The document discusses spiritual transformation and how to ruin your life without trying. It states that turning away from God, allowing one's mind to darken, replacing God with idols, pursuing only pleasure, and allowing sin to normalize are steps that lead one away from God. It then discusses righteous anger and controlling one's anger, as well as false narratives versus Jesus' true narratives. Finally, it provides soul training exercises like taking time for Sabbath or getting honest about unrealized expectations.

2. SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION

3. The tension is here:
Between
who you ARE
&
who you COULD be
Between
how it IS
&
how it SHOULD be…
(Jon Foreman)

5. Step #1: Turn Away From God
Refuse to honor God AS God (Rom 1:21)
HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING

6. Step #1: Turn Away From God
Refuse to honor God AS God (Rom 1:21)
HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING
Step #2: The Mind Darkens
Stepping away from reality Rom (Rom 1:21-22)

7. Step #3: An Idol Takes God’s Place
Reject Him, something takes His place (Rom 1:23)
HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING

8. Step #3: An Idol Takes God’s Place
Reject Him, something takes His place (Rom 1:23)
HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING
Step #4: God Leaves Us Alone
God honors our choice to reject Him (Rom 1:24)

9. Step #5: Pursue Pleasure @ All
Costs
Grasp for highs w/diminishing returns (Rom 1:26)
HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING

10. Step #5: Pursue Pleasure @ All
Costs
Grasp for highs w/diminishing returns (Rom 1:26)
HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING
Step #6: Sin Normalizes & Destroys
We reflect what stands against God (Rom 1:28-31)

12. “There is such a thing as
righteous anger, & there is
a right response to it.
Righteous anger consists in
getting angry at the things that anger God
& seeking a proper remedy to correct them.”
JAMES BRYAN SMITH

13. Go ahead & be angry. You do well
to be angry—but don’t use your anger
as fuel for revenge. And don’t stay angry.
Don’t go to bed angry. Don’t give the Devil
that kind of foothold in your life.
EPHESIANS 4:26-27 (msg)

14. “Visceral anger
(low time between action & reaction)
& meditative anger
(grows over a period of time)
are fueled by two ingredients:
unmet expectations & fear.”
JAMES BRYAN SMITH

16. - Daughter of parents
from India
- Born in Syracuse, NY
- Raised in Oklahoma
- Graduated from the
Univ. of Michigan w/a
degree in Brain Behavior
& Cognitive Science Nina Davuluri

17. - Daughter of parents
from India
- Born in Syracuse, NY
- Raised in Oklahoma
- Graduated from the
Univ. of Michigan w/a
degree in Brain Behavior
& Cognitive Science
- Crowned Miss America
last Sunday night
Nina Davuluri

18. “And the Arab wins
Miss America…great.”
Nina Davuluri

19. “And the Arab wins
Miss America…great.”
“How the _____ does a
foreigner win Miss
America? She is a Arab!”
Nina Davuluri

20. “And the Arab wins
Miss America…great.”
“How the _____ does a
foreigner win Miss
America? She is a Arab!”
“Nice slap in the face to
the people of 9/11…pathetic.”
Nina Davuluri

21. “And the Arab wins
Miss America…great.”
“How the _____ does a
foreigner win Miss
America? She is a Arab!”
“Nice slap in the face to
the people of 9/11…pathetic.
“Miss America right now…or miss Al Qaeda?”
Nina Davuluri

23. You have heard that it was said to those
of old, ‘You shall not murder; & whoever
murders will be liable to judgment’
But I say to you that everyone who
is angry with his brother will be
liable to judgment; whoever insults his
brother will be liable to the council; &
whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be
liable to the hell of fire.
MATTHEW 5:21-22

24. Anger Contem
pt
Malice
HOW UNCHECKED
ANGER PLAYS OUT…

25. False Imperative
Narratives
“I AM alone,” “Things ALWAYS have to go
the way I want them to,” “Something terrible WILL
happen if I mess up,” “I MUST be
in control,” “Life MUST be fair & just,”
“I NEED to be perfect ALL the time…”

26. Jesus’ True
Narratives
“You are NEVER alone,” “Jesus IS in control,”
“Mistakes happen all the time & things
usually work out just FINE,”
“Life is NOT always fair & just, but God
gets the LAST word,” Jesus ACCEPTS me
even though I’m NOT perfect…”

27. And everyone who hears these words
of mine & does not do them will be like
a foolish man who built his house
on the sand. And the rain fell, & the
floods came, &the winds blew & beat
against that house, & it fell,
& great was the fall of it.
MATTHEW 7:26-27

29. Option #1
take time for a Sabbath one day this week
SOUL TRAINING EXERCISES
- A choice to rest from work; an expression of trust
- Take time to plan it in advance if need be
- Eat good food, play games w/family, read a
book,
read the Bible, take a nap, pray privately…

30. Option #2
get honest about unrealized expectations
SOUL TRAINING EXERCISES
- Spend time quietly praying & listening to Jesus
- Ask Him to show you the source of your anger
- Open your hands to Him; ask Him to remove
what
you’ve been grasping & replace it with…