Gods at War (gods of pleasure)
1 Kings 18
47 times in scripture it said "they did what was evil in the Lord's sight." 46 of them are in Samuel, Kings, and
Chronicles.
Don’t _________ God to bless His __________.
 God _________ the gods we serve.
 When we ________ pleasure we ________ God as our source.
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The motivation to pursue pleasure and avoid pain is not exclusively biological, but it
is strongly influenced by biological factors. The idea that organisms are motivated
to pursue pleasure and avoid pain was proposed by the Greek philosopher
Epicurus, who called this hedonism.
When we place ourselves in the hands of nature controlling how we act and react to situation
we end up believing that we do not serve a sovereign God who actually cares what we spend our
time pursuing.
II.
God _________ when we _________.
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Worship requires ____________.
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Worship requires ______.
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Worship requires _________.
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Worship requires ____________.
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Worship requires _______.
So what now?
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_________ the gods of pleasure that you seek.
 Allow God to _________ those gods.
___________ if the gods of pleasure are ____ or simply a ___________.
 If it's ____ run from it!
 If it's a ____________ recognize and refocus.
Know the God we serve is the ____ _______.
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