Messy Relationships
Jeff Geyer
John 1:14
Big Idea: It's risky and rewarding to be loyal in messy relationships.
Setting up the series The purpose of the series Inevitably we fall short, settling back into old ways and habits for another year We need to reframe the way we think about how we can really change Looking at habits we need to start practicing What to expect today As followers of Jesus, we have the church as our team-mates in our pursuit of real change For those attending for the first time or dating us, we believe as a church that we're to live an honest, open life before God and others and the best way to do that is through being connected in a group (community or short-term)
Intro: Feeding Brooke Eating squash It was risky because this was our first attempt at feeding her vegetables Worth the mess to see her start eating vegetables 5 things that only messy people will understand: This is what your microwave usually looks like. Picture of messy microwave ''You can't remember the last time you heated spaghetti in it...and it doesn't bother you.'' You lose your keys on a daily basis. Picture of lost keys ''Where'd I put those again?'' Watching Hoarders makes you feel better about yourself Picture of Hoarders ''At least you're not that bad.'' Mistakes like this doesn't even bother you. Picture of messy lines ''What's the big deal? Looks okay to me.'' This place makes no sense. Picture of The Container Store ''What are they trying to contain? Life?'' Whether we like it or not, all of us are messy Sin is messy There's trepidation with hearing the word ''sin'' God has expectations and when I fail to meet those expectations-it's sin My relationships have similar expectations (my marriage) There are consequences to failing to meet those expectations Because of sin our past can messy There are varying degrees of messiness We can look around and see that there are others who appear to have it less messy than us We can look around and see that ther ...
Jeff Geyer
John 1:14
Big Idea: It's risky and rewarding to be loyal in messy relationships.
Setting up the series The purpose of the series Inevitably we fall short, settling back into old ways and habits for another year We need to reframe the way we think about how we can really change Looking at habits we need to start practicing What to expect today As followers of Jesus, we have the church as our team-mates in our pursuit of real change For those attending for the first time or dating us, we believe as a church that we're to live an honest, open life before God and others and the best way to do that is through being connected in a group (community or short-term)
Intro: Feeding Brooke Eating squash It was risky because this was our first attempt at feeding her vegetables Worth the mess to see her start eating vegetables 5 things that only messy people will understand: This is what your microwave usually looks like. Picture of messy microwave ''You can't remember the last time you heated spaghetti in it...and it doesn't bother you.'' You lose your keys on a daily basis. Picture of lost keys ''Where'd I put those again?'' Watching Hoarders makes you feel better about yourself Picture of Hoarders ''At least you're not that bad.'' Mistakes like this doesn't even bother you. Picture of messy lines ''What's the big deal? Looks okay to me.'' This place makes no sense. Picture of The Container Store ''What are they trying to contain? Life?'' Whether we like it or not, all of us are messy Sin is messy There's trepidation with hearing the word ''sin'' God has expectations and when I fail to meet those expectations-it's sin My relationships have similar expectations (my marriage) There are consequences to failing to meet those expectations Because of sin our past can messy There are varying degrees of messiness We can look around and see that there are others who appear to have it less messy than us We can look around and see that ther ...
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