{"id":2612,"date":"2023-10-08T10:40:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2023-10-13T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T16:28:24","slug":"i-am-gods-plan-i-am-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=2612","title":{"rendered":"I AM GOD&#8217;S PLAN: I AM GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-8-23.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Selfish Desire<br>Selfish Jealousy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gen 11:1-9<br>Genesis 9:1<br>Selfish Ambition<br>Selfish Pride<br>Luke 12:13-21<br>Selfish Greed<br>Luke 16:19-31<br>Selfish arrogance<br>Psalm 14:1<br>Selfish Unbelief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selfish Sinfulness vs Selfless Surrender<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am surrendering to Jesus, making him central in every aspect of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Follow Up Questions to Week 4 Message<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read these passages: Luke 6:46-49 and Matthew 7:21, 24-27 They weren\u2019t mentioned in the message, but may be familiar. What do they say to you about following and obeying Jesus?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In what ways do the following areas of selfish sinfulness get in the way of you following Jesus more closely?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>selfish desires&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;jealousy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ambition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;pride&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>arrogance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;greed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;disobedience&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unbelief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe antidote to selfish sinfulness is selfless surrender.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Agree or disagree?&nbsp;&nbsp;Why?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overarching point of the message was that we need to stop trying to be our own God and surrender to Jesus. This week\u2019s key statement was:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I am surrendering to Jesus, making him central in every aspect of my life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this true for you in general? Are there specific areas of struggle and resistance, where your life you need to raise a white flag and surrender to Jesus? Why do you think these areas are so difficult for you? Is there someone you can talk and pray with about these things?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fb2090f1-5fc6-4491-818c-8ea42d88afb1\" href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-8-23.mp3\">I AM GOD&#8217;S PLAN:I AM GOD<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-8-23.mp3\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fb2090f1-5fc6-4491-818c-8ea42d88afb1\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selfish DesireSelfish Jealousy Gen 11:1-9Genesis 9:1Selfish AmbitionSelfish PrideLuke 12:13-21Selfish GreedLuke 16:19-31Selfish arrogancePsalm 14:1Selfish Unbelief Selfish Sinfulness vs Selfless Surrender I am surrendering to Jesus, making him central in every aspect of my life. Follow Up Questions to Week 4 Message Read these passages: Luke 6:46-49 and Matthew 7:21, 24-27 They weren\u2019t mentioned in the message, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=2612\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I AM GOD&#8217;S PLAN: I AM GOD<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-am-gods-plan","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2612"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions\/2622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}