Summer Reading Series 2018 : Carlos Whittaker - Kill The Spider

Carlos Whittaker

Kill The Spider

Hope!

Everything Carlos touched was "gold" and he started stepping into darkness and allowing the devil to convince him he was the one who created that gold.

Scripture does not say every good and perfect gift comes from your hustle. 

Sin has consequences.

There is no dancing in darkness.

The devil prances around in the darkness to devour you.

In the darkest moments : 

1 Peter 5:10

There will be suffering.

Shrink that suffering!

Spending our time "cleaning the cobwebs" when really we're praying the wrong prayer : KILL THE SPIDER!!

Past the symptoms to the root.

Drive a stake in the spider.

Your hope is not found in striving, it's found in surrender. 

Spider : an agreement you have made with a lie.

The root of our behaviors.

A cobweb is a mediator that brings false comfort to that lie.

Go from the lie to the truth.

It's not difficult to find your cobwebs.

To get to the spider we need to hear from God Himself.

The Holy Spirit is what is going to reveal to you the lie that you're believing.

WE HEAR FROM GOD WHEN :

1. We pay attention!

God is speaking to us all the time.

2. We ask questions!

We don't serve a vague God.

We serve a specific God.

Confess the lie.

Reject the lie.

Replace with God's truth!

Romans 8:6

PEACE!!

We can't put the period where the period is not.

John 10:10

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

Is there a period after life? 

NO!

ABUNDANCE!

Jesus didn't die so we can just cope through life!!!!!

You need to get off auto mode, and put it in manual.

If you live in auto you're not living in the abundance of all that God has for you!

FROM THE BOOK : 

"Turns out helping somebody else through their story helps you work through yours."

"If you have ever been only a few feet from help and not felt the strength to go get it, you understand. Sometimes when help is staring you in the face, and you rejected it, you have to get up and go get it." 

"Gaze at God. Glance at life."