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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.

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Page 1: 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

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.

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Wanting to Belong

How Do We Satisfy That Need?• Marriage

• Work

• Associations

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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

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Most people are controlled by…

•Passion

• Materialism

• Circumstance

Page 5: 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

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

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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

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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?

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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

Page 9: 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

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?

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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