1. This is not your best life
1.1. Ro 8:18
1.2. Ro 8:19
1.3. Empty life
1.3.1. Mt 16:25
1.3.2. 2
2. Series
3. Intro Vid
4. Social Media Posts
4.1. 1
4.2. 2
5. Get real comfortable
5.1. 2 Cor 1:3
5.1.1. He is what we have been pursuing
5.1.1.1. We just don't know it
5.2. 2 Cor 1:4
5.3. 1 Cor 1:5
5.3.1. Wait What
5.3.1.1. That is part of our story
5.3.1.2. 1 Cor 1:5
6. Embrace divine discomfort
6.1. 3 x week
6.1.1. Working out
6.1.2. Bowls of ice cream
6.2. Embracing Pain gives us what we want
6.3. Comfort kills from the inside out
6.4. All Wisdom
6.5. James 1:2
6.6. James 1:4
6.6.1. No one likes tests
6.6.2. Testing same word as is for refining metals
6.6.3. Is God using pain in your life to bring the impurities up so He can scrape them away?
6.6.3.1. The heat of challenge is the answer that you have been praying for.
6.6.3.2. Silver so pure, God sees His own face in you.
6.6.3.3. God wants to show up and show off
6.6.3.4. The things I like the most about myself, were created through pain.
7. CHASING A COUNTERFEIT COMFORT
7.1. What is Counterfeit
7.1.1. Replacing something of value with something of NO VALUE
7.2. 1. REVEALS SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS
7.2.1. 1 John 2:15
7.2.2. Think about God’s love toward the lost
7.2.2.1. The hurting
7.2.2.2. Poor
7.2.2.3. Weak
7.2.3. Broken Hearts
7.2.3.1. 2 Cor 5:14
7.2.3.2. 2 Cor 5:15
7.3. 2. Eliminates our need for faith
7.3.1. Heb 11
7.3.1.1. All by faith
7.3.1.1.1. Abraham
7.3.1.1.2. Noah
7.3.1.1.3. Moses
7.3.1.1.4. "If God doesn't show up I will look like a fool"
7.3.1.1.5. Heb 11
7.3.2. You can't pursue comfort and walk by faith at the same time.
7.3.2.1. Everything in our culture entices us to pursue comfort
8. QR
9. Self Centered
9.1. 29 dollars to fake a vacation
9.1.1. Save so much money
9.1.2. Anything we pursue more than God is idolatry
10. Endless pursuit of comfort
10.1. 1 John 2:15
10.1.1. 17 times John uses the phrase “the world” in his 1st letter
10.1.2. Do not love the
10.1.2.1. Cultural system
10.1.2.2. Accomplishments
10.1.2.3. Comfort
10.1.2.3.1. Of the World
10.1.2.4. What is the system of this world?
10.1.2.4.1. A life that doesn’t need God
10.1.3. Let’s start with what loving “The World” doesn’t mean?
10.1.3.1. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t love people in world...even enemies
10.1.3.2. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t enjoy the gifts God has given...every good gift
10.1.4. If we are pursuing the comfort of the world
10.1.4.1. The love of the father is not in us
10.1.5. Our desired life
10.1.5.1. longs for ease
10.1.5.2. Not struggle
10.2. Left unchecked we are drifting toward lazy inactivity
10.2.1. Adaptive Cruise Control
10.2.2. New Mini Van!
10.2.3. Do you daydream
10.2.3.1. More money
10.2.3.2. Less money
10.2.4. We all drift toward a life of ease
11. The Series
11.1. Fame, "you want to live forever?"
11.2. If I Just had a little more money
11.3. Next Week - Please, Please, like me
11.4. In Two Weeks
11.4.1. Promo video
11.4.2. Culture wants t remake him in their image