3. 5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the
very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness Philippians
2, 5-7
4. 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2 where for forty days he
was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at
the end of them he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, "If you are
the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." 4 Jesus answered,
"It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone.' Luke 4,
1-4
5. 36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered
him wine vinegar 37 and said, "If you are the king of the Jews,
save yourself." 38 There was a written notice above him, which
read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 One of the criminals who
hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save
yourself and us!" Luke 23, 36-39
6. Attributes of God
Omnipotent
Omnipresent
Omniscient
Limited
Self-limiting, self-restraining
7. Is God in control?
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God
saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the
darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called
"night." And there was evening, and there was morningthe first day.
8 And there was evening, and there was morningthe second day.
8. Is God in control? 11 Then God said, "Let the land produce
vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear
fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it
was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed
according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it
according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
9. Is God in control? 21 So God created the great creatures of
the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water
teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to
its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and
said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the
seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."
10. Is God in control? 27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him; male and female he created
them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the
fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living
creature that moves on the ground."
11. Is God in control? 15 The LORD God took the man and put him
in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the
LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in
the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
12. Why not control Eleanors room?
Learning
Responsibility
Respect
Relationship
Love
13. Control Trust A B C D E
14.
15. How are we responding to our Fathers parenting style, His
reckless love?
16. Where do we need to trust a bit more and control a bit less
today? That will involve risk. Are we willing to take it?