“Mature Audiences Only: Self-Control”
February 7 & 8, 2015
“Mature Audiences Only: Self-Control”
2 Peter 1:3-9
February 7 & 8, 2015
2 Peter 1:3-9
1.
Maturity is using my freedom to ___________________
______________________.
I Corinthians 10:23
1.
Maturity is using my freedom to ___________________
______________________.
I Corinthians 10:23
2.
Perseverance is:
2.
Perseverance is:
2 Peter 1:6 & James 1:2-4
Perseverance: Greek-hypomone - “to bear up under,
Or to remain by.”
Perseverance: Greek-hypomone - “to bear up under,
Or to remain by.”
a. A form of __________________________________.
a. A form of __________________________________.
b. The _______________________________________.
b. The _______________________________________.
c. A ____________________________________ in the
c. A ____________________________________ in the
same direction.
3.
4.
2 Peter 1:6 & James 1:2-4
same direction.
___________________________________ is the enemy
of perseverance.
2 Peter 1:8-9
3.
___________________________________ is the enemy
of perseverance.
2 Peter 1:8-9
a. Shows up when I allow my _____________________
a. Shows up when I allow my _____________________
______________________to crowd out __________
______________________to crowd out __________
_______________________________.
_______________________________.
Philippians 1:6-12, 22-26
Philippians 1:6-12, 22-26
b. Shows up when I focus on the ___________________
instead of the ________________________.
b. Shows up when I focus on the ___________________
instead of the ________________________.
c. Shows up when I want God to give me ____________
c. Shows up when I want God to give me ____________
______________________ more than I want my
______________________ more than I want my
_______________________________________.
_______________________________________.
Maturity is growing into the ______________________
_____________________.
2 Peter 1:4
4.
Maturity is growing into the ______________________
_____________________.
2 Peter 1:4