Unbridled Devotion Week 10 (10/27/2024)

UNBRIDLED DEVOTION [WK 10] Message Notes
10/27/2024
Pastor Jay Singh


MAIN PASSAGE FOCUS
EPHESIANS 4:17-32 (MSG)

GALATIANS 5:16-26 (TPT)



KEY QUESTIONS:
Q: ‘What’ (and/ or) ‘whose’ reality are you living in?

Q: Am I making conscious decisions that fuel my passion for God or decisions that feed my emotions?



KEY POINTS
[FOCUS 1]
Christ-like character goes against what is fashionable (by the world) and reaches for what is eternal.

UNGODLY MOTIVATIONS (To starve)
1. Sexual immorality
2. Lustful thoughts
3. Pornography
4. Chasing after things instead of God
5. Manipulating others
6. Hatred of those who get in your way
7. Senseless arguments
8. Resentment when others are favored
9. Temper tantrums
10. Angry quarrels
11. Only thinking of yourself
12. Being in love with your own opinions
13. Being envious of the blessings of others
14. Murder
15. Uncontrolled addictions (drunkenness)
16. Wild parties
17. Lies
18. Stealing
19. Unholy anger
20. Revenge
21. Cutting
22. Backbiting
23. Profane talk
24. Pretense
25. Harshness
26. Arrogance
27. Entitlement
28. Jealousy
29. Control
30. Un-forgiveness
(and all other similar behavior.)


CHRIST-LIKE CHARACTER (To obtain and ‘soar above’)
1. Love
2. Joy that overflows
3. Peace that subdues
4. Patience that endures
5. Kindness in action
6. A life full of virtue (goodness)
7. Faith that prevails (faithfulness)
8. Gentleness of heart
9. Strength of spirit (self-control)


[FOCUS 2]
Christ-like character does not conform to earthy motivation but lives according to Godly separation. (Set apart)

ROMANS 12:2 (NIV)
2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.



[FOCUS 3]
It is essential to ask God to renew our minds (daily) and refine our character until it takes on the shape and form of Jesus Christ.

1 PETER 1:13-16 (NLT)
13So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.
14So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.
15But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
16For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”



KEY DEFINITIONS:
[GREEK Breakdown]
Anakainōsis comes from ‘kainos’ which means "new".
Anakainóō means "to make new" or "renew".  

Anakainōsis means "renewal" or "renovation".
It appears twice in the New Testament promoting ‘a complete change for the better or makeover of the mind and soul.’

Anakainōsis is a charge toward constant and continual renewal.


RENEWAL
Definition: Refill, Replace, Replenish, Restore, Restock, Recover, Re-establish, Reinstate, Revive, Renovate, Repair, Reposition, Rehabilitate, Reinstitute, Reinstall, Reeducate, Reorient,
Re-instruct, Relaunch, Recharge, Readapt, Retrain, Return back, Reinitiate, Regenerate, Rejuvenate, Recreate, Reform, Reborn


The opposite of renewal is: Degeneration, Deterioration and ultimately Degradation.