{"id":766,"date":"2016-02-29T00:29:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T00:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=766"},"modified":"2016-03-14T03:10:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T03:10:47","slug":"sermon-february-28-2016-avoiding-spiritual-exhaustion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-february-28-2016-avoiding-spiritual-exhaustion\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon &#8211; February 28, 2016:  &#8220;Avoiding Spiritual Exhaustion&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-766-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/feb28-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/feb28-16.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/feb28-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.com\/e\/2OZ5\" target=\"_blank\">Download YouVersion Sermon Notes<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Esau Sells His Birthright<\/h4>\n<p>Genesis 25:29-34 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. And Esau said to Jacob, &#8220;Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!&#8221; (Therefore his name was called Edom.) Jacob said, &#8220;Sell me your birthright now.&#8221; Esau said, &#8220;I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?&#8221; Jacob said, &#8220;Swear to me now.&#8221; So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/Gen.25.29-34\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>Spiritual Exhaustion<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Esau&#8217;s physical exhaustion led him to choose to give up his birthright (Gen 25:29-34). \u2022 The danger of spiritual exhaustion is that it can eventually lead to the abandonment of a Christian&#8217;s participation in the New Covenant (Hebrews 6:4-12).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>Abandoning Salvation<\/h4>\n<p>Hebrews 6:4-12 ESV<\/p>\n<p>For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned. Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things\u2014things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/Heb.6.4-12\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>What Spiritual Exhaustion Looks Like<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Hopelessness \u2022 Inner chaos \u2022 Despair \u2022 Doubt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>Contributors to Spiritual Exhaustion<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Flesh (Matthew 26:41) \u2022 Satan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>The Flesh is Weak<\/h4>\n<p>Matthew 26:41 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/Matt.26.41\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>About Satan<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Tempter (Matthew 4:1-11) \u2022 Sower of destruction (Matthew 13:24-30) \u2022 Thief (Luke 8:12) \u2022 Disabler\/Oppressor (Luke 13:10-17; Acts 10:38) \u2022 Accuser (Luke 22:31) \u2022 Murderer and liar (John 8:44) \u2022 Schemer (Eph 6:11) \u2022 Deceiver (2 Cor 11:14; Rev 12:9)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>The Good News!<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 We can identify the workings of the devil! (1 Peter 5:8) \u2022 The Devil flees when we resist him by submitting to God! (James 4:7) \u2022 God can use Satan&#8217;s designs for good! (2 Corinthians 12:7)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>Be Watchful<\/h4>\n<p>1 Peter 5:8 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/1Pet.5.8\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>Resist the Devil<\/h4>\n<p>James 4:7 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/Jas.4.7\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>God Can Use Satan&#8217;s Designs<\/h4>\n<p>2 Corinthians 12:7 ESV<\/p>\n<p>So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/2Cor.12.7\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>Avoiding Spiritual Exhaustion<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Abraham abided in God&#8217;s covenant through faith exhibited in obedience (Gen 26:1-5; James 2:18-24). \u2022 We abide in Jesus&#8217; love (the new covenant) by faith exhibited through obedience (John 15:9-10).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>God Establishes Covenant with Isaac<\/h4>\n<p>Genesis 26:1-5 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. And the Lord appeared to him and said, &#8220;Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/Gen.26.1-5\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>Abiding in Jesus&#8217; Love<\/h4>\n<p>John 15:9-10 ESV<\/p>\n<p>As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father&#8217;s commandments and abide in his love.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/John.15.9-10\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>What Can We Learn?<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Once again, it is essential we know the promises of God. \u2022 Believe in these promises and live according to such belief. \u2022 Because faith translates into action. \u2022 Avoid spiritual exhaustion through faith, devotion and obedience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download YouVersion Sermon Notes Esau Sells His Birthright Genesis 25:29-34 ESV Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 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