A Call for the Church to Wake Up | Healthy Habit Killers
Tim Bennett   -   March 16, 2025
Healthy Habit Killers
Stay Awake – A call for the church to wake up!
Main Bible Passage Galatians 5:1 – 6:10
Key Verses:
  • Galatians 5:1 (ESV) – For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
  • Galatians 6:1b (ESV) – Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Key Definitions:
  • Slothfulness – a tendency to be lazy or unmotivated to work or exert oneself
  • Lust – an intense desire or craving
Soul Tattoo: STAY AWAKE! The enemy creeps in and leads us away, when our guard is down, when we are alone, or asleep.
Ways that we “fall asleep”:
  1. We let off the gas pedal in our walk with Christ.
    • We have gotten into a rhythm of checklist Christianity
    • We are ok with just being invited to the party
    • We don’t need any more, just the cross
      • Hebrews 4:16 (ESV) – Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
  2. We experience hurt.
    • Churches filled with imperfect people
    • Unfulfilled expectations
  3. We are exhausted from doing good.
    • We are aiming at the wrong target; we have lost our first love
      • Revelation 2:4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
    • We have exchanged a pursuit of Christ for a pursuit of results
How do we stay Awake?
  1. Stay Connected to Jesus
    • Bearing fruit is the natural result of a branch that is connected
    • Stay connected to Jesus and the fruit of the Spirit will come naturally.
    • Healthy habits are how we stay connected to the Branch.
  2. Stay accountable to other believers
    • Small groups
    • Discipleship
  3. Take your feelings to God and the Word
    • Nothing will change His opinion of you.
    • He is not going to be surprised.
    • He already knows you feel that way.