November 7, 2021
TURBULENCE Part 1: Check Your Gauges
(Philippians 4:4-7 NIV) Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
The Handwriting on the Wall
(Daniel 5:25-28 NIV) “This is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. “Here is what these words mean: Mene: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
The risk of sinful choices ______________.
(Luke 21:34 NIV) Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.
My emotions are ________________.
(Job 9:25 NCV) My days go by faster than a runner; they fly away without my seeing any joy.
I am less ______________.
(Proverbs 21:5 MSG) Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.
(Proverbs 19:2 GW) …a person in a hurry makes mistakes.
I end up ____________________.
(Psalm 39:6 NLT) We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
I can’t ___________________.
(Psalm 46:10 NIV) Be still, and know that I am God.
Turbulence Principle #1
Check your ______________.
(Mark 6:31 NIV) Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
1. ______________ on what matters most.
__________________ matter.
(Ecclesiastes 4:12 NLT) A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
______________ matters.
(Acts 20:24 NLT) But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
______________ matters.
(1 Timothy 6:6-7 NLT) Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it.
2. ______________ the nonessentials.
(Ecclesiastes 4:6 NIV) Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
3. __________________ your life.
(Matthew 6:31-33 NIV) So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
(Matthew 11:28 NLT) Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.