Unstuck - Week 6

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Notes:

You want a better life
You want to be better at life

All of us have a dysfunctional loop in some area of our lives.

Uncomfortable feeling – Irrational thought – Unhealthy action – Painful consequence – Uncomfortable feeling

“I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full.”
- Jesus of Nazareth

Our biggest obstacle
Our disgust of discomfort

Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.”
- Luke 9:23-24

Mistaking the good of following Jesus for easy and pain-free will derail us!

Discomfort of Discipline OR Discomfort of Dysfunction

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
- Hebrews 12:11

Short-term joy with long-term discomfort
Short-term discomfort with long-term joy

“The farmer I talked about is anyone who brings God’s message to others, trying to plant good seed within their lives. The hard pathway, where some of the seed fell, represents the hard hearts of some of those who hear God’s message; Satan comes at once to try to make them forget it…”
- Mark 4:14-20

“The rocky soil represents the hearts of those who hear the message with joy, but, like young plants in such soil, their roots don’t go very deep, and though at first they get along fine, as soon as persecution begins, they wilt. The thorny ground represents the hearts of people…”
- Mark 4:14-20

“…who listen to the Good News and receive it, but all too quickly the attractions of this world and the delights of wealth, and the search for success and lure of nice things come in and crowd out God’s message from their hearts, so that no crop is produced.”
- Mark 4: 14-20

The Goal: Reflect the love of Jesus
The Process: Partnership in change
The Power: God’s Spirit

The good we want and need is often uncomfortable, that’s not a bad thing – it’s just a true thing.

The “full life” that Jesus offers is absolutely good, it’s just not pain free.