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Bookends of the Christian Life, Part 1: Application
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Yesterday I preached the first message in a new series that will carry us through the end of the year. Read a little more about the series and see the schedule here.
I titled yesterday’s message, “The Righteousness of Christ.” My focus was the glorious truth of how God views believers in Christ—with Jesus’ perfect righteousness credited to their account.
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• Listen online or download an mp3 of the message.
• Download a summary outline in PDF format.
• Use the following questions to reflect on how to apply the message to your life.
1. Have you ever said, “I just can’t do it all” or “I feel like I’m doing nothing well” or “I don’t even feel like I’m a Christian”? What do these statements reveal about what you are leaning on?
2. What does the Bible mean by “righteous”? What is God’s standard for the level of righteousness He requires of us? Is it attainable?
3. What difference will it make to live moment-by-moment in the good of having our sin transferred to Christ and Christ’s righteousness credited to us? What’s the effect when we forget these truths?
4. Josh invited us to complete the statement, “I’m OK because __________ (I read my Bible everyday; I’m a good parent; I attend this church; I’m respected; I have a good job, etc.) What does your answer reveal about the bookends of your life?
November 4 2009 at 10:51 am
About “Self-Control in a Wired World”
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I got the following e-mail from a mom (name withheld) who was affected by one of the recent sermons from Proverbs, “Self-Control in a Wired World.” I am so encouraged about how God has been speaking to us through the Proverbs series!
Hi Josh,
Through the sermon on self-control, I felt God was calling me to be a better mom by setting some boundaries with my children in regards to the PS3 [SONY Play Station], computer, etc. My husband and I decided to limit “plug-in play”, as we like to call it, to weekends, with a maximum of two hours each day. When my sons have play dates with friends, we have decided to limit their time to one hour of PS3 time with a hope that they will cultivate real relationships with their friends.
As you can imagine, they were not so happy about this, one son in particular. He has kicked and screamed, figuratively speaking, ever since we laid down the new boundaries and explained why this was important on many levels.
But I am so excited to report that we are already seeing fruit. We recently had one of this child’s friends over for a three-hour play date, a boy that shares my son’s LOVE for video games. As these several hours passed, I was engulfed in my own project, and as it turns out, the entire three hours went by with this other friend playing video games while my son played with his siblings instead.
My son asked me later that night, “Mom, can you please make sure (emphasis his) that we only get one hour of PS3 when my friends come over? I wanted to play other things, but all he wanted to do was play the PS3.”
This is a miracle coming from my child who has been resisting us the most on this change.
Thanks again for this series and for praying for us as our pastors that we would be fruitful in our call to holiness. If God can change my little guy’s heart this quickly, I have tons of faith that he can move in other areas where we are seeking change.
To God be the glory!