Stand - The Me Mentality Myth

New Song Church OKC

We either set culture or we reflect culture.
The world doesn’t need adjusted people, it needs adjusting people!
Matthew 5:13-16
14-16
Salt and light are both agents of change.
John 17:15-16
I'm not of it, but I'm still in it.
Ephesians 5:11
Satan's lie:
I am all about you
God's all about himself
“Me Mentality”
“I Love Me Some Me” - Terrell Owens
Satan’s goal is not to make you worship him, it’s to make you worship anyone but God…
Genesis 11:4
Daniel 4:4
Daniel 4:22 Your Majesty, you are that tree!
Daniel 4:25 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth. 26 The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
Daniel 4:30 “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”
Daniel 4:31 Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you. 33 Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
Daniel 4:34 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. 35 All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?” 36 At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before. 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
If you walk in pride you will eventually crawl around aimlessly.
God Hates Pride
Proverbs 6:16-17 These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 A proud look
Pride Hurts Me
James 4:6 “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
resists = full frontal resistance.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty (arrogant) spirit before a fall.
Pride is blinding…
pride = typhoō Means blind, wrapped up in fog
1 Peter 5:5 Be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
Humble Yourself
PRAY
God is an invite only God,
Revelations 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me