Sermon by Dr. Robert de Wetter Senior Pastor, Snowmass Chapel Sunday, July 26, 2015 Sermon Notes Wants and Needs - July 26, 2015 1. Are we living in a time in which more people feel disappointed and deceived? 2. Are people less kind, courteous and open? 3. If so, could be because of all of the bad things happening in the US and beyond. 4. Although there is much that is good and right in the midst of the bad, there is something else happening. Perhaps we are called by God to get clear on our wants and needs, how they may be the same and how they might differ. 5. Needs are a good and God given thing. Needs are about survival, health, and joy. Needs are both physical and psychological. God wants to meet our needs. God gives abundantly. 6. What our needs and wants are affects how we live, how we see things, and the choices we make. 7. Sometimes what we want is not what we need, in fact precisely the opposite. See the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis. 8. Story of David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11. David wanted what he did not need. Consequences included adultery, betrayal, murder, and self-righteousness. 9. Key things to keep in mind. A. Needs are a God-given thing. B. Wants are a good thing if they are in alignment with what we really need. C. Make a separate list of what you want and what you need. This is a big deal exercise. D. More our needs and wants are in alignment with Jesus, the more peace, joy, sense of purpose and being grounded we will experience. i. Study what Jesus had to say about wants and needs. Ii. Google “what does God want,” and “God provides.” E. Align wants and needs with love, in particular agape. More we focus on agape, the more we focus on others and God, the more we love, the more we love ourselves and the more we move toward who God created us to be. F. Get intentional about gratitude and thankfulness. Opens up our eyes. G. See Paul in Philippians 4.
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