Past Wednesday Night (10/5)!!!

Sorry, for the delay on the update. I just got back in town from a great conference in Atlanta and didn’t have a way of giving you a recap on Wednesday night.

It was a great crowd and everything was great!!! Worship and the message was awesome!!! We had a great response at the end of the message and God really did some great things in students lives. Here is a recap of the sermon:

  • We hit on Part 2 of the “Weird” series with: Weird is Better (if you missed last week or forgot what we hit on, scroll down and check it out.)
  • Read 1 Peter 1:15 & 16
  • Very few people are holy and you can see that God called us to be holy.
  • To be holy means to be pure, to set apart, to be different.
  • We are to live our lives in a way that is dedicated totally to God and separate from sin.
  • The key is separation, not living in it, but to have distance.
  • We all make mistakes and God sees them as that, but there is a difference when we deliberately do something.
  • A lot of us see holiness as something we can not achieve but it is something that we are all capable of achieving.
  • One of the main things that is keep students from living a life of being holy is peer pressure.
  • Peer pressure is something that everyone faces and even King David faced peer pressure.
  • Read Psalms 69:9-12
  • David has this huge passion for God but is constantly facing opposition from all directions, just like many of you are.
  • You are facing that constant pressure not to be “weird” but to be normal.
  • There are 2 different types of peer pressure that we face everyday of our lives…
  • #1- The inward pressure: The need to please
  • We all have this desire to “fit in” or to be “cool”
  • So, we find ourselves saying “Yes” to things that we should be saying “No” to.
  • Read Proverbs 29:25…
  • Our desire to fit in/please everyone will totally cause us to miss what God has for us.
  • #2- The outward pressure: Criticism
  • To me for example, I really didn’t have a hard time saying “No” but what really bothered me was when people talked behind my back.
  • No one wants to be criticized behind their backs.
  • Here are a couple of scriptures that I hope will encourage you…
  • Read John 15:18-20…
  • Read Matthew 5:10-12…
  • So, we see that we were not the only ones that face persecution for what we believe in and also that we will be blessed for the criticism we face
  • The main thing we need to understand is this…. YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE, BUT YOU CAN PLEASE GOD.
  • Which is more important?????????
  • Read 1 Thessalonians 2:4….
  • To be weird is better in the long run.
  • Lets not cave in to the pressure of this world!!!

If you missed last Wednesday night, I hope to see you there. We will hit on: “Weird Desires.” Come expecting God to do something awesome in your life this coming Wednesday night!!!

-Pastor Leo

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