Going M.A.D.!

GOING M.A.D.! Power outage. Everything’s dark. But the problem isn’t the dark – dark is always dark! It’s the ________ of the light. Our world today. So much hate and hurt. Anger and meanness. Canceling and deleting. Selfishness and greed. Injustice and prejudice. But where is the light? Matthew 5:14-16 Salt works ________ , light works ________ . Salt ________ our actions, while light _______ through like words. GO MAD! ________ ________ ________ I Thessalonians 5:5; 11, 13-18 Human thermostats who set a different temperature . . . ________ THE JESUS-DIFFERENCE. So people can see there’s another way to be! The Life-Wrecking Lie - IT’S ALL ABOUT ________ . The Life-Giving Rebel Truth - IT’S ALL ABOUT ________ . Let your actions match what you ________. I Timothy 4:12 Let the Holy Spirit illuminate your ________ so the world can be blessed by your ________ . 9 powerful traits of a God-filled life! Galatians 5:22-23 So what would that look like in your family? Community? A ________ -FIRSTER Alternative to a ________ world. Mark 10:43-45 ● Listen. ● Look for needs. A ________ DISPENSER James 1:19 (“Who needs me today”?”) Colossians 4:6 Luke 23:33-34 ● Grace = ________ love. ● Forgiving those who’ve hurt you. Not what they deserve. Don’t give them what they gave you. Give them what ________ gave you. I Peter 3:9 A ________ BREAKER John 4:4, 7-10 ● Not seeing a category. Seeing a unique ________ - God’s workmanship and someone Jesus died for. ● You are the ________ ________ of Jesus. A _______________ John 1:42 ● Didn’t see what Simon was. But the “rock” he could be. Mark 10:13, 14, 16 ● Making people feel ________ – because they are. A ___________ -GIVER Mark 10:46-52 ● ________ – Hears the cries and stops. That’s what Jesus-rebels do. John 8:2-11 ● ________ the one they wanted to condemn. Then challenged her to a new life. A ________ in a world of hurt. Caring in a world of coldness and cruelty. The hands of Jesus. The voice of Jesus. The face of Jesus. The heart of Jesus. A rebel against a cold, dark, uncaring world!