1. Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD Family Worship Center
Our Journey Together Part 2
What
NOT
to Pack
Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD Family Worship Center

2. Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.

3. Part One: Our Recent Past
Review
Part One:
Our Recent Past

4. If you missed last week’s message please watch it online at

5. Review Part Two:
Our Theme for 2017

6. Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.

7. Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. (our memory verse)

8. Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. (our memory verse)
Instead of trusting a distorted perspective, trust God and His Word completely.

9. Don’t rely on your own understanding. Get God’s perspective.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. (our memory verse)
Don’t rely on your own understanding. Get God’s perspective.

10. Think” about Him in all ways.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. (our memory verse)
Think” about Him in all ways.

11. Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. (our memory verse)
Think” about Him in all ways. “Think is from the Hebrew wordיָדַע (yaw-dah'), a verb – action word “to know”. .

12. Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. (our memory verse)
Think” about Him in all ways. “Think” is from the Hebrew wordיָדַע (yaw-dah'), a verb – action word “to know”… Acknowledge, involve God, relationship with Him, run it past, hang with.

13. Proverbs 3:5-6 He will direct your paths
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. (our memory verse)
He will direct your paths
(God will make things go a whole lot better!)

14. Emerging from the Past
The sadness of seeing people living in the chains of the past.
Stuck trying to please people who couldn’t care less about you.
Imprisoned by thought patterns.
Emerging from painful relationship issues or personal crisis
Celebrate Recovery –Christ centered recovery program for all types of habits, hurts, and hang-ups

15. Engaged in the Present. Developing and using your gifts
Experiencing God’s favor and blessing.
Deepening relationships in small groups
Committing to your church family in membership
Reaching out to win the lost.

16. Driven by the Eternal
The Call to live in the light of eternity knowing we will be judged for our lives here and rewarded for our faithfulness and service.

17. Packing for Your Journey
Review Part Three:
Packing for Your Journey

18. Packing for Your Journey
Packing the Word into your life
Packing Devotions
Packing Church into your schedule
Packing faithfulness into your lifestyle
Packing for Wednesday evenings Ride through the Holyland.

20. Part Four
What NOT to Pack

21. What Not to Pack Ball and chains and garbage from past.
B.A.L.L. B= Bitterness
Hebrews 12:15 “looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;”

22. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. B= Bitterness
“People mistakenly USE bitterness to guard against being hurt again. What they fail to recognize is that the bitterness hurts them more than the original hurt.” PM
“Guard against bitterness.”

23. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. B= Bitterness “Guard against bitterness.”
Hebrews 12:15 “looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;”

24. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. B= Bitterness “Guard against bitterness.”
The Defilement of bitterness~ relationship and personal poison.

25. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. B= Bitterness “Guard against bitterness.”
Causes you to lose time, sleep, peace, relationships, joy, hope and sadly so much more!

26. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. A= Anger and outbursts of wrath
Eph 4:26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,”
Galatians 5:19-21 works of the flesh.

27. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. A= Anger and outbursts of wrath
Personal venting of anger – wrecks relationships.
Some use it to control without realizing they are the ones being controlled.

28. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. L= Lifestyles of Sin
Galatians 5:19-21 “19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,…

29. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. L= Lifestyles of Sin
Galatians 5: envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

30. What Not to Pack B.A.L.L. L= Leftover Pain
The garbage from the past stinking up the present.
The events that took the life out of you.
Living as a wounded person or a warrior instead of as a mature person of peace.

31. Emerging from the Past…