Goodbye 2020 and Goodbye to:
Week #2 – Negativity
Mark 11:22-25 Victory Fellowship
January 17, 2021 - Rev. Roderick Grabski
I. Introduction:
a. It can be amazing what the Holy Spirit does with us if we let Him.” He transforms our lives – removing the undesirable habits and behaviors and giving us a magnetic quality that draws believers and unbelievers to us to desire what we have.
b. We need to allow room for the Fruit of the Spirit to transform us and re-make us after the image of Christ. To allow more room for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control - we need to take to change those attitudes and behaviors in our lives that hinder the work of the Spirit.
c. As we say goodbye to 2020, I want to discuss - over the next 5 weeks - attitudes or behaviors that we should also say goodbye to:
i. Being too Stubborn to Change
ii. Negativity
iii. Self-Centeredness
iv. Wounded-ness (playing the victim)
v. Fault-finding (blaming others)
II. This 2nd week I want to focus on saying Goodbye to Negativity.
a. If we trust that God is working on us, we need a level of faith in imagining the finished result.
i. We cannot be full of doubt and fear about the success of what God can do if we let Him.
ii. Even if it seems impossible, having faith and confidence to see it through is vital.
b. Therefore we must not let negativity feed our attempt to draw closer to God. We must say goodbye to it.
c. Negativity is fed by doubt and fear. We replace it with Joy and Praise.
d. Jesus said if we have faith and do not doubt we can move mountains.
i. Whatever we ask -believing it will happen- we will receive it.
e. When we let loose of negative grudges and forgive those who have wronged us, we give the Holy Spirit room to work in us and we can say goodbye to negativity.
III. Application:
a. Saying goodbye to fear and doubt and un-forgiveness in our lives is a major step in renewing our faith in Jesus Christ.
b. The Joy of the Lord is our strength!
IV. Conclusion:
a. As we say goodbye and good riddance to 2020, let’s agree to ask God to help us examine our lives - and if we see any of these behaviors present I think it’s time we say goodbye and good riddance to them as well.
This week let’s examine in what areas we may need to say goodbye to negativity. We replace negativity with the Garments of Praise!
Come Holy Spirit and help us say goodbye to Negativity!
PRAYER
SONG: Garments of Praise
