Talk

Remember Jesus

Landon Lacy
May, 14, 2023

As we run through life, our circumstances are constantly changing. Sometimes it will feel like the wind is at our back, but often it will take everything in us to not give up when the obstacles seem too great. This week, we are led by our Passion Students Coordinator, Landon Lacy, who brings an encouraging message about how we can focus our gaze on Jesus to help us endure the difficulties of life!

Key Takeaway

There is power in remembering Jesus.

  1. Remember His beauty and who He is. We're going 100mph and not stopping to see the beauty. We're distracted, and we see Him as a blur. He possesses perfect power and purity, and He deserves our adoration. He reigns and rules and is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, coming back to rescue us. He is the lion and the lamb.

  2. Meditate upon the benefits that Jesus has acquired for you. In Him, you have forgiveness of your sins, the right to be called a child of God, and you have the hope of resurrection. These three benefits answer the problems of being human: shame, loneliness, and hopelessness.

  3. Believe in Him. Every encounter with Jesus comes down to belief or disbelief.

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"If we remember Him, then maybe we can find purpose in the pain, and we can find strength to keep going."
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Landon Lacy

Discussion Questions

  1. What are some ways you see the beauty of God?

  2. Do you have a hard time seeing the beauty of God when life gets busy?

  3. Which of the three benefits means the most to you?

  4. What problem have you struggled with the most in life? Shame, loneliness, or hopelessness?

  5. How have you downplayed the importance of the belief in God?

Scripture References

8Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,
9If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
8Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,
20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
4But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
6Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “
Abba,
Father.”
7So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
2From Zion, perfect in beauty,

God shines forth.

4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
Landon Lacy
Landon Lacy
Coordinator of Passion Students at Passion City Church, Washington D.C.