Pushing Through

It is because of God’s love for us … that we can push through any obstacle. Today we are going to talk about pushing through our insecurities.

Watch the full Sunday service and message by Pastor Dennis Jacobson below.

SERMON TEXT

Matthew 4:1-13 (ESV)

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 

And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 

But he answered, “It is written,

Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,

and

Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 

Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.

Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,

SERMON NOTES

What are insecurities?

What are the causes of our insecurities?

• Believing the lies of the enemy
• Drinking the deadly poison of comparison
• Accepting and embracing a false identity
  • I am what I do
  • I am what I have
  • I am what others think

How can we push through those insecurities?

• Replace the lies with God’s truth
• Say no to comparing yourself to others
• See yourself through the lens of the Father

You can push through insecurity when you love yourself, love others, and love God with all your heart.