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“Becoming a Person of Power”
*Series: *Making Your Life Count!
August 25, 1996
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· Everyone I know would love to have more power.
Most of us detest the feeling of “powerlessness” that we sometimes feel.
· What is it we’re really longing for?
· The conflict in our lives is which _________ do we take to move toward greatness?
How do you attain or experience power?
· Philippians 2 may be the most __________-cultural chapter in all of the Bible!
· Madison Avenue would have a difficult time coming up with an advertising campaign promoting “____________ mobility.”
Can you imagine a jingle that says, “Lose it all.
Imagine the possibilities!”
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· Although, at first it seems totally _____________, a closer look will show that downward mobility makes perfect sense and in fact is the only way of life that brings pleasure to God.
*Reasons for Believing Downward Mobility Makes Sense:*
*1. **It is the Way _________ (the Ideal Man) Lived His Life*
Þ If you were the Son of God and wanted to impact the world, how would you try to do it?
His __________
His ____________
His _____________ years
His arrest and __________
His _____________
Þ And no one can deny the effect He had on the world!
*/“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” /*
*/Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)/*
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*2. **Jesus’ _____________ is Revealed as Our Model*
Philippians 2:5
Þ Is it that God is ________ with us and wants to keep us
hidden away in a dark corner without any appreciation ever expressed?
Þ No!
God longs to ________ His children – to lift us up to places of honor and glory.
What sickens Him is the sight of us, His children, _____________ ourselves, advancing our own causes, pushing our _________ at the expense of others, and longing to be __________ rather than to serve.
*/ “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” /*
*/James 4:10 (NIV)/*
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**What Does This Have to Do With Power?
(Matthew 2)*
Þ Adler said power is the “great human ______________.”
Þ _____________ referred to power as “the great aphrodisiac.”
Þ It has been called the “single greatest catalyst in ________.”
*/Herod/**/:/*
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Fear & ___________
_________ compassion
Approach to Relationships: _____ them up and __________ them away
Philosophy: _____ first!
Power: Get it.
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