Se7en Week 1 Pride

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Pride- the exaggerated self

I don't need you... I just need me...  (no one would probably actually say it that way but it is not hard to spot a proud person from the outside looking in...) what a terrible state of affairs to think that you are your own... that you are the source of your everything... has not someone else provided for you, taught you, given you the gift of life, opportunities, second/third chances?

Pride is not confidence and or a synomon for having great skill.. it is a dangerous trap of the mind to twist ourselves into something that we are not... self-sufficient... If you think that you are not proud then guess again... we all have way too much and should acknowledge those that have made it possible!

Goes before the fall... 

“The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.” (Proverbs 8:13)

I think the last thing we realize before its too late is that we needed someone else's help, we sure should have taken somebody's advice... listened, done differently... Pride is a  sin... it corrodes the soul, has the potential to destroy, deliver death.. insulate and isolate us from the grace we need to receive that we can not fashion/make for ourselves!

The Wisdom of Proverbs is that God tires of hearing about His creation thinks more highly of themselves than they ought... the first sin and the last sin is Pride... It enables and covers us  (dangerously) to sin... 

The sin of Pride is a trap that easily ensnares... It is a condition that covers a multitude of errors, because misplaced confidence is a bloated swollen sore full rotten puss. We are filled with pride when we are worried,  scared, or unsure of worth. Pride is the deceiver and the mask for much deeper sorrow... Judge yourself correctly so that we can examine a little further...

Humility uncovers a multitude of poor thinking, living, doing.... Humility is God's remedy for giving us perspective... 

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SE7EN Opening Remarks about our spring challenge

SE7EN- classic imagery... timeless insight

We are not quite as good as we think, some of us have experienced this first hand some of us are waiting for our time to "ripenly rot." Life is on the wire and we are all ready to tip... 

"Father forgive me I have sinned...."

An enigmatic statement if there every was one... The opening line of historical confession expresses both the commission of sin and the need for confession. A repentance of the self, an asking for newness...

SPRING CHALLENGE

Our next big spring (April-May) series, team challenge event, will be a deep inward journey as we examine the classic framework of the "Seven Deadly Sins"

What are the seven deadly sins you ask?

Pride

Envy

Sloth

Greed

Lust

Wrath

Gluttony

all of us are poised to be poisoned... join us over the next seven weeks to explore the depths of these potential disasters

Team Based Awesome- one of the cooler sub-facts about the seven deadly sins is that the following tagline for it is the "4 last things" or better put, the aftermath of sinful ways- so that Death, Judgment, Hell, and Glory become the "last teams" of our adventure into the depths of darkness and the payment for our sinful wage

"for the wages of sin is death...." Rm 6:23

"My body is a cage for all kinds of evil"

One thing I have found to be true... the more I wrestle against the inevitably of my heart, mind, soul, and self to sin the more inclined I am to do so... Truly when Paul writes about not being able to do the things he longs to do because of his cursed body

"I am a host to darkness..." 

but my soul longs for the light...

Can't wait to see you all tomorrow night! this is going to be one epic journey into the heart of darkness...

First Baptist Church of Bethany Student Ministries (FBCBSM)

3800 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

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Youth Center

3700 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

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Wednesdays 5pm-8pm

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First Baptist Church of Bethany Student Ministries (FBCBSM)

3800 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

(405) 789-3312

fbcbsm@gmail.com

fbcbsm.com

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Youth Center

3700 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

Open Hours

Sundays 9am-11am, 4pm-7pm

Wednesdays 5pm-8pm

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