Overcoming Hindrances
Lesson 10: Overcoming Idolatry
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” MAIN POINTS CANNOT …
Lesson 9: Overcoming Fear
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 25:25, “So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.” MAIN POINTS SO I WAS AFRAID: Fear is a powerful emotion that can prevent you from doing the …
Lesson 8: Overcoming Pride
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING Proverbs 3:5-10, “5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. 7 Do not be wise in your …
Lesson 7: Overcoming Impatience
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING James 5:7, “Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.” MAIN POINTS BE PATIENT: Patience means, “to bravely …
Lesson 6: Overcoming Bitterness
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING James 3:14, “But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.” MAIN POINTS BITTER ENVY: Bitter envy can come into a person’s heart when they think God has been …
Lesson 5: Overcoming Fatigue
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” MAIN POINTS ARE YOU GETTING TIRED OF DOING GOOD?: The Bible is clear that not …
Lesson 4: Overcoming Discouragement
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” MAIN POINTS DON’T GET WEARY IN DOING GOOD: We should never get tired and discouraged …
Lesson 3: Overcoming Unbelief
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING Malachi 3:10, “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out …
Lesson 2: Overcoming Laziness
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING Proverbs 18:9, “One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.” MAIN POINTS LAZY IN WORK: The Bible clearly teaches that if a “man doesn’t work, they shouldn’t eat,”(2 Thessalonians 3:10), therefore every able-bodied adult should work (whether …
Lesson 1: Overcoming Greed
DEFINITION A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” MAIN POINTS NO …