MyCalvaryLife

- Becoming a SERVANT was the pathway to Jesus' victory and our redemption - Jesus' vulnerability was APPALING - Jesus' vulnerability was REJECTED - Because of his vulnerability, Jesus voluntarily LOWERED HIMSELF

- There will be many moments you'll need to interrogate the enemy's DECEPTIVE APPEALS - Interrogate the enemy's appeal to your APPETITES - Interrogate the enemy's appeal to your need for AFFIRMATION - Interrogate the enemy's appeal to your AMBITION

- There is a safe space for God to interrogate your BELIEFS and their BOUNDARIES in your life - God begins when we're willing to EXPLORE the LIMITS of our beliefs - New boundaries are formed when we ACCEPT what God is revealing to us - God's interrogation is complete when we ENGAGE with what He revealed to us

- Jesus lead the greatest spiritual resistance ever - Resist with RESILIENCE - Resist with RIGHTEOUSNESS - Resist with INTERCESSION

- The Apostle's burden: THE CHURCH - Their crisis response: A CALL TO UNITY - The Prophet's burden: THE NATION - Their crisis response: A CALL TO INTERCESSION - The Evangelist's burden: THE LOST - Their crisis response: A CALL TO BRILLIANT WITNESS - The Pastor's burden: THE PEOPLE - Their crisis response: A CALL TO CARE FOR OTHERS

- There are two kinds of estate planning: EARTHLY and ETERNAL - Plan your FUNERAL - Make good INVESTMENTS - Determine your WILL

- We commit to be LEARNERS - We commit to being part of the COMMUNITY - We commit to being CONTRIBUTORS

- We need to lose the weight of INDEPENDENCE - Holy discipline is DIFFICULT to BEAR - Holy discipline comes from a FATHER'S HEART - The outcome of rejecting discipline: an ILLEGITIMATE life - The outcome of embracing discipline: a PROSPEROUS life

- We need to lose the weight of INDEPENDENCE - Holy discipline is DIFFICULT to BEAR - Holy discipline comes from a FATHER'S HEART - The outcome of rejecting discipline: an ILLEGITIMATE LIFE

- People are becoming: More AFRAID of others than ever, and more ANGRY at others than ever - Your fast can be perfectly EXECUTED and entirely NULLIFIED - DEHUMANIZING others will neutralize your own fast - Change your POSTURE to change the OUTCOME

- He keeps his PROMISES in the midst of PERIL - He is at PEACE in the PANIC - He has POWER over the POWERS

- Watch for a heart that is ANGRY - Watch for a heart that is STAINED - Watch for a heart that is JEALOUS

- Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect PROPHET - Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect PRIEST - Jesus was the incarnation of the perfect KING

- We all know the experience of being LOCKED OUT - Locked out by TRANSCENDENCE - Locked out by LEGALISM - Locked out by STATUS - Locked out by IMPERFECTION - We have all been given ACCESS back in - Access through INCARNATION - Access by FAITH - Access by ADOPTION - Access through RECONCILIATION

Big Idea: To be incarnational is to be VULNERABLE - Vulnerability requires HUMILITY - Vulnerability fosters CONNECTION - Vulnerability BENEFITS others - Vulnerability brings greater GLORY

- A SENDING church is a HEALTHY church - A HEALTHY church sends RESOURCES - A HEALTHY church sends LEADERS

- God's plan for SUCCESS includes someone else SUCCEEDING us - True succession includes our PARTICIPATION - Anointing for succession is found in OBEDIENCE

- Adversity blinds you from your blessings and breakthroughs - You have to seek God to settle down - Find the difference between what you see and what God sees

- Jesus MODELLED a powerful love for us; now he MANDATES it from us - Love others PRACTICALLY - Love others SACRIFICIALLY - Love others UNCONDITIONALLY - Love others FREELY

- Take off the FORMER SELF - Get some NEW ATTITUDES - Put on the NEW YOU

- His mercies never fail - His mercies are like manna... new every day - It's time to pick your portion

- God desires worship from a CLEAR CONSCIENCE, not a CLUTTERED one - God's presence is a place of CONVICTION - Reconciliation begins with you