March 6, 2016 Teaching Outline

                                                         Holiness for Hurting People
                                                       “The Journey Rooted in Love”
                                                             Pastor Danny Rester

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Hebrews 12:14 - “Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
 
What is holiness and why do I need it?
· God’s ______ requires it (I Peter 1:13-16)
· God’s _______ requires it (Acts 1:8)
· Our ______ demands it (Eph. 3:19b)
· Our ______ demands it (Rom. 8:5-8)
                                                
What is keeping us from living a life of holiness? 
 
                                                                                Two-fold problem:
 
_____ of Sin
 
Sin ________
 
The ____________ is real!
 
God has given us a ____________ to follow.
 
 1.  The __________ to holiness is God’s will for His people.
 
Remember, he has given resources to help us on this      journey to holiness:
 
· God’s _________
 
· The ______ _________
 
· Spiritual _____________
 
· Prayer
 
· People

                                                                           There is a choice:
· __________ those things that hold us back OR
 
· __________ in sin.
 
 
2. Our journey is __________ in God’s love.
 
Paul’s Prayer for us:
 
Eph. 3:14 - 21
· Paul kneels to pray, assuming __________ is in our lives.
 
· Out of His glorious _________
 
· We will be strengthened with power through the ________ ________.
 
· So that Christ will dwell in our __________.
 
· Since we have been rooted in God’s _____.
 
· We may have power to _________ the love of God.
 
· We may be filled with the ____________ of God.
 
· For the cleansing of our _______ nature.
 
· This is only accomplished by __________.
 
                                                                So, the choice is yours to make!