Do you ever make your life harder than it needs to be? The level of difficulty in your life is determined by the voices we listen to: voices of money, status, or worldly experience that trap us into exhausting cycles of self-sabotage. In this message from Deuteronomy 28, we discover how to identify the toxic voices driving our behavior and choose the voice of God instead. Stop scrambling for control over your life, and allow the radical blessing of Jesus to finally catch up to you!
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00:00 – A Toddler, a Suitcase, and Making Life Hard
04:41 – You Choose How Hard Your Life Will Be
05:24 – God’s Sovereignty and Human Free Choice
10:47 – Why We Resist Being the Product of Our Choices
13:13 – How to Identify the Voices Running Your Life
17:03 – Walking Backwards from Your Behavior
19:37 – Giving Up Your Illusion of Self-Sufficiency
21:45 – God Wants Your Life to Be Objectively Better
24:41 – The Biblical Definition of Blessing
29:16 – How Jesus Let Our Past Catch Up to Him
33:41 – Step 1: Love Wisdom & Listen to God
36:26 – Step 2: Trust Grace & Believe in Jesus