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Rethinking Your Life
The human brain is extremely complex and critical for making the most important decisions in life.
Unlike animals that only act on instinct and on what's best for immediate survival, we are free to act on thoughts that enter our minds. But not all of these thoughts are true or beneficial for us to entertain.
This 11-part series will help you and your members make positive changes in your lives by changing the way you think.
You'll learn how to think like Jesus, examine how your way of thinking is hurting your life, and discover the tools to change it for the better.
Sermons included:
- Why You Need to Think About What You Think About explores the nine truths we need to know in order to make positive changes in our lives.
- Learning to Think Like Jesus lists 10 characteristics of thinking like Jesus.
- Rethinking Your View of Yourself tells us how we can renovate (be made new) by demolishing our current view of ourselves and transforming it into God's view of us.
- Rethinking My View of God focuses on the six ways our lives can change for the better by choosing to rethink our view of God.
- Choosing to Manage My Mind gives three choices we must make every day if we want to be in control of our lives.
- Changing the Way You Think About Love talks about how love isn't just about romance and it isn't always easy, but it's the greatest of all acts that we can learn from God.
- Rethinking the Problem of Sin defines what sin is, lists the many problems with it, and tells us how we can break free from it.
- How to Win Over Persistent Temptations gives us a better understanding of temptation and shares ways we can defeat it in our lives.
- Defeating Discouragement explores Paul's seven secrets to defeating discouragement.
- Changing How I Think About Pain shares five ways we can use our pain for good.
- Recovering From Traumatic Experiences looks at what God says about evil and trauma and gives us steps we can take to recover from traumatic experiences.
This resource includes:
- MP3 audio of each message for easy listening on an iPhone, Android, or any other MP3 player.
- Transcripts to read while listening to each audio and to highlight passages that stood out.
- Outlines (blank and with fill-ins) to understand the structure of each message and give to your members to take notes on.
- Message slides (.jpeg and PowerPoint) that can be used as a visual display for each message you preach.
- Talk It Over Discussion Questions to give to your small groups to discuss what they learned from your messages.
NOTE: The DVD set includes only the video for each sermon, not the additional resources listed above.
Sermon Series
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Why You Need to Think About What You Think About
Delivered on 02/02/2019
Part 1 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Your mind is the greatest asset you’ve been given by God. You may not be able to control your life, but you can control your thoughts, and your thoughts have the power to shape the kind of life you’ll live. In this message, Pastor Rick will teach on nine truths about rethinking the way you think.
Delivered on 02/02/2019
Part 1 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Your mind is the greatest asset you’ve been given by God. You may not be able to control your life, but you can control your thoughts, and your thoughts have the power to shape the kind of life you’ll live. In this message, Pastor Rick will teach on nine truths about rethinking the way you think.
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Learning to Think Like Jesus
Delivered on 02/09/2019
Part 2 of the series Rethinking Your Life
What does it mean to think like Jesus? Is it really possible to have his same thoughts, the same attitude, and the same reactions? In 1 Corinthians 2:16, Paul says, “We can understand these things, because we now have the mind of Christ.” In this message, Pastor Rick will go through the characteristics of a person who thinks like Jesus.
Delivered on 02/09/2019
Part 2 of the series Rethinking Your Life
What does it mean to think like Jesus? Is it really possible to have his same thoughts, the same attitude, and the same reactions? In 1 Corinthians 2:16, Paul says, “We can understand these things, because we now have the mind of Christ.” In this message, Pastor Rick will go through the characteristics of a person who thinks like Jesus.
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Rethinking Your View of Yourself
Delivered on 02/17/2019
Part 3 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Have you ever gotten tired of making the same mistakes over and over? You can’t help but wonder, “Why do I keep falling for the same tricks? The same lies?” But if we really want to change our behavior, we have to change the way we think. It’s easy to conform to our old patterns of living, but God wants to transform our minds!
Delivered on 02/17/2019
Part 3 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Have you ever gotten tired of making the same mistakes over and over? You can’t help but wonder, “Why do I keep falling for the same tricks? The same lies?” But if we really want to change our behavior, we have to change the way we think. It’s easy to conform to our old patterns of living, but God wants to transform our minds!
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Rethinking My View of God
Delivered on 02/24/2019
Part 4 of the series Rethinking Your Life
All the important things in life revolve around how you think about God — even if you don’t think about God at all. It determines the way you look at your problems, the way you look at your future, and the way you look at your relationships. In this message, you’ll learn six ways to change your life by rethinking your view of God.
Delivered on 02/24/2019
Part 4 of the series Rethinking Your Life
All the important things in life revolve around how you think about God — even if you don’t think about God at all. It determines the way you look at your problems, the way you look at your future, and the way you look at your relationships. In this message, you’ll learn six ways to change your life by rethinking your view of God.
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Choosing to Manage My Mind
Delivered on 03/02/2019
Part 5 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Have you ever noticed that your mind doesn’t want to obey you? That’s why it’s important to learn how to manage your mind. Because our thoughts control our life, our mind is a battleground for sin, but it’s also the key to peace and happiness. In this message, you’ll learn about three choices you must make every day for a healthy mind.
Delivered on 03/02/2019
Part 5 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Have you ever noticed that your mind doesn’t want to obey you? That’s why it’s important to learn how to manage your mind. Because our thoughts control our life, our mind is a battleground for sin, but it’s also the key to peace and happiness. In this message, you’ll learn about three choices you must make every day for a healthy mind.
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Changing the Way You Think About Love
Delivered on 03/10/2019
Part 6 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Guest speaker Stephen Arterburn talks about rethinking love and managing your heart. He uses his own unique acronym for the word LOVE to teach us to love the way Jesus taught us. Stephen’s teaching is laced with humor and rich with practical illustrations that we can apply to how we love others.
Delivered on 03/10/2019
Part 6 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Guest speaker Stephen Arterburn talks about rethinking love and managing your heart. He uses his own unique acronym for the word LOVE to teach us to love the way Jesus taught us. Stephen’s teaching is laced with humor and rich with practical illustrations that we can apply to how we love others.
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Rethinking the Problem of Sin
Delivered on 03/17/2019
Part 7 of the series Rethinking Your Life
If someone asked you what your biggest problem in life was, you’d probably answer with something like, “Well, I’ve got relationship problems," or, “I’m under a lot of financial stress.” But what if your biggest problem … was you? Pastor Rick teaches us what sin is, why it’s a problem, and how to break free from it.
Delivered on 03/17/2019
Part 7 of the series Rethinking Your Life
If someone asked you what your biggest problem in life was, you’d probably answer with something like, “Well, I’ve got relationship problems," or, “I’m under a lot of financial stress.” But what if your biggest problem … was you? Pastor Rick teaches us what sin is, why it’s a problem, and how to break free from it.
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How to Win Over Persistent Temptations
Delivered on 03/24/2019
Part 8 of the series Rethinking Your Life
We often get stuck in the same pattern when we’re tempted: good intentions lead to failure which leads to guilt. How can this cycle be broken? The key to overcoming temptation is not to resist it, but to rethink it. In this message, Pastor Rick will share nine ways to rethink temptation to lose its power over your life.
Delivered on 03/24/2019
Part 8 of the series Rethinking Your Life
We often get stuck in the same pattern when we’re tempted: good intentions lead to failure which leads to guilt. How can this cycle be broken? The key to overcoming temptation is not to resist it, but to rethink it. In this message, Pastor Rick will share nine ways to rethink temptation to lose its power over your life.
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Defeating Discouragement
Delivered on 03/30/2019
Part 9 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Everyone is discouraged from time to time, and sometimes it can be debilitating--to the point of giving up. The Bible has a lot to say about defeating discouragement. In this message, Pastor Rick will talk about how to rethink the things that discourage you by examining the Apostle Paul’s seven secrets of defeating discouragement.
Delivered on 03/30/2019
Part 9 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Everyone is discouraged from time to time, and sometimes it can be debilitating--to the point of giving up. The Bible has a lot to say about defeating discouragement. In this message, Pastor Rick will talk about how to rethink the things that discourage you by examining the Apostle Paul’s seven secrets of defeating discouragement.
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Changing How I Think About Pain
Delivered on 04/06/2019
Part 10 of the series Rethinking Your Life
The world isn’t perfect, and everyone makes mistakes. This leads to all kinds of pain--emotional, mental, or physical. Pain is not an “if” in this world, it’s a “when.” In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the five ways to use pain for good in our lives. God doesn’t want us to experience pain, but he can do something new--God won’t waste a hurt.
Delivered on 04/06/2019
Part 10 of the series Rethinking Your Life
The world isn’t perfect, and everyone makes mistakes. This leads to all kinds of pain--emotional, mental, or physical. Pain is not an “if” in this world, it’s a “when.” In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the five ways to use pain for good in our lives. God doesn’t want us to experience pain, but he can do something new--God won’t waste a hurt.
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Recovering from Traumatic Experiences
Delivered on 04/14/2019
Part 11 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Some pain is so evil and overwhelming and distressing that it results in a deep rooted trauma. As a follower of Jesus, where is the healing? In this message, Pastor Rick interviews leaders who have been helping the nation of Rwanda recover from the trauma of the horrific genocide of 1994. Pastor Rick teaches five truths God says about evil and trauma, and gives us four steps to recover.
Delivered on 04/14/2019
Part 11 of the series Rethinking Your Life
Some pain is so evil and overwhelming and distressing that it results in a deep rooted trauma. As a follower of Jesus, where is the healing? In this message, Pastor Rick interviews leaders who have been helping the nation of Rwanda recover from the trauma of the horrific genocide of 1994. Pastor Rick teaches five truths God says about evil and trauma, and gives us four steps to recover.
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