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Complete Now 2022

Col 2: 6-10

George Barna - the founder of The Barna Group, a market research firm specializing in studying the religious beliefs and behavior of Americans, and the intersection of faith and culture. 

A new report from George Barna’s Cultural Research Center (CRC) reveals what Barna describes as the most radical religious and cultural shifts of American beliefs of the past 40 years. Those “upheavals,” says Barna, are “causing monumental changes within our nation’s historically stable religious alignments.”

Barna:  ”We’re Experiencing Another Reformation, and Not in a Good Way”

“The irony of the reshaping of the spiritual landscape in America is that it represents a post-Christian Reformation driven by people seeking to retain a Christian identity,” said Dr. George Barna. “Unfortunately, the theology of this reformation is being driven by American culture rather than biblical truth. The worldviews embraced by the adherents of these distinct religious communities reflect contemporary, worldly influence, rather than biblical influence.”

“The most startling realization” about this secular reformation, said Barna, “is how many people from evangelical churches are adopting unbiblical beliefs.” 

2 Tim 4:3 - For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

when people feel something is missing – they go searching.

where we search will determine what we find

Col 2:6,7: So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

When your life feels incomplete, remember you are complete in Him.

How’s the weather been for you lately? Little bit crazy and unpredictable, huh? It changes almost daily - and the weather service has been wrong a lot.

It’s hard to plan without any assurance that you have a clear idea of what to expect.

Life is like that - isn’t it?

If you had to give a current weather report as to the state of your inner self, what would it say?  Pleasant and mild? Scattered showers (of tears?)

God has a way to take care of you through the storms and the unpredictable seasons in your life.

I believe every preacher - and, so too, every church, has a unique message to bring to the world. We all share the same Jesus and the same gospel, but if you look around, there are many facets to the ministry - and God anoints us for those specific purposes.

I had a e-mail devotional that really stirred my heart - and reminded me of one of the core messages of my life - that we are, indeed, “Complete in Him.”

For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. (NLV)

God's whole nature is living in Christ in human form. Because you belong to Christ, you have everything you need. He is the ruler over every power and authority. (NIV)

The great composer Tchaikovsky once said that he spent his entire life “regretting the past and hoping for the future, never being satisfied in the present.”

The present is all we have. We must learn to be “Complete in Him” NOW.

"To break out into a new world it is first necessary to break out of your present identity."

Complete in Christ

The results of living from this awareness include:

trust – gratitude – peace of mind

What are your daily expectations for your life? Honestly?

“Teach me to do Your will…”

vs 8  Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

when people feel something is missing – they go searching.

where we search will determine what we find *(makes sense?)

fear and doubt  create a lot of that “something’s missing” mentality

when we are in this state of incompletion, we react to life, rather than respond.

we try to fix the incompletion with food, mood-altering substances, distractions, outside approval, revenge, even false teachings of the world that we may think will fill the void

(itching ears - human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.)

Walls of Doubt

You hear that voice in your heart     You get that longing
It goes far beyond all the words   The great arguments

It's O.K. - Long for your lover

You'll find He's standing out   Beyond the walls of doubt

All through the hours of the day   There's something strange growing
The seed of laughter and light   Way down inside you

It's alright   You can let go now
Love is the master's plow   Crash down the walls of doubt

Love, love puts to rest    Some of the questions
Love, find it and see    The doubts will go fading away

Eph 3:19 - May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

This is what you are seeking – and it cannot be found anywhere else

Wholeness replaces emptiness

You are hearing the answer to your secret longing today

We all remember how faith works –

We hear the Good News – and then we accept it and believe it is true in our hearts

To be complete is the opposite of incomplete

The “something’s missing” is transformed into the state of thankful fulfillment

Life becomes abundant – we experience fullness

“And it is in union with him that you have been made full” 

“And because you belong to Christ you are complete, having everything you need. “

2 Peter 1:3 - His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

There is so much mire to be said about this topic – so much more to explore and learn

…but this is the foundation – this is a great start

“Seek and ye shall find”

If we hear and believe this Good News this morning, it will begin to better shape all of our tomorrows, and fill our hearts with joy and peace

when people feel something is missing – they go searching.

where we search will determine what we find

The external things we reach for the fill the void will never fill it

Romans 14:17 - God’s kingdom isn’t a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness’ sake. It’s what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy.

And because you belong to Christ you are complete, having everything you need.

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Hillside United Methodist Church
3739 US 80
Phenix City  AL  36870
United States
Pastor: Mike J Koger

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