Change Your Appetite
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As a follower, you can follow from a As a follower, you can follow from a distance. YOU YOU YOU YOU MAY KNOW WHAT distance. YOU YOU YOU YOU MAY KNOW WHAT distance. YOU YOU YOU YOU MAY KNOW WHAT THE word of God says, but it doesn't THE word of God says, but it doesn't THE word of God says, but it doesn't MEAN THAT YOU'RE APPLYING it and putting MEAN THAT YOU'RE APPLYING it and putting MEAN THAT YOU'RE APPLYING it and putting into practice. into practice. into practice. A DISCIPLE APPLIES THE WORD OF GOD, IS A DISCIPLE APPLIES THE WORD OF GOD, IS A DISCIPLE APPLIES THE WORD OF GOD, IS DISCIPLINED BY THE word of God, AND DISCIPLINED BY THE word of God, AND DISCIPLINED BY THE word of God, AND PRACTICES THE word of God. AND SO, WE PRACTICES THE word of God. AND SO, WE PRACTICES THE word of God. AND SO, WE FIND SIMON. HE NOW BELIEVES. HE'S BEEN FIND SIMON. HE NOW BELIEVES. HE'S BEEN FIND SIMON. HE NOW BELIEVES. HE'S BEEN BAPTIZED in the NAME OF JESUS, BUT he is BAPTIZED in the NAME OF JESUS, BUT he is BAPTIZED in the NAME OF JESUS, BUT he is NOT YET A DISCIPLE. THEREFORE, he still NOT YET A DISCIPLE. THEREFORE, he still NOT YET A DISCIPLE. THEREFORE, he still has some of the old urges that he used has some of the old urges that he used has some of the old urges that he used to have. He He still have a some OF THE to have. He He still have a some OF THE to have. He He still have a some OF THE THE OLD ATTRACTIONS HE USED TO HAVE. THE OLD ATTRACTIONS HE USED TO HAVE. THE OLD ATTRACTIONS HE USED TO HAVE. HE'S BEEN DELIVERED OUT OF A SEASON, BUT HE'S BEEN DELIVERED OUT OF A SEASON, BUT HE'S BEEN DELIVERED OUT OF A SEASON, BUT HIS MIND IS STILL ENTANGLED WITH THE HIS MIND IS STILL ENTANGLED WITH THE HIS MIND IS STILL ENTANGLED WITH THE THINGS THAT he used to struggle with. THINGS THAT he used to struggle with. THINGS THAT he used to struggle with. And that's where some of us find And that's where some of us find And that's where some of us find ourselves at today. You're in a new ourselves at today. You're in a new ourselves at today. You're in a new season, but your mind is still in the season, but your mind is still in the season, but your mind is still in the old. YOU'RE IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP, BUT old. YOU'RE IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP, BUT old. YOU'RE IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP, BUT YOU CAN'T GET YOUR MIND OFF OF HIM. YOU CAN'T GET YOUR MIND OFF OF HIM. YOU CAN'T GET YOUR MIND OFF OF HIM. YOU'RE MARRIED, BUT YOU CAN'T GET YOUR YOU'RE MARRIED, BUT YOU CAN'T GET YOUR YOU'RE MARRIED, BUT YOU CAN'T GET YOUR MIND OFF OF HER. It's okay. Just look MIND OFF OF HER. It's okay. Just look MIND OFF OF HER. It's okay. Just look forward. Just look forward. forward. Just look forward. forward. Just look forward. No Nobody know who I'm talking to. Because deliverance from an action is Because deliverance from an action is easier than deliverance from an easier than deliverance from an easier than deliverance from an appetite. That's why some of you are appetite. That's why some of you are appetite. That's why some of you are still hungry for the things you've been still hungry for the things you've been still hungry for the things you've been delivered from, cuz your appetite hasn't delivered from, cuz your appetite hasn't delivered from, cuz your appetite hasn't changed. Your actions have changed, but changed. Your actions have changed, but changed. Your actions have changed, but your appetite has remained the same. And your appetite has remained the same. And your appetite has remained the same. And And you say, And you say, And you say, "I'm set free. I'm delivered." But you "I'm set free. I'm delivered." But you "I'm set free. I'm delivered." But you keep going back to the same thing that keep going back to the same thing that keep going back to the same thing that God delivered you from. You You keep God delivered you from. You You keep God delivered you from. You You keep going back to the app that God delivered going back to the app that God delivered going back to the app that God delivered you from. And you say, "I'll just delete you from. And you say, "I'll just delete you from. And you say, "I'll just delete it." Deleting it is not discipline.
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it." Deleting it is not discipline. it." Deleting it is not discipline. Deleting it does not mean you've been Deleting it does not mean you've been Deleting it does not mean you've been truly delivered from it. For some of us, truly delivered from it. For some of us, truly delivered from it. For some of us, deleting it is just avoiding the deleting it is just avoiding the deleting it is just avoiding the discipline we need to implement IN discipline we need to implement IN discipline we need to implement IN STEWARDING THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS STEWARDING THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS STEWARDING THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN OUR HANDS APPROPRIATELY. It's PLACED IN OUR HANDS APPROPRIATELY. It's PLACED IN OUR HANDS APPROPRIATELY. It's easy to delete something you don't want easy to delete something you don't want easy to delete something you don't want to deal with.
Summary
The sermon emphasizes the difference between merely knowing God's word and actively applying it, using the example of Simon. True discipleship involves discipling oneself by the word and practicing it, especially when old appetites linger after deliverance. The practical takeaway is that avoiding temptation by deleting it is not true deliverance; it requires disciplined stewardship of one's life with God's help.