Breaking The Spirit of Apathy
Breaking The Spirit of Apathy
Pastor Keith Hassell
Foundation Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3-10
I. Problem: Spiritual Apathy
A. A spiritual “I don’t care” attitude caused by a lack of vision
B. Results in spiritual laziness, skepticism, and resistance to moving forward
C. It’s goal in life is the “comfort zone”
II. We need spiritual fathers to call us back into our destiny
A. Timothy knew the Lord and had been mothered in the faith
B. Paul was Timothy’s spiritual father and called him back into the pursuit of his destiny
C. Spiritual fathers are convinced of the potential within their spiritual children (verse 5)
III. Symptoms and Cures for Apathy
A. Symptom #1: Forgetting where you came from and who brought you here
Cure #1: Remember
B. Symptom #2: Allowing the gifts of God to go dormant
Cure #2: Stir up the gift of God that is within you
C. Symptom #3: Becoming ashamed of Jesus and of association with the people
of God
Cure #3: Return to your first love
D. Symptom #4: Retreating to the comfort zone
Cure #4: Share with others in the sufferings for Christ’s sake
E. Symptom #5: Forgetting the hold that sin and Satan had on your former life
Cure #5: Remember the price that Jesus paid to save and deliver you
F. Symptom #6: Ignorance of God’s reason for creating you
Cure #6: Believe that God has a purpose (destiny) for your life
G. Symptom #7: Resisting God’s calling on your life
Cure #7: Embrace the call of God for your life
H. Symptom # 8: An “I can’t do it” attitude
Cure #8: Receive God’s grace (i.e. “God’s ability”) by faith