MAKING CHOICES--PART II
SERMON TITLE: CHOOSING SURRENDER OVER CONTROL
SERMON THEME: FEAR AS THE DRIVING FORCE?
SERMON TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 4:6

INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARE YOU? YOU ARE THE SUM TOTAL OF THE CHOICES THAT YOU HAVE MADE.  PROVERBS 3:5-6, GENESIS 16:1-4, MATTHEW 6:34    

• WHEN WE WANT TO CONTROL SOMETHING IN OUR LIVES IS WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO BE LIKE GOD.

• THE MORE WE TRY TO CONTROL, THE MORE WE ARE AFRAID OF LOSING CONTROL.

EXAMPLES OF WHEN CONTROL GOES BAD

1) ABRAHAM AND SARAH

2) BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED

3) FINANCIAL CONTROL

4) OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTS

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO CONTROL__________________________________?

THREE QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU CHOOSE SURRENDER OVER CONTROL

I) IS THIS ISSUE WORTH MY CONCERN?
I CORINTHIANS 10:13

• YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT REALLY MATTERS; RELATIONSHIPS OR YOUR DESIRE TO CONTROL?    

II) IS THIS ISSUE MINE TO CONTROL? 
PSALM 27:1, I PETER 5:7

• THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SURRENDERING CONTROL AND LETTING GO OF RESPONSIBILITY.

III) IS THIS ISSUE FOR GOD TO HANDLE ALONE?
PSALM 46:10-11, PHILIPPIANS 4: 6-7, HEBREWS 4:16

• THE FIRST LINE OF OFFENSE IS TO PRAY

CONCLUSION: WHEN YOU FOLLOW JESUS; YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL.
PROVERBS 3:5-6