wanting to belong i try to stand up strong and proud and face the night alone; i try to brave the...
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Wanting to Belong
I try to stand up strong and proud
And face the night alone;
I try to brave the storms of life
Without a hand to hold.
Yet when I am true unto myself
I know within me yearns,
An aching heart and an empty soul
Wanting to belong.
Wanting to Belong
How Do We Satisfy That Need?• Marriage
• Work
• Associations
Peer Pressure
I. Where Do Christians Belong?A. Christians must live by choice 1 Peter 3:10-11; Romans 6:17; Luke 14:26
I. Where Do Christians Belong?A. Christians must live by choice 1 Peter 3:10-11; Romans 6:17; Luke 14:26
Most people are controlled by…
•Passion
• Materialism
• Circumstance
Peer Pressure
I. Where Do Christians Belong?A. Christians must live by choice 1 Peter 3:10-11; Romans 6:17; Luke 14:26
B. Christians have an assurance of belonging 2 Thess 2:13-14; Titus 2:14; Psalm 100:3; 1 John 2:17; Matthew 28:20; Romans 12:10
I. Where Do Christians Belong?A. Christians must live by choice 1 Peter 3:10-11; Romans 6:17; Luke 14:26
B. Christians have an assurance of belonging 2 Thess 2:13-14; Titus 2:14; Psalm 100:3; 1 John 2:17; Matthew 28:20; Romans 12:10
Those who “name the name of Christ”
(2: Tim. 2:19) Must…
1. Become strangers in a strange land John 17:14; 1 Pet 2:11; James 4:4
2. Make heaven where our hope lies Col 1:13-14; Philippians 3:18-21; Matthew 6:21
Peer Pressure
II. The Power of Peer PressureA. What is peer pressure? Romans 16:17; Hebrews 10:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Romans 12:1-2
B. How does peer pressure
work?
II. The Power of Peer PressureA. What is peer pressure? Romans 16:17; Hebrews 10:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Romans 12:1-2
B. How does peer pressure
work?
Weapons of Peer Pressure
• Fear of shame or rejection Proverbs 29:25; Numbers 13:31
• Love 1 Kings 11:4; Proverbs 12:26
• Desire James 1:14
Peer Pressure
II. The Power of Peer PressureA. What is peer pressure?
Romans 16:17; Hebrews 10:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Romans 12:1-2
B. How does peer pressure work?
C. How is peer pressure resisted?
II. The Power of Peer PressureA. What is peer pressure?
Romans 16:17; Hebrews 10:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Romans 12:1-2
B. How does peer pressure work?
C. How is peer pressure resisted?
Weapons of Peer Pressure
• Desire Romans 2:7; Heb 11:24-27
• Love 1 John 2:5; 3:1; Mark 12:28-31 • Fear Matthew 7:23; Proverbs 1:7;
Ecclesiastes 12:13; 2 Corinthians 7:1