For a DIVINE CALLING

FRESH OIL
February 20, 2011
Message Three

Career Ministry
Fellowship
...making a career of living
for the Lord!

JESUS, INTERROGATED: HINDRANCES TO CRUCIFYING SELF

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF YOUR
FAR COUNTRY
1. The far country exists in our ____________
2. The far country exists in our ________
3. The far country exists in our ________
Luke 15:11-19
Point 2. God will sometimes let you receive things
he knows you don’t have the ____________________
to keep, because that gives you the opportunity to
crucify the flesh that required it.

Point 3. Our
I. IF WE EXHIBIT FOOLISHNESS,
famine is not
THESIS Point 1.
converted
11-13
A. Disrespectful Plea to
Temptations
There is an of God in into a cross Divide the Provision, 11-12
insanity in us and do not just B. Deliberate Departure to
until we
crossless liberates show our Decadent Pleasure, 13
____________
living that the animal character, II. WE WILL ENDURE FAMINE,
bear it. 14-16
___________ inside because they
A. Determined Process to
the image __________ Providential Destitution,
our character 14
as we are willing to either apply or deny the cross. B. Disgraceful Place in
Personal Degradation, 15-16
1. We Are Enslaved, 15
James 1:2–3 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall
2. We Feel Abandoned, 16
into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying
III. WE WILL EXPERIENCE
of your faith worketh patience. FAILURE, 17-19
A. We Must Recognize Our
Wrong, 17
B. We Must Repent in God’s
Will, 18-19

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HOW FAMINE DOES YOU A FAVOR
1. It shows you the reality of the
_______________________, 14
2. It shows you the gravity of
your _____________, 15-16
3. It shows you the opportunity to
____________, 17-19
A. Get up
B. Go
C. Speak
1 Cor. 10:23 All things are lawful
for me, but all things are not
expedient: all things are lawful for
me, but all things edify not.
Point 4. A believer is always
subject to _____________________
when he gets comfortable in a
context that is below his calling.
Don’t be
Irrelevant!
Luke 15:11-19
Getting Effective with the Courage to
Come Correct
Point 5. Once he took up the
FAST FACTS
cross as his personal _________-
________, he was able to connect Get Discipled! Step to
with his providential capacity. the signup table and see
what Directions is all
Psalm 107:2 Let the redeemed of about!
Gym Setup for Career
the LORD say so, whom he hath
Class, Sundays 7:30A.M.
redeemed from the hand of the
enemy; KCBT 2011 Bible Reading:
http://kcbt.org/reading/
Point 6. You know you are
growing when you move from a
“give me” theology to a “________
me” theology.
Sin will always take you further than
you wanted to go, keep you longer
than you wanted to stay, and cost
you more than you planned to pay
Next Series!
Avoiding Slips in
Relationships,
Family-Marriage-Parenting
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Sunday, Feb 27 THE SUMMIT
AVOIDING SLIPS IN RELATIONSHIPS
Sunday, Mar 6 A Biblical Philosophy of Relationships, Eph 4:32
Sunday, Mar 13 Avoid Not Finding Friends, Eccl 4:9-10
Sunday, Mar 20 Avoid Missing Passions, Prov 27:19
Sunday, Mar 27 Avoiding Missed Communication, Prov 18:21,13
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