Vulnerability

“But also, also there's other times that he comes and he tempts us at our very, very lows. notice that Jesus was hungry, right? He was weak. He was vulnerable. And sometimes Satan tempts us when we're hungry, tired, vulnerable, when we're grieving loss. And in verse two, it says this, after fasting 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. He's at a place of vulnerability. Notice, Satan didn't come the first time.”

“But there is one other thing about opportunity that I want you to know, and that is opportunity is vulnerable. It's vulnerable. What I mean by that is we either use it or lose it. We seize it or we waste it. And in every one of our lives, one of the most important things that we must do every day is to realize that the opportunities we have today are vulnerable. And if they're valuable, then we must do everything that we can to give our time, our attention, and our energy to it.”

“vulnerability of love the vulnerability of Love look what it says in Chapter 13 Verse 7. it says love bears all things believes all things hopes all things and endures all things so what that means Bears means it covers all things believes it means that we're fully persuaded of this fact hopes is trust in get this comma or giving up control to really be vulnerable and to love something means that you give someone else power over your heart”

“a time in all of this when I have felt greater exposure and greater vulnerability and greater demand and greater struggle. And that's not just because I'm a pastor. That's because I'm a person just like you. And you've struggled with those things. And so let's give each other some space and some room to acknowledge the vulnerability that we've struggled with, but to remember that the greatest way to address vulnerability”

“the vulnerable. They go after the weak. And I'm telling you, when you are lonely, you are prime target for Satan to come in and to devour your life. That's why that the answer is not to become devoured by your vulnerability, but to find a way to get connected to community. You cannot enter a doorway on any of our Warren campuses without seeing a medallion. And in that medallion, there are four words. It simply says worship, connect, equip, and send. These are the”

“life. And you need that and I need that because we're never more vulnerable than when we are isolated. That's why Peter wrote in First Peter 5 and verse 8, "Be sober minded. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." Have you ever watched a documentary on lions? Who do the lions go after? They go after the isolated. They go after the vulnerable. They go after the weak. And I'm telling you, when you are lonely, you are prime”

“yielding to his will and his way in prayer, it leaves us vulnerable. It leaves us vulnerable in several ways. Number one, when we try to work and perform and accomplish without God, it multiplies the pressure that we feel from a false sense of control. I see this in witnessing a lot. Some”

“greatest fears of people, and they are these. Number one is the fear of failure. Number two is rejection. Three is change. Four is public speaking. Five is imperfection. Six is vulnerability. Seven is time. And eight is the fear of loneliness. Failure, rejection, change, public speaking, imperfection, vulnerability, time, loneliness. Any of those affect you guys?”