Sermons

Greater Than My Life Scripts

by Roger Barrier & Chet Weld
by Roger Barrier & Chet Weld

A life script is an ongoing program for our lives that we act out automatically. The script can be constructive, destructive, non-productive or a combination of all three. Family, culture and individual perceptions influence these scripts. When we receive Christ, Jesus can rewrite our life scripts so that negative scripts do not define our lives.

Sunday Morning, August 3, 2008

Roger Barrier, Senior Pastor, and Chet Weld, Director of Pastoral Counseling

God is greater than MY life SCRIPTS

Selected Psalms

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As we read the Bible we encounter the Life Scripts of many people. If we read with insight, we will get rich, deep understandings both into their lives and into the lessons God wants to teach us through them.

A Life Script is an ongoing program for our lives that we act out automatically. Life scripts can be constructive, destructive, nonproductive or combinations of all three.

In Psalms we see life scripts unveiled by what the writers wrote. In the same way we see the life scripts of people (and ourselves) by what they think, say and do.

This morning we will examine several of David’s life scripts and then make observations to enhance our daily living.

Several of David’s major life scripts are laid out clearly in his psalms.

Rejection was one of David’s most basic life scripts (Psalm 69:8-12).

Self Loathing and self condemnation haunted him and guided his actions for most of his adult life (Psalm 22:6-7 and 51:5).

Not all of his life themes were negative. He found great acceptance, help and friendship with God. This produced a stream of positive self images that helped him through some of the most difficult times of his life (Psalm 34:4; 118:13 and 139:1-3).

CULTURAL LIFE SCRIPTS

These are scripts we adopt because of the nature of the culture in which we live.

FAMILY LIFE SCRIPTS

These are scripts we get from our families or others close to us.

individual LIFE scripts

These are scripts we tell ourselves about ourselves. They powerfully affect our thinking and behaviors.

OBSERVATIONS

1. We Are Not Doomed To Live Forever With Our Negative Life Scripts.

2. Spiritual Regeneration. Jesus Is In The Business Of Picking Up The Pieces And Helping Us Start Over.

Philippians 4:13

2 Corinthians 5:17

Revelation 2:17 and 3:12-13

3. We Are Wise If We Uncover The Reasons And Sources For Our Life Scripts So That We May Decide—Or Redecide—Which Ones We Want To Keep, Alter Or Discard.

4. No One Life Script Defines Our Lives.

Psalm One is a powerfully positive life script to emulate.

“So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view (not even ourselves!).  Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:16-17).

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:22).

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Dr. Roger Barrier, founder of Preach It, Teach It, is a well-known author and sought-after conference speaker. Roger has taught thousands of pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders in 32 countries worldwide. He is the featured pastor of "Ask Roger: Ask a Pastor" on Crosswalk.com, the largest Christian website in the country. He partnered with Intimate Life Ministries and also regularly teaches national leaders for CRU and various other mission organizations. Dr. Barrier began preaching at the age of 13, and he shares his 3,000+ sermons with you on Preach It, Teach It. Preach It, Teach It currently has eight million visits in 221 countries and territories. His compelling teaching style is one-of-a-kind, combining a solid Biblical foundation with culturally relevant application, engaging illustrations, and astute scholarship. Casas Church is where Roger has served throughout his thirty-seven-year career, is a megachurch known for a well-integrated, multi-generational ministry. The value of including new generations is deeply ingrained throughout Casas to help the church move strongly right through the twenty-first century and beyond. Dr. Barrier holds degrees from Baylor University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Golden Gate Seminary in Greek, religion, theology, and pastoral care. He was recently honored as distinguished alumni by Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. His popular book, Listening to the Voice of God, published by Bethany House, is in its second printing and is available in Thai and Portuguese. His current book, Got Guts, Get Godly, is translated into Russian, Spanish and Urdu. Dr. Barrier has also written a number of journal articles and was a contributing author of The Kingdom and the Power. Roger is an avid student of astrophysics, genetics, and neuroscience, which adds to the depth of his biblical knowledge and exposition. The Barriers have two daughters, Brianna and Bronwyn.

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Dr. Chet Weld has been a marriage and individual counselor for over 30 years. Presently, he serves as a marriage and individual counselor at Renewal Centers Counseling Services. He has also been a Christian-based counselor for over 30 years. He believes that it’s important to be “warm and human first; professional always.” Dr. Weld’s work with couples include affair situations, communications training, helping couples to meet unmet needs, parenting issues, premarital counseling, and a variety of couples’ issues. He also counsels individuals who suffer from such disorders as anxiety, depression, addictions, panic, OCD, codependency, bipolar, grieving, and spiritual growth issues (finding meaning in life and relationships). He gives a variety of psychological assessments. Dr. Weld has been trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and other counseling approaches. Sometimes in couples counseling, he uses principles of Intimacy Therapy (for example, teaching couples to comfort each other) and Integrative Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (teaching how perceptions influence our reactions, plus teaching the importance of accepting each other as imperfect). With clients who value spirituality, Dr. Weld enjoys integrating biblical principles and techniques, including prayer and biblical truths. He’s found that “almost anything that works” (and is spoken of in evidence-based secular counseling literature) is either stated or illustrated in the bible. He believes that this is because God gives both wisdom and common sense (Job 39:17). He enjoys counseling people from all religious and cultural backgrounds. He abides by the ethical standards of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association of Christian Counseling (AACC). The link to ACA is https://www.counseling.org/. The link to AACC is http://www.aacc.net/. Licensed by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners as a Licensed Professional Counselor since licensing began in 1996. B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1970 M.Ed. in Counseling and Guidance in 1977 from the University of Arizona Ed.D. in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University in 2006 (Orange County Campus) Summer studies at Dartmouth College while in high school Other universities attended: Union Theological Seminary, N.Y., N.Y.; Chapman University; Ohio University; Ohio State University; and Fuller Theological Seminary; earned a three-year Bible Diploma from Grace Bible College (which was not accredited). Memberships: The American Association of Christian Counselors (see his bio on AACC.net); Society for Christian Psychologists. Certified by the International Board of Christian Counselors as a Board Certified Professional Christian Counselor Publications: Counseling and Values (a publication of the American Counseling Association), The Family Journal, and The Journal of Psychology and Theology. (Journal articles were co-authored by his dissertation chair, Dr. Karen Eriksen.) Co-authored a chapter in Culturally Alert Counseling, edited by Garrett McAuliffe., still widely used at many universities. Doctoral dissertation about client expectations of prayer when seeing a Christian-based counselor is available at ResearchGate.com or by contacting Dr. Weld.

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