The Captivity of Activity - Week 6

Sallee's Notes

• Control freaks - Are you a control freak?
• We feel at peace when we have a tight hold on things
• The lie - I want to control it for God. What I want to happen is what God would want to happen.
•  He wants to take control and I will be the glove through which he puts his hand.

Luke 10:41

41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 

• Key words - worried and upset, or anxious care

1 Peter 5:6-7

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

• Key word anxiety, or worried
• Cast - to throw
• The faster we throw our anxiety the better.
• Anxiety causes physical ills.
• We never had any control even though we are positive God needs our help

Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1; Revelation 4 all say,"one sits upon the throne..." and it is NOT us.

Philippians 4:6-7

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 

7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

• there's our word - anxious
• this is our prescription
• everything can be affected by prayer
• prayer is the prescription of anxious driven care
• the kind of prayer that says you are God and I can't do this.
• whole heartedly give everything to God

1 Peter 5:6-7

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 

7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

• Humbling yourself
• Control issues are pride
• Pour out your anxieties to him.
• Talk to HIM. Tell him your concerns.
• Psalm 62 says, "He is a refuge for you."