Fellowship Church - Prairieville, LA FC Ascension

Signs: See the Sign Right There

Matthew 16:1-12


A little off ends up lost.


We stop straying when we accept truth that changes wrong.


Signs of Straying


Seeking signs instead of truth.
Looking for desires instead of promises.
Hearing what I want instead of what God said.
Seeking what feels good instead of what is right.
Controlling instead of changing.


Are my expectations built upon my Savior or is my Savior built upon my expectations?

Overcoming the Cycle of Defeat | Romans 5:1-11

Facing troubles through faith causes endurance.

Facing troubles without faith causes bitterness.

Enduring troubles through faith builds authentic character.

Bitterness without faith causes hardness and deceitfulness.

Authentic faith through troubles builds hope.

Hardness without faith causes despair and darkness.

Hope wins.

Despair and darkness lose.

Romans 8:1-17

The Problems and Promises of IF

If you have the Spirit, you are in Christ because, if you are in Christ, you have the Spirit.

The Problems:

-Self-Minded

-Hostile to God

-By unrighteousness, cannot please God

-Bound to Sin

-Bound to Death

-Spirit of Slavery

-Spirit of Fear

-Heir of Flesh (Self)

-Powerless over sin and wrong



The Promises:

-Spirit-Minded

-Humble before God

-By Christ’s righteousness, pleasing to God

-No judgment

-Alive-Free

-Adopted: A Child of God-Heir of God and Co-heir with Christ

-Power to put to death sin and wrong



Stop taking up what Jesus took.Stop putting on what Jesus put off.

Put on victory. Take up power.

Put on identity.

Take up the promises.

The Spirit-Set Mind:

-Lives in conviction without condemnation.

-Seeks right freely without fear.

-Powerful over sin without sinful pride.

-Sees the pleasure of God without performance.

-Lives like a child, not a slave.

We Are Now Champions | Romans 8:31-39

Victory in Christ is…
Personal
Spiritual
Purposeful

What more could God do than what God has done?

Suffering and struggle happen.

Struggling is not losing; it is a part of winning.

Victory is not about the obstacle; it is about the obedience.

Live in the win.

We Have Been Championed!

Romans 5:1-11

Now that we have been declared righteous, God will direct me towards
righteousness, so that my life will display righteousness.

A relationship of grace that provides peace and access.

A relationship of hope that provides promise and purpose.

Hope is certain because of:
-the deposit of His Spirit.
-the demonstration of His love.
-the death of His Son.

Romans 6:1-11

Dominion belongs to the Champion.

The victory is personal…and it is ours.

We live in victory…

Therefore we live from victory…

Therefore we live for victory.

How we consider ourselves is how we consider Christ.