Worthy of all our praise, You overcame, You overcame! He never sinned but suffered as if He did

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1 Seated above, enthroned in the Father s love Destined to die, poured out for all mankind Savior, worthy of honor and glory God s only Son, perfect and spotless one Worthy of all our praise, You overcame, You overcame! He never sinned but suffered as if He did All authority Every victory is Yours All authority Every victory is Yours Savior, worthy of honor and glory Worthy of all our praise, You overcame, You overcame! Jesus, awesome in power forever Awesome and great is Your Name, You overcame! Power in hand speaking the Father s plan You re sending us out, light in this broken land All authority, Every victory is Yours Jesus, awesome in power forever Awesome and great is Your Name, You overcame! We will overcome by the blood of the Lamb And the word of our testimony, everyone overcome We will overcome by the blood of the Lamb And the word of our testimony, everyone overcome! Savior, worthy of honor and glory Worthy of all our praise, You overcame, You overcame! Jesus, You overcame, Jesus! You overcame

2 Receiving God s Intimate Counsel The glory of God is man fully alive

3 last week takeaways resistance to the notion of journaling - it feels like keeping a little girl s diary How do I take this desire for a deep, conversational intimacy with God and draw my wife into it with me? follow those nudges - Ryan Walker

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5 What the heart learns Over the course of the story, your heart has learned many things. Some of what you learned is true; much of it is not. Not when it comes to the core questions about your heart and the heart of God. Is your heart good? Does your heart really matter? What has life taught you about that? Now imagine for a moment that God is walking softly beside you. You sense his presence, feel his warm breath. He says, Tell me your sorrows. What would you say in reply?

6 Counselor And, of course, God does walk beside us everyday and in every situation - in His Spirit. We DO need counseling - it is a process All sorts of terrible damage has been done to your heart over the years - my sin, sin by those that should have known better, the Enemy who seeks to steal, kill and destroy Purpose of the Christian life is that our hearts might be restored and set free. Jesus - I came to give them Life

7 Joseph Many of our disabling core convictions develop when we are young and vulnerable (Craig McConnell) Joseph stood out like all of us are meant to Instead of celebrating his glory, his brothers wanted to destroy it. That s all too common. For many of us, we ve learned about our hearts from our parents and siblings

8 Jesus Jesus brothers said to him, You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world. John 7:1-5 Did your family believe in you? Did they even notice your heart at all? Have they been thrilled with your choices, or has their disappointment made it clear that you just aren t what you re supposed to be?

9 Heart assaulted How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame? Psalm 4:2 These blows you face(d) aren t random They go right at your glory. They strike right at your heart and turn the very thing God created to be a source of celebration into a source of shame. You can begin to at least discover your glory by looking more closely at what you were shamed for - look at what has been assaulted Through the wounds of the heart lie its secret

10 Ask yourself What has life taught you about your Godgiven glory? What have you believed about your Godgiven glory? About your heart? What have you believed? I m weak. or I m a failure. or I m not worth fighting for. or No one ever cared to know me. That you are a seagull? That all of this is my fault.

11 Peter Christ comes and goes right at Peter s heart. Peter betrayed Christ and Jesus goes there to free Peter from denial. The lessons laid down in pain can be accessed only in pain. Christ opens the wound - invitations to go with him into the deep waters of the heart and uncover the lies buried down there. To bring in the truth that will set us free. Your heart is good & you matter to Him.

12 Counsel We need counsel from others too - we need others, we need them deeply. We re too close to the situation and need someone to bring clarity - its hard to tell at times what is true and what is false, what is real and what is imagined. We need someone older or wiser around us to interpret the arrows and the nudges

13 6 cylinders Why are you afraid of your glory? How many days do you rush right up to the edge of your glory and almost break through...and then...back off, dial it back down to 6 cylinders and coast? People around you don t want you to step into your glory - they will jab and knock you down to keep you in check to not let me get too far ahead. This is precisely where family can be devastating.

14 McManus 36:00-38:00 Why are you afraid of your glory? The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead now dwells in you. That power is available to you. Now. Today. All day. It is strange how we can believe in Jesus and live a powerless life

15 small groups Next week - Chapter 8 Take this to your group... Where is the pain? What lies have you believed that you need to open back up to let God heal? What is God nudging you towards?