Choosing Intimacy
Sermon Delivered on February 19, 2012PDF Link Outline February 19, 2012
Choosing Intimacy?
Today's Speaker: Pastor Dan Housam
I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee; regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
Philippians 3:4-6
Everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.
Philippians 3:7-9
My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead. Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:10-12
Choosing Intimacy means changing...
From Pursing Prestige and Power To Elevating My _______________ in Christ
I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
Without faith it is impossible to please God.
Hebrews 11:6
From Striving in My Strength To Trusting in His _______________
God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
1 Corinthians 6:14
He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
From Agonize in My Affliction To _______________ in Hardships
Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.
1 Peter 4:13
For as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ our comfort also overflows.
2 Corinthians 1:5
From Contentment with My Comprehension To Reaching for ________________ with Christ
I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
Psalm 84:2
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9
