LEGO: A Foundation That Lasts
Developing a Dependance
Jon Fredricks
Today's Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
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Hebrews 11:6 NIV
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Luke 18:8 NIV
However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
2 Corinthians 1:24 NIV
24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
2 Corinthians 1:8 NIV
8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.
2 Corinthians 4:7-18 NIV
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 1:9 NIV
9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
2 Timothy 1:12 NIV
12 because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
Proverbs 3:5 NIV
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
Jude 1:20 NIV
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
Colossians 2:6-7 NIV
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Exodus 20:3 NIV
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
1) REFLECT ON WHAT YOU TYPICALLY LEAN INTO (TRUST)
2 Corinthians 1:8 NIV
8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.
Philippians 3:4-7 NIV
4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
2) MAKE A DECISION TO CHANGE ALLEGIANCE
2 Corinthians 1:10 NIV
3) CREATE SPACE TO DEVELOP DEPENDANCE
2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
4) PRACTICE THE WAIT
Romans 8:25 NIV
Psalm 27:14 NIV
Isaiah 40:31 ESV
