flipside recap (10/12)!!!

Last night was another great night at flipside!!! Worship was awesome and the message got a nice response at the end of service. If you missed last night, we really missed  you and hope you can join us next week for flipside. We hit on part 3 of our current series “Weird: Weird Desires,” here is a brief recap:

• We constantly find ourselves around “normal” people and we know what they desire and what they are willing to do to get it.
• Our desires shouldn’t be the same as those of this world but it should be different.
• Read 1 John 2:16 & 17….
• In reading that you see that it totally explains the world around us.
• NORMAL PEOPLE WANT WHAT THEY WANT NOT, NOT LATER
• We all can relate to that because at one time or another we have seen something we wanted and felt like we couldn’t live if we didn’t have it.
• Read Luke 15:12….
• This son got what he wanted but in the end lost it all.
• He was thinking like “normal” people and wasn’t thinking like “few” people do.
• NORMAL PEOPLE ALSO ARE WILLING TO TRADE THE ULTIMATE FOR THE IMMEDIATE
• Read Genesis 25:29-32…
• Esau was the first born and had the rights for everything once his father passed away.
• He gave his birth right for a bowl of stew.
• So, what is your bowl of stew?
• Do you realize that we give our birth right away for a bowl of stew more than you realize?
• Let me explain…
• We all our God’s children, He has a place set aside for us in heaven.
• We first have to make that choice to live for Him and then that place is set for us in heaven.
• Its reserved but we need to show up!! We confirm our reservation when we make the decision to live for Him. We show up when we die on this earth and live forever with Him in heaven.
• BUT, we a lot of times give in to our “desires” and “wants” and totally give it all away for a “bowl of stew.”
• Just like Esau, we give our birthright away for something we felt like we needed at the moment or couldn’t live without.
• WEIRD PEOPLE KNOW LATER IS OFTEN BETTER THAN NOW
• Read Provers 16:32…
• There have been so many times in my life that if I would of just waited, I would of been better off.
• WEIRD PEOPLE SEEK GOD UNTIL HIS DESIRES BECOME THEIR DESIRES
• Read Psalm 37:4…..
• Delight means a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment or something that gives great pleasure.
• So, if you find yourself delighting in the Lord, He will give you the desires of your heart.
• When you are fully entrenched in your relationship with God, His desires become your desires.
• You will no longer find yourself desiring things you have no reason to desire.
• Your relationship with God will be taken to another level!!!
• We all need to be led by the Spirit…
• Read Galatians 5: 16 & 17….
• That’s what its all about. The Holy Spirit is there to guide us and direct us.
• Though, a lot of times we like to press the “mute” button and not listen to Him.
• I rather would have what God desires for me.
•  He knows whats best for you and I.

Hope to see you next week and try your best to bring/invite someone to come with you!! Let’s pack flipside out and come expecting God to do something in your life.

- Pastor Leo