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May 27 2025

05/25/25 – East Rock campus: Everyday Faith Part 5 – Humble Everyday – Pastor Kevin Griffin

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EVERYDAY FAITH

  • TOOLS FROM THE TOOL BOX
  • WEEK 1 – PRAYER “ARE YOU TIRED OF PRAYING THE SAME BORING LAME PRAYERS?”  

GOD BLESS MY FOOD/ WATCH OVER MY TRAVELS

TOOL WE OFFERED WASN’T ONLY WAY- 1 WAY

PRAYER JOURNAL- PRAYER MAY BE  TOOL BOX

  • WEEK 2 WAS GODS WORDS

OUR CAMPUS THAT 4 DAYS A WEEK MADE AN ACTUAL DIFFERENCE-  1-3 DAYS BIBLE READING LITTLE IMPACT

  WEEK 3- SERVING, JESUS TAKES OF HIS TITLE HIS ROBE AND PICKS UP A TOWEL. WE GAVE OUT TOWELS.

WEEK 4– FELLOWSHIP- TOOK 5 MINUTES OUT OF THE MESSAGE AND WE JUST PUT 4 QUESTIONS UP- FELLOWSHIPED (PEOPLE LOVED IT)

FOOTBALL COACH

  • MET WHEN I WAS IN HS
  • WON EVERY AWARD AS A PLAYER
  • WON MORE AS A COACH-UNUSUAL

BASKETBALL PLAYER

  • JESS RHEINHEIMER
  • WON AWARD FOR THE BEST STUDENT ATHLETE IN COUNTRY (500 SCHOOLS)
  • SENIOR YEAR/LAST GAME/WENDYS

 I PETER 5:5

   5. IN THE SAME WAY, YOU WHO ARE YOUNGER, SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO YOUR ELDERS. ALL OF YOU, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH HUMILITY TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER, BECAUSE,

I PETER 5:6

   “GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD BUT SHOWS FAVOR TO THE HUMBLE.

  • WHERE ELSE DO WE READ GOD OPPOSES ?

I PETER 5:7

  HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THREFORE, UNDER GOD’S MIGHTY HAND, THAT HE MAY LIFT YOU UP IN DUE TIME. CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.

 EVERYDAY FAITH

 MARK 10:35

  35. THEN JAMES AND JOHN , THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE CAME TO HIM. “TEACHER, THEY SAID, “WE WANT YOU TO DO FOR US WHATEVER WE ASK.
“WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?” HE ASKED

 MARK 10:36

  36. THEY REPLIED, “LET ONE OF US SIT AT YOUR RIGHT AND THE OTHER AT YOUR LEFT IN YOUR GLORY.” YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ASKING,  JESUS SAID. “CAN YOU DRINK THE CUP I DRINK OR BE BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTSIM I AM BAPTIZED WITH?”

   “WE CAN” , THEY ANSWERED

 MARK 10:37

  37. JESUS SAID TO THEM, “YOU WILL DRINK THE CUP I DRINK AND BE BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM I AM BAPTIZED WITH, BUT TO SIT AT MY RIGHT OR LEFT IS NOT FOR ME TO GRANT. THESE PLACES BELONG TO THOSE WHOM THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED.”

MARK 10:38

  38. WHEN THE TEN HEARD ABOUT THIS, THEY BECAME INDIGNANT WITH JAMES AND JOHN

  • ADDRESS OPPOSITE OF HUMILITY
  • OPPOSITE IS ENTITLEMENT- JAMES/JOHN

“HUMILITY COMES FROM BEING STUNNED AT THE GRACE OF GOD.” PIPER

GOOD TO GREAT BOOK- WILL AND HUMILITY

3 MEN

 POP POP 8TH GRADE- SAVED OUTSIDE A CHURCH GRANDPA TAUGHT MUSIC- HATED IT AS A KID

MY DAD– DAVE GRIFFIN- ALL LOVED GOD WELL

BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE

  • TWO IMAGES IN THIS PICTURE
  • HUMILITY AND FALSE HUMILITY ARE SOMETIMES HARD TO DECIPHER
  • HUMILITY AND PRIDE/ARROGANCE ARE NOT

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT HUMILITY AND NOT TALK ABOUT PRIDE

 PRIDE

   CS LEWIS SAID “PEOPLE DON’T HAVE A PRIDE ISSUE THEY HAVE A COMPETITIVE COMPARISON ISSUE- PEOPLE AREN’T PROUD OF BEING SMART, OR FAST OR STRONG OR RICH. THEY ARE PROUD OF BEING SMARTER, FASTER, STRONGER RICHER”

SIN

  • I WANT WHAT I WANT.

DIE

   CHRISTIANITY ISN’T THIKING OF YOURSELF LESS AND LESS AND LESS- CHRISTIANITY IS NOT THINKING OF YOURSELF AT ALL.   S MANLEY

OBEDIENCE

  • GLEN HOLLAND MUSIC TEACHER
  • MUSIC PROGRAM CUT (BUDGET)
  • LAST DAY- FAMILY COMES LEAVING
  • THIS IS A PICTURE OF HUMILITY

MR. HOLLANDS OPUS MOVIE CLIP

  • HE ISN’T RICH/ FAMOUS
  • BUT HUMBLE LIFE IMPACTED MANY

MATTHEW 11:28

  28. “COME TO ME, ALL WHO ARE WEARY AND BURDENED, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART, AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY AND BURDEN IS LIGHT.

(tapeinos) :  lowly- not rising far from the ground, borderline humiliated-  Deferring to serve others

HEBREW WORD IS “ANAVA” -MODESTY

TRULY HUMBLE PERSON SEES THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GIFT.

CHUCK SWINDOL SAID THIS:

  I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE STUDY OF SCRIPTURE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. IN ONLY 1 PLACE HAS JESUS “IN HIS OWN WORDS” DESCRIBED HIMSELF- HIS OWN INNER MAN AND ITS RIGHT HERE.

   JESUS DOESN’T SAY I AM MIGHTY AND POWERFUL, I AM SUPER STRONG AND BRILLIANT, HE DOESN’T SAY I AM THE GREATEST AND THE RICHEST-  HE DOESN’T EVEN SAY I AM HOLY AND ETERNAL- HE SAYS I AM GENTLE (STRENGTH UNDER CONTROL) AND HUMBLE IN HEART.

   IT IS SIGNIFIGANT THAT WHEN JESUS FINALLY LIFTS THE VEIL OF SILENCE INTO WHO HE IS IN HIS INNER MAN- HE SAYS “I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART”

WHEN WE READ THAT GOD THE FATHER IS COMITTED TO FORMING US INTO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON- THESE TWO QUALITIES ARE WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE EMERGE. WE ARE NEVER MORE LIKE CHRIST THAN WHEN WE FIT INTO HIS DESCRIPTION OF HIMSELF.

CHRISTIANITY ISN’T THIKING OF YOURSELF LESS AND LESS AND LESS- CHRISTIANITY IS NOT THINKING OF YOURSELF AT ALL.   S MANLEY

WE HAVE CARDS FOR YOU-

CAPITAL I  TO LOWER CASE i

I THE OPPOSITE OF HUMILITY- LOWER CASE i-

HUMBLE YOURSELVES UNDER GODS MIGHTY HAND

BACK HAS SOME VERSES TO HELP YOU

WORSHIP SONG-

TUCKER RODKEY GOING TO GIVE US VISUAL

HE WILL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS

FREE TO WORSHIP/PRAY/BOW/GO GET A CARD

JUST WORSHIP WHILE WATCHNING

VISEO DAVINA

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