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My Primary Concerns When Considering Action. Is this the best/most logical solution? What will those involved think of this decision? What will God think/is this the right thing?. I care too much about what other people think of me. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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My Primary Concerns When Considering Action1. Is this the best/most logical solution?

2. What will those involved think of this decision?

3. What will God think/is this the right thing?

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I care too much aboutwhat other people think of me

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“All the world’s a stage and allthe men and women are merely players.”

As You Like It – Shakespeare

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Am I now trying to win the approval of men,

or of God? If I were still trying to please men,

I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 1:10

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Approval is not a bad thing to desire.The question is, from who or where are

youseeking that approval?

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The more you care about what others think of you, the less you will care about

what God thinks of you.

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Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over His

people Israel, so listen now to the message from the Lord. This is what the

Lord Almighty says…

1 Samuel 15:1-2a

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‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as

they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy

everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and

women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

1 Samuel 15:2b-3

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Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, to the east of

Egypt. He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, alive, and all his people he

totally destroyed with the sword. But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best

of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs – everything that was good. These

they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was

despised and weak they totally destroyed.1 Samuel 15:7-9

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Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel:

“I am grieved that I have made Saul king, because

he has turned away from Me and has not carried out My instructions.” Samuel was troubled, and he cried out to the Lord all that night. Early in the morning, Samuel

got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel. There he

has set upa monument in his own honor and has

turnedand gone on down to Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:10-12

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When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out

the Lord’s instructions.” But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in m years? What is the lowing of cattle that I

hear?”

1 Samuel 15:13-14

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Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them

from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.” “Stop!” Samuel said to Saul.

“Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

1 Samuel 15:15-16

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Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not

become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.

And He sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; make war on them until you have wiped them out.’

Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder and

do evilin the eyes of the Lord?”

1 Samuel 15:17-19

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“But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned

me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was

devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:20-21

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But Samuel replied, “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord?

To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.”

1 Samuel 15:22

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Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the people

and so I gave in to them. Now I beg you, forgive my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord.” But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king

over Israel.”

1 Samuel 15:24-25

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“Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to

them.”

1 Samuel 15:3a

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Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat

calves and lambs – everything that was good. These they were unwilling to

destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally

destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:7-9

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Saul answered, “The soldiers … spared the best

of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed

the rest.”

1 Samuel 15:15-16

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Lesson One

Incomplete obedience = disobedience.

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God’s commandsdo not change based on circumstances.

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Common Excuses for Disobedience

• “Compromising on this issue will gain me more friends, and I can be a better witness for God the more people I know.”

• “But I obeyed most of the command!”• “But I did ____, which I thought would

make your ‘suggestion’ better.”

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Obedience is better than sacrifice.

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Lesson One

Incomplete obedience = disobedience.

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Lesson Two

The appearance of holiness is not the same as holiness.

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Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the people

and so I gave in to them.”

1 Samuel 15:24

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How to Tell if You Care More Aboutthe Opinion of Others than the Opinion of

God:• You’re unlikely to confront.• You get defensive when you are

confronted.

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“But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned

me! I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. The soldiers took sheep and cattle

…”

1 Samuel 15:20

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How to Tell if You Care More Aboutthe Opinion of Others than the Opinion of

God:• You’re unlikely to confront.• You get defensive when you are

confronted.• You elevate yourself rather than

letting God elevate you.

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Early in the morning, Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:10-12

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Saul replied, “I have sinned. But please honor

me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that

I may worship theLord your God.”

1 Samuel 15:30

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Am I now trying to win the approval of men,

or of God? If I were still trying to please men,

I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 1:10

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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life

I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved

meand gave Himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

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How to Avoid Becoming an Approval Addict

1. Say yes to pleasing God.

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Jehosaphat said to the king of Israel,‘First seek the counsel of the Lord.’

1 Kings 22:5

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Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness

and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33

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How to Avoid Becoming an Approval Addict

1. Say yes to pleasing God.2. Say no to pleasing anybody else.

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Who are you that you fear mortal men, the sons of men, who are but blades of

grass, that you forget the Lord your Maker?

Isaiah 51:12b-13a

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“By Myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please Myself, but Him who

sent Me.”

John 5:30

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“I do not accept praise from men.”

John 5:41

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Live for an audience of One.

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Secure in God’s love, I will not surrender my self-worth to the opinions and

judgments of others. When I am rejected, I will not retaliate; when I am hurt, I will

allow God’s love to heal me. And, knowing the pain of rejection, I will seek to love

those who suffer from its anguish.

Lloyd Ogilvie

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