Fellowship Conway Podcast

* Funerals are Better than Birthdays(7:1-4)
* Ugly Truth is Better than Pretty Lies(7:5-6)
* The Long Haul is Better than a Short Cut(7:7-9)
* Today is Better than Yesterday(7:10)

* Wisdom Provides Protection(7:11-12)
* Wisdom Provides Perspective(7:13-14)

He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me;
yet not my will, but yours be done."

Submit yourselves, then, to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Submission is releasing our grip on our rights, plans and dreams in order to embrace God's will for our lives and the lives of others.

* Submission allows us to embrace the good purpose of God for our lives
* Submission releases us to put others 1st and follow Christ's example.
* Submission frees us to value other people and see them as God does.

* Submission is not being a doormat for other's abuse (1 Peter 3:1-7)
* Submission is not living in bondage it is living in freedom (Matthew 5:44).
* Submission is not merely outward but an inward attitude (1 Peter 2:18).

* Submission is possible only when we're filled with the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5:18-21).
* Submission is mutual when we're filled with the Holy Spirit (Eph.  5:18-21).
* Submission is required for disciples of Christ (Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23).
* Submission is a daily decision (Luke 9:23).
* Submission involves a surrender to the authority of God (Mark 8:34); the priority of God's plan for others (Phil. 2:3-5, 1 Peter 3:1-7) and the rule of God ordained authority your life (Hebrew 13:17; Romans 13:1).

* Anohter Painful Observation (6:1)
* Provision Given (6:2a)
* Enjoyment withheld (6:2b)

* Riches without Enjoyment (6:3-6)
* Labor without Satisfaction (6:7-9)
* Questions without Answers (6:10-12)