Rest & War: Struggle Well

Passion City Church DC Podcast

Passion City Church

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🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Jesus' decisive victory against the enemy has freed us up for the fight against sin in our lives. So how can we struggle well? This week we're continuing in our new series, a four-week journey through some of the principles that Pastor Ben explores in his brand new book, Rest & War! Because of what Jesus has done, we are able to be victors instead of victims. But first we have to shift our perspective on how to struggle against temptation. What does it look like for the followers of Jesus to have our beliefs shape our behaviors instead of chasing after the temptations and desires of the world? Key Verses // James 1:14-18

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Passion City Church DC podcast to learn more about
0:06.7	Passion City Church, including our gathering times in Atlanta and Washington DC.
0:11.2	Visit us online at passioncitychurch.com. Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.
0:21.1	Well several years ago I had the opportunity to attend a Navy SEAL training
0:26.2	exercise and I watched a team take down a house filled with enemy combatants who
0:31.8	were holding hostages and they were using simulation rounds paintballs but
0:36.8	they're fired out of real guns so they went fast and hard and hurt. Now it was
0:42.6	my understanding that I would be observing all this from the safety of an
0:45.6	observation deck and yet as I was standing there with their commanding officer
0:50.0	he motioned with me to start walking towards them as we watched the SEAL team
0:54.0	approach the building and as we approached the building I remember at one
0:57.0	point he stopped me and he goes hey I wouldn't get any closer in this
1:00.1	where you he said when they blow that door that handle can come off like a
1:03.1	bullet I would stay right here and I was like yeah okay I wasn't playing on me
1:07.7	in this close but sure enough they blew the door open that team went
1:12.0	charging in then he hit me in the chest and said let's go and we went charging
1:15.8	in two me and a jeans and a t-shirt and I remember as I went to the door two
1:20.7	things struck me immediately metaphorically speaking the first was the chaos
1:27.8	of the situation it was bedlamin there there was smoke loud noises shots fired
1:32.4	it was crazy but the second thing that struck me was the beauty of their
1:37.6	strategy that they were purposeful but patient they were aggressive but
1:43.3	graceful you would watch two SEALs approach an open doorway and with barely
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