“Embracing Change To Experience Life!”
Galatians 5:1
Galatians 5:1….
“Stand fast therefore in the
liberty wherewith Christ
hath made us free, and be
not entangled again with
the yoke of bondage.”
(NKJV)
2 Peter 2:19b….
“…..For a man is a slave to
whatever has mastered him.”
(NIV)
“…..For a man is a slave to
whatever controls him.”
(LB)
You will never know the
FREEDOM of being in
God’s presence as long as you
remain ENSLAVED.
• Work
• Pornography
• Jealousy
• Anger
• Various drugs
• Gossips
• Other vices that holds
them in bondage.
“Something you find
yourself doing even though
it is destructive either
physically, mentally,
emotionally, relationally
or spiritually.”
“You consistently do
something you wish you
wouldn’t do, but you find
yourself doing it any way.”
Romans 7:15….
“I do not understand
what I do.
For what I want to do
I do not do,
but what I hate I do.”
(NIV)
Romans 7:15….
“I do not understand my
own actions for I am as far
from habitually doing
what I want to do that
I find myself doing the
very thing that I hate.”
(TCNT)
Be honest,
look at your life….
EVALUATE
the things you find
yourself doing that
you hate.
REALIZE
the importance of the
identification process.
SUBMIT
your own inabilities to make
the necessary changes.
seems more potent
when people neglect
their time with God
and are tired physically.
We can become
self-confident, instead
of God-confident.
Three things we need to
know about God...
Psalm 139:3,4….
“You discern my going out
and my lying down; you are
familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my
tongue you know it
completely, O Lord.”
(NIV)
Satan seeks to destroy
mankind.
He makes SIN appear to be
attractive.
He shows how pleasant
SIN and immoral conduct
can be.
The Bible does say
there is pleasure in sin,
but such pleasure is
only momentary.
The end result is
not only pain,
but separation
from God on earth
& eternity.
1 John 1:9….
“If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just
and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from
all unrighteousness.”
(NIV)
implies….
“we must acknowledge
that our sins is sin
and admit that we
committed it.”
Once we CONFESS our sin,
the character of God guarantees
FORGIVENESS.
1 Peter 1:15,16….
“(v.15) But just as he who
called you is holy, so be holy
in all you do; (v.16) for it is
written: ‘Be holy, because
I am holy.’ ” (NIV)
cf. 2 Timothy 1:9;
2 Peter 3:11; Leviticus 11:44
God desires
His children to
REFLECT
WHO HE IS
to a lost and dying
world.
Matthew 5:13a,14a….
“(v.13a) You are the salt of
the earth. But if the salt
loses it’s saltiness....
(v.14a) You are the light
of the world ….”
Matthew 5:16….
“In the same way, let your
light shine before men, that
they may see your good
deeds [“erga”] and praise
your Father in heaven.”
(NIV)
“Good deeds” or “works” are
not distinct from WORDS, but
“works” connote entire
“life-style” (Greek, “erga”).
The triumph of
the Kingdom of God
must be visible in the
lives of its disciples.
By the observation of
how we conduct ourselves, others
will come to understand what God
is like and be drawn to Christ.
“Life controlling habits”
are formed at a pace
almost unnoticeable.
Bad habits are like
comfortable beds –
easy to get into,
but hard to get out.
“HABITS” will break your will. Once
you allowed
a HABIT to control you
the Bible says,
“That habit is your master.”
That habit breaks you
down to the point where
you don’t even
try to resist anymore
because you feel like
you can’t break free.
Galatians 5:1….
“It is for freedom that
Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then, and
do not let yourselves be
burdened again by
the yoke of slavery.”
(NIV)
“Bad controlling habits”
will destroy you ….
• physically
• mentally
• emotionally
• relationally
At first, it seems
very harmless.
Over a period of time
that HABIT like an enemy begins
to advance and destroy you.
Once it’s full-grown,
it’s domineering and
controlling.
First, you must
understand what
God’s Word says in…
1 Corinthians 10:13….
“No temptation has seized
you except what is common
to man. And God is faithful:
He will not let you be
tempted beyond what you
can bear. ….
1 Corinthians 10:13….
…. But when you are tempted
he will also provide
a way out so that you can
stand up under it.”
(NIV)
What are the
steps to
victory?
Accepting the responsibility that
you have a problem.
1 John 1:9….
“If we confess our sin,
he is faithful and just and
will forgive us our sins
and purify us from all
unrighteousness.”
(NIV)
Philippians 4:13….
“I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me.”
(NKJV; Isaiah 41:10)
God must become your
primary source
of strength.
Allow God
to be part of your life!
James 4:7….
“Submit yourselves,
then, to God. Resist the
devil, and he will
flee from you.”
(NIV)
We are healed by ADMITTING
our faults
to one another.
Because the root of
our problem is
RELATIONAL.
James 5:16….
“Therefore confess your
sins to each other and
pray for each other so that
you may be healed. The
prayer of a righteous man
is powerful and effective.”
(NIV)
Matthew 6:11….
“Give us
this day our
daily bread.”
(NIV)
It’s because God wants to give
you enough strength to change
for one day.
He wants to take you
one day at a time as you
TRUST IN HIM.
Any victory, no matter how minor,
thank God for it. When you take
one defeat at a time,
you will get victory
one day at a time!
• about tomorrow
• about a week
• about a month
• about a year
Philippians 4:13….
“I have strength for all things
in Christ Who empowers me
[I am ready for anything and
equal to anything through Him
Who infuses inner strength
into me; I am self-sufficient
in Christ’s sufficiency].”
(Amp)
Breaking Free From
Controlling Habits
Are there any “habit”
or “habits” in our life
that needs breaking?
Remind yourself this ….
“I can do all things
through Christ Jesus
who strengthens and
empowers me.”