Contention's Home
James 4:1-3
Why are their quarrels in the body of Christ?
Rush Limbaugh
Where is contention's home?
Your unfulfilled desires spark your endless battles
When does the spiritual battle begin?
Old man and new man civil war
You wrongly focused, unfulfilled desires are the problem.
What is your problem?
Power, recognition, acceptance, pleasure?
Are you willing to be nothing for Christ?
Your selfish desires are insatiable
What is insatiable? (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11)
You will never fill the hole that sin has made in your soul by feeding your cravings. Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
Desire, disappointment, and destruction
Why are our desires not fulfilled?
Prayerlessness and selfishness
What is the way out of the soup of contention?
Finding the God-given fulfillment of our desires