RESILIENT: Where is apathy lurking?

April 23, 2023

Main Scripture: Matthew 13:3-9, 18;23, Ephesians 5:13-14

Additional Scriptures: John 16:32-33, Genesis 3:1-5,

POINTS:

• Resilience: the capacity to withstand and recover quickly from difficulties by drawing our strength from Christ.

• Willpower: drawing from our own strength and insight when we experience difficulty.

• Many Christians are in a state of spiritual REM.

• Apathy: a lack of interest, enthusiasm, and concern.

• Satan slithers in and attacks our minds with an accusation about the character of God.

• Satan comes in subtly, lulling us to apathy through accusations that feel true.

• What accusations are you listening to right now?

• First seed: Satan lulls us with distraction.

• Second seed: Satan deceives us into rootlessness.

• Each time we choose depth over hype, our roots are going deeper into Christ.

• Third seed: Satan chokes us out with uncertainty, anxiety, and the deceitfulness of wealth.

• Fourth seed: Persevering past distraction, shallowness, and the choking satan attacks us with to hearing and understanding the word so that we bear a great harvest (resilient).

***D2 SOAP is Romans chapter 14***

Based on the John Eldridge books Resilient & Getting your life back