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