This is Part 11 of Pastor Chuck Bernal’s message series, “Passages That Pump Me Up”. This entire message is taken from Romans 8, one of the greatest chapters in the Bible. In this chapter, Paul specifically deals for 4 of the biggest "giants" we face in our lives: GUILT, ANGER/DISAPPOINTMENT, FEAR & LONELINESS. He then gives God's specific solutions to those 4 problems. This messsage was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, August 9, 2015

2. God’s Powerful Solutions
To Our Painful Problems

3. OUR PROBLEM:
Feeling guilty
about the past!

4. GOD’S SOLUTION:
No condemnation!

5. So now there is no
condemnation for those who
belong to Christ Jesus. And
because you belong to him,

6. the power of the life-giving Spirit
has freed you from the power of
sin that leads to death.

7. The Law of Moses was unable
to save us because of the
weakness of our sinful nature.
So God did what the law
could not do.

8. He sent his own Son in a body
like the bodies we sinners have.

9. And in that body God declared
an end to sin’s control over
us by giving his Son as a
sacrifice for our sins.
(Romans 8:1-3 – New Living Translation)

10. conviction vs.
condemnation

11. Woman, where are they? Is there
no one to condemn you?
She said, “No one, sir”. Neither
do I condemn you. Now go
and don’t sin anymore.
(John 8:10-11– Contemporary English Version)

12. God did not send His Son
into the world to condemn
it’s people. He sent Him
to save them.
(John 3:17 – Contemporary English
Version)

13. In Christ we can have
a life of liberty!

14. OUR PROBLEM:
Believing we can never
be any different!

15. GOD’S SOLUTION:
No frustration!

16. God declared an end to sin’s
control over us by giving his Son
as a sacrifice for our sins.

17. He did this so that the just
requirement of the law would be
fully satisfied for us, who no
longer follow our sinful nature
but instead follow the Spirit.

18. Those who are dominated by the
sinful nature think about sinful
things, but those who are
controlled by the Holy Spirit think
about things that please the Spirit.

19. So letting your sinful nature
control your mind leads to death.
But letting the Spirit control your
mind leads to life and peace . . .

20. That’s why those who are still
under the control of their sinful
nature can never please God.
But you are not controlled by
your sinful nature.

21. You are controlled by the Spirit
if you have the Spirit of God
living in you.

22. (And remember that those who
do not have the Spirit of Christ
living in them do not belong
to him at all.)

23. And Christ lives within you,
so even though your body
will die because of sin,

24. the Spirit gives you life because
you have been made right
with God. In Christ we can have
a life of victory.
(Romans 8:3-10 – New Living Translation)

25. The Holy Spirit’s power can
change anyone, if we
cooperate with Him!

26. Thank God, it has been done by
Jesus Christ our Lord.
He has set me free!
(Romans 7:25 – Living Bible)

27. Change is a process
and we have to keep on
trusting God!

28. When someone becomes a
Christian, he becomes a brand
new person inside. He is not the
same anymore. A new life has
begun. (Romans 7:25 – Living Bible)

29. In Christ we can have
a life of victory!

30. OUR PROBLEM:
Becoming overwhelmed
by life’s problems!

31. GOD’S SOLUTION:
No desperation!

32. And the Holy Spirit helps us
in our weakness.

33. For example, we don’t know
what God wants us to pray for.
But the Holy Spirit prays for us
with groaning’s that cannot be
expressed in words.

34. And the Father who knows
all hearts knows what the Spirit
is saying, for the Spirit pleads for
us believers in harmony with
God’s own will.

35. And we know that God causes
everything to work together for
the good of those who love God
and are called according to his
purpose for them.

36. For God knew his people in
advance, and he chose them
to become like his Son . . .
and having chosen them,
he called them to come to him.

37. And having called them, he gave
them right standing with himself.
And having given them right
standing, he gave them his glory.
(Romans 8:26-30 – New Living Translation)

38. CAUSE
God never causes
our problems, but
He can use them!

39. In Christ we can have
a life of serenity!

40. OUR PROBLEM:
Thinking that no one
really cares about us!

41. GOD’S SOLUTION:
No separation!

42. If God is for us, who can
ever be against us?

43. Since he did not spare even his
own Son but gave him up for
us all, won’t he also give us
everything else? . . .

44. Can anything ever separate us
from Christ’s love?

45. Does it mean he no longer loves
us if we have trouble or calamity,
or are persecuted, or hungry,
or destitute, or in danger,
or threatened with death? . . .

46. No, despite all these things,
overwhelming victory is ours
through Christ, who loved us. And
I am convinced that nothing can
ever separate us from God’s love.

47. Neither death nor life, neither
angels nor demons, neither our
fears for today nor our worries
about tomorrow—

48. not even the powers of hell can
separate us from God’s love.

49. No power in the sky above
or in the earth below—

50. indeed, nothing in all creation will
ever be able to separate
us from the love of God
that is revealed in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 8:31, 35, 37-39 – New Living Translation)

51. Nothing you can do can
make God love you more
and nothing you can do can
make God love you less

52. In Christ we can have
a life of security!

53. Let’s Pray