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ARE YOU ON A SPIRITUAL ROLLER-COASTER?
The heinous clicking noise pounded away as the roller coaster slowly worked its way up the first hill.
As the cars reached the top of the 250-foot hill, its occupants prepare for the inevitable.
Suddenly, the roller coaster began its rapid descent and the thrill-seekers plunged toward Earth at 70 m.p.h..
The cold metal tracks guided the cars through their reign of terror.
Its solid grip subjected its occupants to pressures as great as three G’s (three times the force of gravity).
Roller coasters at the amusement parks are great, but they are less than desirable in your spiritual life.
The spiritual roller-coaster ride that plagues many Christians causes an enormous amount of frustration, guilt and discouragement.
It produces a feeling of helplessness similar to that of being thrown about in a small sailboat by the mighty ocean waves.
Disillusionment begins to surface.
Guilt overwhelms us and our lack of answered prayers seems to indicate that something must be wrong in our lives.
Being victorious is not a result of being a "super" Christian or specially "touched" by God.
Rather, it comes from an understanding of our true position in Christ.
This understanding is similar to that of a loving and mature married couple.
This couple has developed a deep trust and understanding of each other.
They do not hope they can trust the judgment of the other, they /know/ they can.
When circumstances seem to say otherwise, their trust in each other will carry them through until they can talk it out.
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GETTING OFF THE SPIRITUAL ROLLER-COASTER MEANS : A CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT (6:1-2)
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The first step towards living the Christian life is to realize that there has been a change in management.
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Bob Munford’s classic book “Christ Heart, My Home”
1. Munford uses the analogy of the home to bring across the principle of Lordship.
2. When Christ enters our hearts, we are called upon to transfer ownership to Him.
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The old has gone the new has arrived.
1. “Therefore, if any man is in Christ, He is a new creation.
The old has gone the new has come”
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One of the major reasons for defeat in Christian Life.
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Not recognizing the change in management~/who’s calling the shots.
2. This is why we struggle with sinful attitudes and behaviors.
Because we don’t recognize and act upon the change in management.
3. It is no longer “YOU” in charge but “Jesus” is in control.
He’s calling the shots.
4. When Jesus died upon the cross and rose again, there was a powerful transaction taking place.
His death became our death and His resurrection became our resurrection, our newness of life.
5. The sin nature that once ruled over us *no longer* has the power or authority to keep making directives in our lives.
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When the urge to do wrong penetrates our radar screen, at that moment we have a choice.
Who’s in control?
Me or Jesus.
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The decision rests with you alone.
No person and no devil MAKES you to sin.
No one puts a gun to your head.
You need to admit that you sin of your own evil volition.
Your own lust leads you to commit sin.
Lust is not just speaking of whoredom--it's any depraved affection, evil propensity or unlawful carnal desire.
It is to have an eager desire for the gratification of carnal appetites.
Lust can also be irregular or inordinate desires
b. Realize that when temptation to sin comes your way you have a choice to make.
You are not helpless.
Jesus died to redeem you from the curse!
There is victory in Jesus!
Don't keep sinning and then asking God to deliver you.
It is up to you to say, "No!"
*Who, Me? Jealous?*
*/Combatting/**/ the green-eyed monster at work/*
*by Liz Curtis Higgs*
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I was a member of a prestigious professional association for all of two weeks when I showed up at their national convention in Atlanta.
My name badge—unlike most others—didn't sport a single special ribbon or honorary designation.
I was—horrors!--unknown.
Unimportant.
My heart cried out, /I'm nobody here, Lord!/
People squinted at my barren name tag, then kept walking, looking through me like so much clear glass.
I sat through one presentation after another, sinking lower and lower in my seat.
Then, alone in my hotel room, I reviewed the day's notes and ended up weeping, feeling frustrated, inadequate, and overwhelmed.
How could I ever hope to reach their level of expertise?
I kept telling myself I wasn't so much jealous as I was discouraged.
/It's not envy, Lord, I'm simply feeling left out …./
As the years passed, doors began to swing open.
Soon I found myself dealing with a new set of unfamiliar, unpleasant feelings: /How come she's moving along faster than I am, Lord?
Why did they honor her instead of me?/
I wasn't jealous, of course.
Merely, uh … competitive.
The awful truth revealed itself one gray morning when I received an announcement from a colleague who'd been blessed with an opportunity I was convinced should have been mine.
I tossed the letter across the room in an angry huff, whining, "It's not fair, Lord!"
He chose that moment to get my attention.
/Was the cross of Calvary fair, Liz? Have I called you to succeed—or surrender?/
I was undone.
Jealousy, envy, and strife were alive and well in my jade-green heart.
After a time of weeping and confession, I knew what needed to happen next.
I sent a heartfelt memo to more than sixty peers in writing and speaking, women who love and serve the Lord and who—here's the ugly truth in a nutshell—push my jealousy buttons without even knowing it.
Included with my note was a brief survey that encouraged my sisters to help me—help all of us—deal with the seldom—discussed reality of professional jealousy.
Their candid answers began pouring in anonymously, as requested.
I was especially touched by one role model who wrote, "I could be really spiritual, but I'll be truthful instead."
Just as I'd hoped, my anonymous contributors offered several specific suggestions for experiencing victory over Ol' Green Eyes.
Getting off the spiritual roller-coaster means we are not in control, our lives are now under new management.
Along with this new management comes change.
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GETTING OFF THE SPIRITUAL ROLLER-COASTER MEANS: SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES.
(3-14) the mode of operation has changed for us, we no longer are slaves to our sinful nature and because of that truth we need to live up to that light.
Question- how do we gain control over a sin nature that no longer has any authority over us and still tries to rule over us?
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What has changed?
We have been set free from sin through Christ’s death and resurrection.
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To understand this fact, we need to look at two images portrait for us in Romans 6:3,6,7
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The first imagery is found in verse 3 “Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death?”
a. Paul’s purpose for this imagery of baptism was to dramatize verse 2 “our death to sin.”
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When Paul uses the phrase in verse 3 “baptized into” it means to be “identified with” or “associated with.”
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