Tuning the dial to God

Luke 18:9-14

Part Two of The Two Men in My Life

I CONTEXT (REVIEW)

• Trusted in themselves self confident

• Despised others self conceited • Thought they were righteous self righteous

II COMPARE

1. Need to go up higher 2. Need to pray 3. Need for someone to hear their prayer (Need for a saviour)

III CONCLUSION

1. Stand : See their approach2. Supplication : Hear their prayer3. Sentence : Feel the result

A. Stand: See Their Approach

Self Promotion Self Protection

Application

1. Stop comparative love

2. Stop self-promotion and self-protection

3. Stop exclusive living

4. Stop presumptuous sins

B: Supplication: Hear their prayer

"...The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with

himself." Luke 18:11.

C. Sentence: Feel the result

“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other”. Luke 18:14.

Let us resolve that we will...

• Return justified in the presence of God.

• Get right with God.

• Have a "I do“ list rather than a "To Do" list.

• Stop playing our own AM and FM tunes (but rerecord God's HD truths on the lives' templates)

Lamentations 3:22-24.

"Because of the LORD's

great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself [Internal recording] , "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."

Our Take Away

• Get Honest : Stop the deception. I WILL BEGIN WITH ME.

• Get Help : Be a disciple. I WILL GO TO THE THRONE OF GRACE

DAILY.

• Get a Habit : Be disciplined. I WILL PURSUE TRUE HOLINESS.