This document discusses how spring break reveals our hearts' search for satisfaction in the wrong places. It notes that our search for fulfillment apart from Jesus is the essence of sin. It quotes passages from the Bible indicating we should come to Jesus by denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and following him in order to find true satisfaction and save our souls. The document encourages giving up our searching and coming to Jesus instead, as he has paid for our sin of searching and will satisfy us more than anything else.

1. HOW TO AVOID BREAKING BAD
Spring Break Wisdom

3. HOW TO AVOID BREAKING BAD
Spring Break Wisdom

4. HISTORY
➤ Greco-Roman celebration
of wine & fertility
➤ 1986 MTV
➤ My Story

5. WHY DO WE
LOVE SPRING
BREAK?
Because it gives us freedom
to pursue satisfaction
with no consequences

6. SPRING BREAK
IS NOT THE PROBLEM
Our hearts are the problem

7. “
Mark 7:14-23
And he called the people to him again and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing
outside a person that by going into him can defile him,
but the things that come out of a person are what defile
him.” … Do you not see that whatever goes into a
person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters
not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”… And
he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles
him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil
thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander,
pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from
within, and they defile a person.”

8. SPRING BREAK REVEALS
Our heart’s
search for
satisfaction

9. JIM CARREY
And the terrible search for fulfillment

11. “
- Jim Carrey
Because then I would be enough. It
would finally be true. And I could stop
this terrible search for what I know
ultimately wont fulfill me.”

12. “
- Jim Carrey
The only one I hadn’t freed was myself. And
that’s when my search for identity deepened.
I wondered who I’d be without my fame.
Who would I be if I said things that people
didn’t want to hear, or if I defied their
expectations of me? What if I showed up to
the party without my Mardi Gras mask…
From an address at a Commencement Ceremony in 2014. He talked about
realizing his purpose as a comedian was to “free people from their concern.”
Then he says:

13. “
- Jim Carrey
“Our eyes are not only viewers, they’re also
projectors that are running a second story
over the picture that we see in front of us…
Fear is writing that script, and the working
title is: ‘I’ll Never Be Enough.’”

14. “
- Jim Carrey
This is the voice of the ego, and if you listen to
it, there will always be someone who is doing
better than you. No matter what you gain, ego
will not let you rest. It will tell you that you
cannot stop until you’ve left an indelible mark
on the earth, until you’ve achieved
immortality. How tricky is this ego, that it
would tempt us with the promise of
something we already possess?

15. YOU, ME & JIM CARREY
On the terrible search for fulfillment
➤ I will never be enough
➤ I will never do enough
➤ I will never get enough

16. WHY NOT?
Because we are looking in the wrong places

17. T H E S E A R C H F O R
FULFILLMENT APART FROM
JESUS IS THE ESSENCE OF SIN

18. “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me
shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me
shall never thirst.
John 6:35
JESUS SAYS,

19. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
“COME TO JESUS?”
Die to yourself & your search
& trust in Him

20. GIVE UP SEARCHING.
COME TO JESUS.
He’s paid for your sin of searching
&
He’ll satisfy you more than anything

21. “
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned — every one — to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on Him
the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6

22. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
“COME TO JESUS?”
Die to yourself & your search
& trust in Him

23. “
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he
said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let
him deny himself and take up his cross and follow
me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's
will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the
whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man
give in return for his soul?
Mark 8:34-37
JESUS SAYS,

24. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Where are you looking for satisfaction?

25. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
➤ What is my particular weakness? Where will my heart
want to search for satisfaction this Spring Break?
➤ How do you think Jesus more fully satisfies that desire?