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DRUGS.
GETTING THE DEVILS’ WORST
NIGHTMARE TO FALL ASLEEP
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PASTOR CHRISTOPHER HOPPER | 33 LIVE | 04.13.2011 | 7PM
WHEN WE’RE IN OUR RIGHT MIND
1 Corinthians 2
14The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the
Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them
because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the
Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject
to merely human judgments, 16 for,
“Who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?”[d]
But we have the mind of Christ.
YOU WERE CREATED TO MAKE SOUND JUDGEMENTS ON LIFE.
YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MIND OF CHRIST.
IN YOUR RIGHT MIND, YOU ARE THE DEVIL’S WORST NIGHTMARE.
LOSING CONTROL
1 Corinthians 14
32 The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.
YOUR WERE DESIGNED TO HAVE CONTROL OVER YOUR GIFTS [OVER
YOUR RIGHT MIND].
THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO GET YOU OUT OF YOUR RIGHT MIND,
BECAUSE THEN YOU WILL NOT MAKE JUDGEMENTS AGAINST HIM AND
JUDGEMENTS TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM.
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LIFE AS A SLAVE
2 Peter 2
19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—
for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”
PEOPLE START ON DRUGS FOR VARIOUS REASONS (PEER PRESSURE,
DEPRESSION, PAIN), BUT PEOPLE STAY ON DRUGS BECAUSE THEY CAN’T
ESCAPE. [STORY OF JIM THE MED-OPIUM ADDICTED HITCHHIKER]
John 10:10
10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may
have life, and have it to the full.
ADDICTION: A PORTAL OF ACCESS TO THE HEART
ANYTHING CAN BECOME AN ADDICTION; SOME THINGS JUST HAVE
STRONGER OPENING-AND-SUSTAINING POWER.
Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs 4:23 (GWT)
Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life
flows from it.
YOU CANNOT GUARD YOUR HEART WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN YOUR
RIGHT MIND.
SATAN IS TRYING TO GET A GRIP ON YOUR INNERMAN. WHEN YOUR
HEART IS OPEN AND UNGUARDED, YOUR SPIRIT BECOMES HIS
PLAYGROUND.
IF THE ENEMY CAN GET YOU DISTRACTED BY THE WRONG FIGHT, HE
CAN KEEP YOU FROM ENGAGEING IN THE REAL FIGHT.
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A NEW ADDICTION: BECOMING A JESUS JUNKIE
Mark 5
1They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.[a] 2 When Jesus got
out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3
This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with
a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains
apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut
himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of
him.
1. RUN TO JESUS! HE KNOWS MORE ABOUT YOUR WOUNDED HEART
THAN ANYONE, AND CAN FIX IT BETTER THAN ANYONE.
Psalms 1
1Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2. STOP STANDING STILL; STOP MOVING IN THEIR DIRECTION.
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
3. FIND EVERY EXCUSE YOU CAN [ALONE AND WITH OTHERS] TO GET
HAPPY ABOUT JESUS AND WHAT HE’S DOING IN YOUR LIFE.
and who meditates on his law day and night.
4. GET YOUR INTERNAL ATTENTION ON HIM FROM THE MOMENT YOU
WAKE UP TO THE MOMENT YOU GO TO SLEEP [DISCIPLINE & DESIRE].
3That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
5. EXPECT AND LOOK FOR YOURSELF TO PROPOSER IN LIFE!
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REMEMBER: THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM PROSPERING.
LIVING IN YOUR RIGHT MIND
Mark 5
When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by
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the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were
afraid.
YOU WILL TERRIFY THE ENEMY THE MOST WHEN YOU ARE LIVING IN
YOUR RIGHT MIND: THE MIND OF CHRIST.
1 Peter 1
13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober [in your right
mind], set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is
revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil
desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you
is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am
holy.”[a]
DON’T BE IG’NANT: FIND OUT WHAT DRUGS DO TO YOUR BODY
THROUGH RESEARCH, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, AND MAKE SOMEONE ELSE’S
HINDSIGHT YOUR FORSIGHT.
Mark 12
17ThenJesus told them, "Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God
what belongs to God." The men were amazed at Jesus.
OH, AND DON’T BREAK THE LAW, FOO’!
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