Avoid the Attic // How to Survive a Horror Movie
We’re the stars of our own lives and we all have a genre we’d prefer the script to follow. Rom-Com, Action/Adventure, Comedy...all experiences we’d like during a well-rounded life. But what happens when the script takes an unexpected turn down a foggy, deserted road? A road that leads to an abandoned hotel or a haunted cabin in the woods? What do we do when we find out the movie of our life has become a horror film? How can we survive the deadly mistakes and wrong turns that have claimed so many others? How can we make it out alive?
I mean, this is a no-brainer, right? Nothing good ever comes from going to the attic. It’s a place that’s haunted—not by ghosts, but by our past. The attic is a place where we store personal items and relics from a time gone by. And if we want live life to the full, we can’t get there by staying in the attic—dwelling on regrets, mistakes, and things we can’t change.
Message Notes
Rule #1: Listen to the Old Timer
Rule #2: Let’s Stick Together
Rule #3: It’s Never “Just the Wind”
Rule #4: Avoid the Attic
“Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.”
Daniel 4:33 NIV“At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored.”
Daniel 4:34a NIV“Then I...”
Daniel 4:34b NIV
“Then I...felt ashamed and unworthy.”
“Then I...avoided talking to God.”
“Then I...stopped going to church.”
“Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before.”
Daniel 4:34, 36 NIV