003, United States
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
The dysfunctions you inherit often become the desires that
drive your decisions.
drive your decisions.
You didn’t start on neutral. You were formed by family.
Formation explains you, but it doesn’t excuse you.
• A double portion of the inheritance
• Leadership of the family
• Leadership of the family
Your desires are not your enemy. The enemy is the distortion that turns a good desire into a destructive decision
1. A desire to control the FUTURE
2. A desire to be satisfied NOW
2. A desire to be satisfied NOW
The enemies plan of attack:
Distort a normal desire into a need to control rather than a willingness
to surrender.
Distort a normal desire into a need to control rather than a willingness
to surrender.
Control is a desire that no
longer trusts God with the outcome.
longer trusts God with the outcome.
When you believe in God, but trust in your plans more than His. THAT’S PRIDE!
When ambitious desire is unchecked:
• people become opportunities
• relationships become leverage
• integrity becomes optional
• people become opportunities
• relationships become leverage
• integrity becomes optional
• Where am I trying to force something God hasn’t given?
• Where am I trying to control instead of trust?
• Where am I trying to control instead of trust?
HALT
• Hungry
• Angry
• Lonely
• Tired
• Hungry
• Angry
• Lonely
• Tired
Chasing desires RIGHT NOW causes you to:
• shrink your perspective
• magnify the moment
• minimize the future
• shrink your perspective
• magnify the moment
• minimize the future
• What am I valuing right now over what actually matters long-term?
• What am I convincing myself is “not a big deal” that actually is?
• What am I convincing myself is “not a big deal” that actually is?
Sin is not just doing something wrong it’s trying to take God’s place.
When you begin to understand your value in Christ, everything starts to shift.
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