Sermon
My Way or the Highway
Cross Church
Speaker: Nick Floyd
March 10, 2026 · 39 min
FamilyIdentity in ChristAnxiety & WorrySpiritual DisciplinesGenesis 30:1–13Genesis 29:31–35Genesis 30:9–13
Summary
Jacob's family in Genesis 29-30 demonstrates how envy, pain, fear, and control—not direct disobedience—create dysfunction. Rather than stopping these destructive patterns through willpower, believers must surrender them to God's power to experience freedom and healing.
Highlights
One of the greatest tests in your life is how you handle your deepest pain. Will you allow pain to strengthen your faith or will your faith falter as a result?
Unresolved pain in the heart often expresses itself as a desire to control.
You can temporarily stop these by willpower, but you cannot overcome them by stopping them. You must surrender them to the Lord.