Ephesians 5:1-5; Philippians 4:11-13
How to Kill Relationships and Irritate People Part 5
September 22, 2024
Ephesians 5:1-4
A new person in Christ is . This “holy discontentment” means that you are .
Ephesians 5:5
We too easily justify our , and we’re content with our .
Why is covetousness so dangerous?
It always .
Exodus 20:17; Luke 12:15
It’s a .
Hebrews 13:5; Ephesians 5:5
It’s a .
How does this affect relationships?
It .
It chokes out in your life.
Mark 4:19
It is .
Proverbs 30:15; 27:20
Covetousness is .
James 4:2
Covetousness gives rise to .
1 Timothy 6:8-9
Covetousness is .
The ultimate solution to covetousness is to find a through a .
Hebrews 13:5; Philippians 3:7-10; 4:11-13
We must learn to be satisfied in Jesus so that our relationships don’t become a vain attempt to fill a God-sized hole in our hearts with tiny solutions.
Say Whatever You Want
James 3:1-12
How to Kill Relationships and Irritate People Part 4
September 15, 2024
The tongue is a powerful tool for and .
James 3:1
If you , you open yourself up for .
James 3:2
An is usually a sign of an .
James 3:3-4
Small things that can
James 3:5-8
Words can be – like a spreading out of control – that bring about .
James 3:8-9
The real problem isn’t the at all; it’s the .
Luke 6:43-45
problems reveal problems.
Jeremiah 17:9
Proverbs 18:21
Our mouths can be used for and , not and .
John 14:16
The helps us, aids us, encourages us, and empowers us in doing the . He gives us the to be able to obey God.
We are to .
1 Thessalonians 4:18; 5:11, 14
What Jesus on our behalf
What Jesus for us
Hebrews 10:25; 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18
Hebrews 10:24-25
Encouragement is using words that .
Encouragement is also speaking to others in a .
Resource: Paul David Tripp, War of Words
How to Kill Relationships & Irritate People (Part 3)
“Live with Unresolved Conflict” – September 8, 2024
Every relationship has great potential… for .
At the of conflict is . (James 4:1-3)
Followers of Christ are .
(Matthew 5:9; Ephesians 4:1-3,22-24)
3 Responses to Conflict:
(Adapted from Ken Sande’s “Slippery Slope” in The Peacemaker, p.17)
or or Make
4 Steps to Peacemaking:
God (1 Cor. 10:31; Galatians 1:10)
Yourself (Prov. 19:11; Matthew 7:3-5; Ephesians 4:26)
Truth (Ephesians 4:25,15; 2 Tim. 2:25-26)
Reconciliation (Matthew 5:23-24)
Godly Wisdom for Reconciliation: (James 3:17-18)
Right (Ephesians 4:27; Romans 12:18)
Right (Matthew 18:15-17; 5:23-26)
Right (Eph. 4:31-32; Romans 5:10-11; Colossians 3:13-14)
Every conflict has great potential… for .
At the of peace is . (Galatians 5:13-26)
Peacemakers by . (1 Pet. 4:8)
Use Anger to Get What You Want
James 1:19-21
How to Kill Relationships and Irritate People Part 2
September 1, 2024
We use to try and get what we want. is rooted in and thus it likewise .
James 1:19
Faith in Jesus affects how you , how you , and how you .
Most of our sinful communication comes out of a .
Proverbs 12:16; 14:17, 29; 22:24-25
James 1:20
The heart-based reason why anger is bad: .
Justify anger because they believe
Anger expresses itself in other actions that are .
James 1:21
Righteous anger:
1) Right
2) Right
3) Right
Anger is what we feel when
1) ?
2) ?
3) ?
Getting rid of resentment and bitterness is more about than it is .
The gospel changes us by , and then .
Be Full of Yourself
1 Peter 5:5-7
How to Kill Relationships and Irritate People Part 1
August 25, 2024
God designed us for .
Relationships provide some of the as well as some of the .
We all have when it comes to ourselves.
We need God’s Word as a to our hearts. We need to know the – even if it hurts.
One of the great enemies of relationships: .
1 Peter 5:5
It’s translated as , , and .
Pride is such a deceptive sin that .
Proverbs 6:16-17; 16:5, 18-19
The proud person is trusting in and seeking . Proud people are in essence .
One of the ways God opposes people is to .
Romans 1:24, 26, 28
We are called to replace pride with . While pride invites , humility invites .
1 Peter 5:5-6
Pride contends to be . Humility celebrates a
Isaiah 66:2; Ephesians 4:1-3; Philippians 2:3-4
Invite . Ask for it. This is how we cultivate .
Resources:
Les and Leslie Parrott, Relationships
C.J. Mahaney, Humility: True Greatness
“If you try to find intimacy with another person before achieving a sense of identity on your own, all your relationships become an attempt to complete yourself.”
Psalm 23:6a
Goodness and mercy David; they do not merely him.
God’s is revealed as his and his , both expressed in his for his people.
Exodus 34:6-7; Psalm 119:68
“Mercy” is the of God – hesed. This is his , his .
The is pursuing us. God is his own . He doesn’t goodness and love; he goodness and love.
Complete , perfect , full provision: , , and .
Psalm 139:5
“Surely” is an intensive, affirmative word: this will . It can also be translated “.” When it is translated like this, it has a .
David is basically saying, “In all that happens to me, I see .”
Psalm 23:6b
He invites us to where he dwells and to be .
The phrase is literally “.”
Psalm 21:4; 93:5
When we live with the Lord, we will . It will never end.
We were created for ; the whole point of our existence is to .
Our exodus journey is not aimless wandering in the wilderness. We are on the Father’s porch. We are journeying to the house of the Lord. We are heading home!
Psalm 23:5 August 11, 2024
The is here .
The key is the host operates; the he does it.
Our host is , and we can know him . He is no longer speaking but rather is speaking .
Psalm 23:4-5
This is a picture of and found in a personal relationship.
The host is the one who is ; I am and on the receiving end of his .
The provision from the host is not .
In traditional Middle Eastern society, the master of the house , but he does not prepare it.
Genesis 18:5-7; Luke 15:22-23
Luke 19:10
pale in comparison and fade fast away in the presence of the and all the good things he has and does for us.
A table with food and drink is , , where relationships can be , and reconciled as friends.
This picture of oil and wine – it shows the , the sign of . You are .
Psalm 23:2a
Sheep won’t lie down until…
1) Free from
2) Free from
3) Free from
4) Free from
Only the shepherd himself can .
It is the work of the to convey this sense of Jesus to our hearts.
2 Timothy 1:7
The “”
Ezekiel 34:15-16, 20-22
When my eyes are on , they are not looking at .
1 Timothy 6:6
The are found and experienced only as we find ourselves in relationship with .
John 10:9
Sheep are of rapidly running water.
keeps them from needed .
There is a in the human heart which .
John 6:27, 35
God calls us but then . Our progress toward him is determined by our —to .
Psalm 23:3a
The .
Psalm 23:3b
When we follow the Lord, we .
If the Lord is your shepherd, he has made you righteous not based on your own merit, but based on the perfect record of Jesus’s obedience on your behalf. Stop trying to earn God’s acceptance and begin living out of the acceptance you already have through his Son.
My Shepherd (Part 1) – July 14, 2024
Psalm 23:1 – “Shepherd”
Psalm 23 expresses .
David was a .
A SHEPHERD is .
THE LORD is .
YHWH – “I Am who I Am.” (Exodus 3:1-14)
John Mason’s 1683 hymn “How Shall I Sing That Majesty?”
“Thou art a sea without a shore, a sun without a sphere.”
The LORD .
(Deuteronomy 2:7; Nehemiah 9:21; Psalm 34:10; 77:19-20)
Jesus is who
. (Micah 5:2-4; John 10:10-11, 17-18; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 5:4)
We are all .
We all or another. (Isaiah 53:6)
To claim “” is to allow the LORD
to . (Matthew 16:24; John 10:27-29)
When the LORD is our shepherd,
.
(Psalm 121:3-4; 2 Cor. 6:10; see also Mark 10:21; Revelation 3:17)
“What Jesus offers us is so comprehensive because what he gives us is himself. He gives us everything we need because he himself is everything we need.” – David Gibson in The LORD of Psalm 23
Luke 22:16, 18
Luke has placed the in the context of the Bible story, looking to the and to the .
The original act of was the Passover. Through this meal they understood the and .
Exodus 24:11
The Passover represents embodied a meal a meal with .
The Lord’s Supper, is a of the story’s central act:
Luke 22:19-20
Jesus is the of the , and the Last Supper mirrors this: the have already been made by
Luke 22:8, 13
Jesus is also the
1 Peter 1:18-19
The meal is an .
Luke 22:19
is a reminder , but it’s also a reminder .
The meal is an .
1 Corinthians 10:17
The meal is an .
Luke 4:4
The meal is an .
1 Corinthians 10:16; 11:26