BEN few years ago he was in a mens small group w Sandy Lamm. Sandy & wife Valerie went on Dominican Republic Short Term Mission trip
Sandy & Valerie testimony "thank you for your prayers and support, I hope all of you experience the freedom that comes from answering God's call"
ILLUSTRATION HUMOR wii gift kids for Christmas watchig someone else as s/he focuses virtualworld
TRANSITION we play games reln family, work
BEN talks about examples of dysfunctional relationships
Romans 3:23
Jeremiah 17:9
Exodus 20:5 example of negative, positive legacy "this bag [baggage] not gong fwd next generation"
David spiritual giant Acts 13:22 described as "a man after God's own heart"
but looking at his genogram (chart of all people who had influence on him, and whom he had influence= genealogy+descendants) we see 3 themes
>SPIRITUAL WEAKNESS
2 Samuel chapters 11-12 13:34 David adulterous affair w/ Bathsheba then murders her husband = spiritual slow fade Casting Crowns "Slow Fade" song lyrics
2 Samuel 12:11-13 David confronted by prophet Nathan
son Solomon, grandson Rehoboam tragically more sinful than David
David's son Amnon, David's daughter Tamar David's other son Absalom: Amnon raped Tamar, in revenge Absalom murdered Amnon.
>STRIFE-SPLIT
1Corinthians 10:6 these things (Old Testamant stories about sin) happened to teach us

> GOD WORKS IN AND THROUGH DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE

TAKEAWAY >IT BEGINS W/ ME
I more sinful than I dare believe& more loved than I hoped
David takes responsibility
Psalm 139:23-24
>ASK JESUS TO TRANSFORM ALL OF ME
2 Corinthians 5:17
CS Lewis Voyage of the Dawn Treader boy Eustace becomes dragon [because he thinks dragon-like=selfish thoughts], tries to peel off his own dragon skin but each layer has another underneath. The great lion Aslan (symbolic of Jesus) offers to tear of his dragon skin, but "Eustace was afraid his claws."  Eustace consents, and process is painful but Aslan is able to remove all the dragon, and Euastace is transformed back into a human boy. Figrative description of what happens to us.