The Cost Of Misalignment | Pastor Jim Lowe III

Описание: The Cost of Misalignment
Aligned
To Bring One’s Life, Heart, Actions, And Direction Into
Agreement With The Lord’s Purpose
1 Peter 2:9 (NCV)
9 But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God’s own
possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called
you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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Your Purpose Is Designed To Give The Glory To God!
Genesis 2:15
15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and
take care of it.
Genesis 2:18
18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper
suitable for him.”
NKJV - a Helper Comparable to Him
ESV - a Helper Fit For Him
NLT - a Helper Who Is Just Right For Him
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The Lord Says We Need Suitable People With Us!
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You Can Do More When You Have The Right People
With You!
Proverbs 27:17
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
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(NIV) “…I will make a helper suitable for him.”
(Septuagint) “…let us make for him a helper like him.”
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(Strong’s Concordance)
Suitable - Sameness, Oneness, Equal, Like
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You Need People “Like You” In Your Lives To Sharpen
You!
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Even The Sharpest Scissors Begin To Dull If They Cut
Enough Paper!
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There Is Nothing Neutral! The People Around You Are
Either Sharpening You Or Dulling You!
1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
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What Happens When You Have The Wrong People
With You?
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1. Samson and Delilah (The Called And The
Compromise)
Judges 16:5
5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into
showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so
we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred
shekels of silver.”
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When The Enemy Can’t Defeat You Outwardly, He’ll
Work Inwardly!
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The Problem Wasn’t Where She Was From. The
Problem Was Who She Was Aligned With!
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2. Rehoboam and His Friends (The King and the
Counsel)
1 Kings 12:10
10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “Tell these people who
have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter’—
tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 11 My father laid on you
a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will
scourge you with scorpions.’ ”
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Who You Listen To When Under Pressure Can
Determine Your Future!
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The Wrong Circle Will Cheer You Into Collapse
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3. Lot and His Neighbors (The Chosen and the
Culture)
Genesis 13:10
10 Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like
the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the
LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 13:11-13
11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the
east. The two men parted company: 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while
Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. 13 Now
the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.
Genesis 19:1
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the
gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down
with his face to the ground.
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Lot Had Not Just Lived Among Sinners, He Became A
Leader!
Genesis 19:6-7
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “No, my
friends. Don’t do this wicked thing.
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What Starts As Proximity Eventually Turns Into
Participation!
1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
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Samson Was Aligned To Someone Who Used Love To
Intentionally Derail Him
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Rehoboam Was Aligned To His Past Friends and
Trusted Them Over Wisdom
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Lot Lived With The Wrong Crowd For So Long He
Aligned With Them
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1. Who/What Am I Emotionally Attached To?
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2. Who Am I Listening To?
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3. What Environment Am I Putting Myself In?
You Can Work With Anyone But You Can’t Align With
Everyone!
Psalm 1:1
1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in
the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”