Baggage: Part 2
Pastor Stan Roberts
Baggage… the bag you can’t get rid of.
Strongholds
Romans 7:15 NLT
“I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.”
Romans 6:12-14 NLT
12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.
14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.
2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
Spirit (pneuma) breath of life!
- Can the EXCUSES.
Luke 14:18-20 NIV
18 ““But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’”
- Cut the TIES.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 NIV
33 “Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
34 Come back to your senses (wise up) as you ought, and stop sinning (make good decisions); for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.”
Psalms 139:23-24 NIV
23 “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
James 4:7 NIV
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Fill the VOID.
Fill it with something meaningful.
Ephesians 5:18 NIV
“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,”
- God’s Word!
- PRAYER
Hebrews 4:15-16 NLT
15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.
16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
- An accountability partner.
Proverbs 28:13 NIV
“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
James 5: 16 NIV
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
- MINISTRY
Do something that counts.
Romans 12:21 NIV
“Do not be overcome by evil (your baggage), but overcome evil (your baggage) with good.”