I’m CONVINCED!
                           I’m Convinced…
    There must be no other gods before Him!
Romans 8:38 (NLT) 6 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
Matthew 5:17 (NIV) 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
1. CONFRONT
Exodus 20:3-4 (NIV) 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
1st Kings 18:20 (NIV) 20 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.
a. Confront debilitating patterns of sin.
Hebrews 12:1 (NIV) 3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,   
b. Invest in your spiritual gift(s).
1st Timothy 4:14 (NIV) 14 Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you. 15 Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.

c. Stay focused on the vision. 
Acts 2:42 (NIV) 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
God knew ____ could become a _____ for us!

2. COMBAT
1st John 5:5 (NIV) 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
1st Kings 18:24 (NIV) 24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire—he is God.” Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”
a. Make tough decisions lead by the Holy Spirit.
Acts 20:22-23 (NIV) 22“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. 23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.
b. Stop justifying sin, like it’s a part of our life.
Romans 6:14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans 12:21 (NIV) 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
1st John 5:4 (NIV) 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
c. Pray more.
1st Corinthians 10:12 (NIV) 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
Matthew 26:41 (NIV) 41“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.  The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
James 4:7 (NIV) 7 “Submit yourselves, then, to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Romans 8:37 (NIV) 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
If we _______ sin, we can be ______ from it!