1. Welcome to Midtown Vineyard!

2. “No More Road Rage” Gal. 5:16-21, 24

3. Yet to all who received him [Jesus], to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— (John 1:12) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

4. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. (Col. 1:10-12)

5. The acts of the sinful nature [flesh] are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21)

6. Fits of Rage: Passionate, temporary outbursts of anger. Volcanic eruptions to crush or dominate others. Selfish wrath.

7. Selfish Ambition: Self-aggrandizing at other’s expense. Self-absorbed to get ahead.

8. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. (Philippians 2:3-4)

9. Dissensions: disunity; strife within the Church over personalities or personal preferences.

10. Factions: A party spirit; creating plots and intrigue to divide people.

11. Envy: Wants what others have. Regards another person with ill-will simply because of what he/she has. Cannot appreciate one’s own blessings because focus is on what others have.

12. Drunkenness: Excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. Weakens rational and moral control over words and actions. Opens one to sin and demonic attack. Orgies: Over the top sexual immorality. Often hand in hand with drunkenness.

13. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)

14. Remorse ≠ Repentance

15. Remorse = feeling badly that a sin has been revealed Repentance = Choosing to change the direction you are going; engaging the power of God to help you. Jesus {not you} is the God over your life

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