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Intro:
Me: Excuses contribute to the drama in my life.
Marriage, family & work.
Stop making excuses!
We: We have been looking at how to stop the drama.
Review
Today, if you apply this Truth today
God:
Parable
Romans
MAKING EXCUSES
BOUGHT A FIELD, BOUGHT OXEN, I JUST GOT MARRIED
They missed the party!
Excuse = something we say to continue our current way of living.
Excuse is the cousin of lying.
TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE:
Those who make progress and those who make excuses.
WHAT ARE EXCUSES?
Excuses are irresponsible rationalizations we make to ourselves about people, events and circumstances that defend our rebellious behavior.
Our heart doesn’t like responsibility or accountability so we make excuses.
So our rebellious heart will place external blame on an internal problem.
That is why we don’t see progress… drama!
Jeremiah 1:4-5
I love when Jeremiah, God asked Jeremiah, 'Is anything too hard for me?
Is
anything
Jeremiah
too hard for me?
Ill - Addict, do you believe BUT
Ill - My BCC call and excuses
REASONS WE MAKE EXCUSES:
Fear
We are naturally afraid.
Change, responsibility, people criticism.
We don’t naturally move towards fear we run from it.
Ill - fear of parents catching us - we give excuses
When we lack confidence we make excuses.
2. Laziness
The smarter you are the more elaborate our excuses.
ill - son wants to shoot ball, dad I had a hard day
When I don’t do what I should I’m lazy.
I MIGHT
AN EXCUSES ACCOMPLISHES THREE THINGS WELL:
Lowers you credibility
Causes great frustration
Perpetuates the problem
HOW DO I STOP MAKING EXCUSES
Identify your excuses
I don’t have time
I wouldn’t know where to start
That is to hard
I don’t have the resources
If you are not making progress you are making excuses.
2. Realize the consequences
DECEIVED, REAPS
Don’t misled yourself.
We can make excuses on to another and get by with it.
You can’t with God.
The drama that we experience tomorrow is a result of the excuses I make today.
You are where you are today in your marriage, kids, financially, spiritually because of your choices.
We want to make progress.
When we are not experiencing that we make excuses = DRAMA
I will not make progress!
I’m to busy, I don’t need a budget...
This is a PRINCIPLE - lost, saved / man, woman / rich, poor
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3. Take responsibility
J
I need to own it!
Regardless of people or circumstances.
Galatatians 6:9
4. Understand the urgency
We think we have all the time in the world.
Ill - Losing weight.
I make excuses.
When I get cellulitis I get mad at God. Please pray.
Some of you, you know what God wants you to do, do it!
Someone said, Delayed obedience is disobedience.
Don't you dare delay!
If God has shown you what He wants to be different, you go and do the next thing you can do.
You don't have to over spiritualize everything and say, I'm just waiting on the Lord!
u, you know what God wants you to do, do it!
Someone said, Delayed
obedience is disobedience.
Don't you dare delay!
If God has shown you what He
wants to be different, you go and do the next thing you can do.
You don't have
to over spiritualize everything
and say, I'm just waiting on the Lord!
When things slow down we are going to get involved in church.
When we pay off the house.
A house that is paid off and no kids that want to come back to it.
TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE:
Those who make progress and those who make excuses.
You want to stop the drama then stop making excuses.
Questions
1.
Where are you stuck?
2. Is there someone you’ve lost credibility with because of your excuses?
3. What are you settling for?
4. Do you find yourself blaming others or circumstances rather than taking responsibility?
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