Living in Your Divine Destiny Part 6
Find Freedom in Relationship with Others
Sunday, September 22, 2024
I. Living in Your Divine Destiny
Intro Review
1. (Jer. 29:11 TPT) God has a divine destiny for you.
2. Living in your divine destiny involves four things and these four things are also the mission of our church:
(1) Know God,
(2) Find Freedom,
(3) Discover Destiny,
(4) Make a Difference.
3. Living in your divine destiny isn’t just about what’s ahead of us, but it’s also about what’s behind us. A lot of us have an addiction, habit, hurt, attitude or emotion that is dominating our lives, and keeping us from our destiny.
“You can’t see your future until you settle your past.”
a.Real life change happens in relationships.
~#1 in your relationship with God.
~#2 in your relationship with others.
b. (Prov. 28:13 NIV) honesty and transparency
~(ref. 1 John 1:9 NIV) Confess to God for forgiveness.
~(Jas. 5:16 NLT) Confess and pray for each other for healing.
B. Find Freedom in Relationship with Others
1. (Acts 2:42, 44-47 NIV) the early church
a.(1 Cor. 15:33 NIV)
~Friendships are contagious. We become like the people we hang out with. We will rise or fall to the level of our closest friends.
~Right connections, right direction; wrong connections, wrong direction
2. (Rom. 12:4-5 NLT) importance of the Body of Christ
a.(Col. 2:19 NIV)
b. (Eccl. 4:8-12 NIV)
C. Johari Window – shows the 4 Aspects of a person’s life.
1. Arena: I know and you know.
a. The arena isn’t necessarily the real you. It’s the “you” you show everyone – the public “you.”
~(Matt. 23:5, 27 NLT)
2. Mask: I know, but you don’t know.
a. This is the part of us that no one knows about.
b. Healthy people need to let at least one other person know about what we’re struggling with that we can trust for accountability and prayer.
~I will always stay as sick as my secrets!
~(ref. 2 Cor. 4:2 MSG) …We refuse to wear masks and play games… Rather, we keep everything we do and say in the open…
3.Blind spots: I don’t know, but you know.
a.(Prov. 27:6 TPT)
b. (Heb. 3:12-13 NIV)
4. Potential: I don’t know and you don’t know.
a.(Prov. 27:17 NIV)
~We’re better together! We are always better than me!
b. Two things I want you all to do:
~Get in a small group!
~Get on a Team! (D-Team)
In Closing: (ref. Exo. 17: 8-15) Moses, Aaron & Hur
[Pastor Lee Stokes]