The Antidote to Worry

Anything that is in the center of my life besides God is an idol.  

How do you know if you have a idol?  You begin to worry.  

Worry is the warning light that you have an idol. 


If Jesus Christ is at the center of your life, you have peace. (Isaiah 26:3)


Worship is the antidote to worry. 


Rick Warren

Out of Control?

You are not in charge of fixing you.  God has to do it.  When we try to take control, things tend to get out of control.  2 Samuel 21:15-17.

When we are in control...

1. We have patterns of extremes.  1 John 4:18 

2. We don't listen to advice.  James 1:5

3. We obsess in planning.  Proverbs 16:9

How to get out of being in control. John 15:5-11

1. Surrender in prayer to God.  John 15:7

2. Walk in obedience.  John 15:10 

You can't separate your love of God and your obedience to Him.  

If God is not Lord of your all, He is not your Lord at all.  

3.  Receive God's joy.  John 15:11

When God is in control, joy and security return.  1 Timothy 6:6.   

You can be in control, or you can be content, but you cannot be both. 

Allen Pedram, Church of the Highlands

Tailored Made Life

You will never know that God is all that you need until He is all that you have.  Mother Theresa.

God will weaken you to get your attention.  When you are in control your efforts will wear you out.  

God doesn't see you as you are.  He see you as the person you could become.  Genesis 32:27-28.  

He will create for you a custom fit yoke.  You can work with it without getting tired.  Matthew 11:28-29.  

God doesn't see actualities.  He sees possibilities.  We cannot be who God  intends for us to be and at the same time hold onto to who we think we should be.  

Do not allow what you think you want to get in the way of what God made for you to be.  Mark 8:34-35.  

You'll never know what your life could become until you hand it over to the one who made you in the first place.  

Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands 

Who's on First?

Who is really in charge of your life? To act outside of Jesus' lordship is a sin. 

Even after we surrender the lordship of our lives to Jesus, we continue to struggle with Him over the control of our lives.

We must be sure that Jesus remains Lord. Jesus willingly came to earth. 

We too must want to obey. 

Remember that forced obedience is disobedience. 

Is Jesus your Lord, really? 

That one decision settles the possessions issue.

If Jesus is Lord, He is Lord of your stuff. 

How can we ask God for provision when we disobey Him by stealing from Him. Ask what do you want done with your stuff, Lord? 

Whoever or whatever is #1 in your life is your Lord. 

Whoever is #1 determines where you go, what you read, and what you look at.

It settles the provision issue. God does not give us what we need from our prospective, but from His. 

God stretches past our comfort zone into the unknown to reach people.

We are not to focus on our provision but on our mission.

Sometimes we confuse God's will with our will.

Asking for things outside of God's plan will harm our faith when God refuses to answer.

God's will can only be discerned by what God has said in His Word and the Holy Spirit.

(notes from Jimmy Jackson)