This is Part 14 of Pastor Chuck Bernal’s message series, “Passages That Pump Me Up”. All of us face problems, people and pressures in life that seek to defeat us and define us - if we let them. With God's help we can rise above the trials of life and find victory. This is the heart of this message titled, "What Can You Do When Life's Bugging You". This messsage was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, August 30, 2015

1. WHAT CAN YOU DO
WHEN LIFE’S BUGGING YOU?
Passages That Pump Me Up
Message Series - Part 15
09-06-15
Pastor Chuck Bernal
THE STARTING PLACE – REMEMBERING
OUR PRIME DIRECTIVE
The greatest premise:Lost people ____________________ to God
The greatest promise:We ________ Jesus, He __________ people
If I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (John 12:32 - KJV)
The greatest priority:Therefore,ourjob is to make God_______
God, it’s Your reputation that gets the boost. You’re the one who gets the credit.
It’s Your fame that should balloon from this. You’re the only God!
(Nehemiah 9:5 - WOTSB)
CONNECTING WITH THE LOST: TWO BIBLICAL MANDATES
Be wise when you engage with those outside the faith community; make the most of every
moment and every encounter. (Colossians 4:5 – The Voice)
You must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about
your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. (1 Peter 3:15 – NLT)
MANDATE 1: WARN EVERYONE WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY
When I bring an army against a country, and the people of that land choose a watchman and
when he sees the army coming and blows the alarm to warn them, then anyone who hears the
alarm but refuses to heed it and he dies, the fault is his own. For he heard the warning and
wouldn’t listen . . . But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm
and warn the people, he is responsible for their deaths. They will die in their sins, but I will
charge the watchman with their deaths. So with you, I have appointed you as a watchman . . .
(Ezekiel 33:2-7 – LB)
The rich man said, “Send Lazarus to the house of my father where I have five brothers, so he
can tell them the score and warn them so they won’t end up here in this place of torment.”
(Luke 16:27-28 – Msg)
TrustingGod brings me a________________________ perspective

2. TrustingGod replaces__________________________________ with worship
MANDATE 2:INVITE EVERYONE WITHASENSE OFCOMPASSION
Andrew then went to find his brother Peter and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” And he
brought Peter to meet Jesus. (John 1:41-42 – LB)
Then the woman left her waterpot beside the well and went back to the village and told
everyone, “Come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the
Messiah?” So the people came streaming from the village to see him.
(John 4:28-30 – LB)
TrustingGod helps me _____________________ through anything
I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow. The
one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who matters, because
he makes the plant grow. (1 Corinthians 3:6-7 – GNB)