Your life will be turned upside down by the message of love and hope of Jesus Christ 

By definition to upset simply means to turn over 
To force out of the usual upright, level, or proper position 
To become overturned
An act of overturning

Tim turns over a mug to point out his analogy of how simply we can upset something.
Tim challenges us by asking questions that may cause upset.

He asks these questions: 
Are you happy with your life right now? 
How’s your marriage going? 
What is your relationship with your kids? 
How’s work going? 
Are you satisfied with where you are right now in your life? 
Do you wish you were in a house instead of an apartment? 
Do you wish you had a different job? 
Do you regret some of the decisions you’ve made? 
Are you at peace with your life right now?

What Does It Mean to Upset the World? 

Cover to Cover 

Tim introduces his course based on his book entitled “Upset the World.” He delves into each chapter and invites us on a journey to discover what it means to upset the world around us.

Tim’s hope for you is that you will give Jesus an opportunity to turn over things in your life. 

Tim invites you on a journey to allow God to upset your world, like He did in Tim’s life, and challenges you to live your life as an “upsetter.” He turned over every area of Tim’s life from his relationships to his life direction. 

Free people, free people. Hurt people, hurt people.
Upset people, upset people. So let God turn you upside down.

Upsetters Must Be Upset First 

Tim shares his testimony of when his world was upset and invites us to allow God to do the same in our lives too.

As Christians, we are called to love everybody - even those we think are unlovable (Matthew 22:37-39). 
We may not like all people, but we are commanded to love all people.

Luke 6:27-28 
27 But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

Tim shares some ways to upset others and bless them:
• Simply purchase a coffee for someone behind you 
• Buying the groceries for someone in line 
• Give a compliment 
• You could share an encouraging word 
• Just show someone that you love them 

Upset someone today by loving them the way God loves you!

Upsetters Love People 

We live in a broken world surrounded by broken people. Tim encourages us through the greatest commandment we are given - to love others, even the unlovable.

What does it practically look like to live a life that is led by the Holy Spirit? You simply make yourself available on a day to day basis, for the Holy Spirit to do things with you and through you. The Holy Spirit empowers you to do the actual things that Jesus commanded us to do. To love the unlovable, reach the unreachable, believe the impossible without the help from the Holy Spirit. We all need God who lives on the inside directing us on the outside to accomplish the things He has instructed us to do. Tim invites you to give the Holy Spirit permission to partner with you today to upset someone's world.

Upsetters Need the Holy Spirit 

To be able to upset the world, we need to be empowered with wisdom, the Word and the ways of the Holy Spirit.

When you give your life to Christ, you give your life up to a person - and that person is the Holy Spirit. We aren’t in control. Tim shares an analogy of what it’s like to give your life over to the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 5:18 
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.

Why would Paul compare drinking wine with being filled with the Spirit? Because the same type of effect happens if you were to be filled with the Holy Spirit as it would if you were to drink a whole bottle of liquor by yourself.

The Holy Spirit leads you into places and spaces you will never be able to go if you were in full control. So lose control and give yourself permission to be led by the Holy Spirit and see how upsetting your life becomes.

Upsetters Aren’t in Control 

Upsetters are not in control! Tim shares about the One who is really in charge.

In America there is a lot of scrutiny placed on Christianity and people have combined the word religiosity with Christianity. Tim explains Christianity is basically Judaism for Gentiles.

Jesus is a Jew, he died as a Jew, He was raised from the dead as a Jew, and He is coming back as a Jew.
As a gentile, you can be grafted in, sewn into a faith that was for all people through a people called Israel.

Tim explains what his relationship with Jesus is NOT: 
• It’s not dogmatic
• It’s not hateful 
• It’s not judgemental 
• It’s not condescending 
• It’s not a tool that is used to abuse people, look down on people, or to talk down to people who don’t believe in the same faith

Your relationship with Jesus will cause you to live in such a way that brings life to all people. Upsetters are not religious and do not fit the stereotype that has been projected on the Christian community.

We have an opportunity on a daily basis to either impact people with bitterness or allow them to be refreshed by the love we have for them and we can turn their world upside down as a result.

Upsetters Aren’t Religious

Tim exposes the differences between religiosity and Christianity.

Acts 10:38 
38 …how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 

Jesus went around doing good things and that should be the marker of a person who has a relationship with Jesus. Do good because God likes you, not doing good to get Him to like you.

Be a person who gets up in the morning and looks for opportunities to do good and say good things. 
Some ways Tim suggests to do good: 
• Offering a listening ear to a friend who is going through a hard time 
• Praying for a friend to find peace
• Making people feel good on a daily basis 
• Bringing a smile to someone’s face 
• Giving others the opportunity to think about life in a different way 
• Emulating the example of Jesus who went around doing good

Although we can’t change the entire world, we can change the lives of the people around us by doing good. Tim invites us to go out into the world and upset it by doing good to others today.

Upsetters Do Good 

Jesus modeled doing good for others and we should embody the same attitude Jesus had.

You might have a life right now that you don’t love. Maybe you’ve gone through something traumatic that has caused you to not love the life that you are in or the season that you’re a part of. 

Tim knows what it’s like to be hurt, abnormally used - abused, to contemplate life and feel like death is a better option. How did Tim transform his life from being sexually abused as a child to becoming a porn addiction and promiscuity to the death of a loved one and contemplating suicide to now someone who is able to write a chapter on loving life? Tim didn’t do it on his own. He sought help through counseling and others around him for support. 

Thriving through adversity comes when you: 
• Seek help from others when needed 
• Engage in prayer to gain guidance and support 
• Receive coaching from professionals or mentors 
• Participate in therapy to work through personal challenges 
• Have challenging conversations to address difficult issues 
• Experience “God moments” or moments of spiritual insight

You owe it to yourself that God has a purpose for your life and no matter how much pain you’ve been through, God wants to be a part of your life and see you love the things in your life you might hate. In a relationship with God, having your life turned upside down, doesn’t mean painful and traumatic memories are erased; it means you have someone present who can help you process it all.

Where are you at right now? Think of the most painful thing you’ve been through and write it down. Make the decision on whether that pain will define the rest of your life.

In Philippians 1:1-23 Paul is writing from Prison many letters to the churches to give greetings and salutations of how joyful he is to be in chains. He is loving his life even though what he is doing is getting him thrown into prison - his perspective has changed. He understands that a life with Jesus is not without trials and hardships. Paul still had hope and loved his life because Jesus was in his life. 

You can grow to love the life God has given you. It will not be defined by the pain but instead by the promise that Jesus will be with you for all of eternity. He will never leave you or abandon you because he loves you so much.

Upsetters Love Life 

Tim shares the secret behind his joy that he has and how you can have the same joy! 

As you read through the gospels, there are many stories where Jesus disturbing the piece of someone who was out of alignment that kept them from having a relationship with Him. Tim invites us to join him on a journey to discover times when Jesus disturbed others' lives in the gospels.

Mark 5:1-20 There is a story in the Bible whereby a demon possessed man was found running around in a cemetery cutting himself. People in the city had tried to chain him up and contain him but to no avail. Jesus arrives and disturbs the man’s piece - the piece of the man that was disabling him and causing him to be an outcast in that community. The man was insane, he believed the lie that his life didn’t matter - Jesus transformed his life and he was never the same again. 

Luke 19:1-10 Tim shares about Zaccheus, a tax collector who was short in stature and he had a lot of influence in his culture. He had probably robbed some people while taking more tax from people. He had to climb a tree to get a good look at Jesus. Jesus looked up at Zaccheus and called him to come down from the tree. He invites himself over to Zaccheus’ house and disturbs his piece. There was a piece of Zaccheus that had low self esteem and he was insecure. He didn’t think anyone paid attention to him. Jesus identified Zaccheus by name and even shared a meal at his house with Zaccheus’ family and they all came to salvation.

God loves you so much that He will disrupt your entire life to have a relationship with you. He will come and disturb the piece of you that feels insecure, has low self esteem, feels worthless, feels prideful, bitter and depressed and He will come in and flood it with love, joy and peace. He loves you. 

Let’s take the “Do not disturb” sign and replace it with the “Do disturb sign.” Because if it is God knocking on the door, you should definitely let Him in.

Upsetters Disturb the Piece 

Tim points out that Jesus disturbs the pieces (change in spelling intentionally) in our lives that are not yet submitted to Him so that He can get our attention and for us to hand Him full control of our lives.

You can’t change anybody - it is not about us changing people’s behaviors or beliefs but we can have the privilege of getting to see God upset other’s lives.

We will never be as sacrificial as Jesus and be able to change people or their minds.
We don’t change anybody - it’s God who has the potential to change everybody if they’re open to Him.
• Get used to sharing the message of Jesus
• Get used to upsetting people
• Get used to sharing the message of Jesus
• Get used to showing the love of Jesus
• Get used to anchoring yourself in the hope of Jesus

Upsetters Get Used to Upsetting People

Tim encourages us to get used to upsetting people (in a good way) so that Jesus can change their lives.

You may be an introvert or shy. If you can’t go around the world and upset it, go around the world that you are in to upset it instead. Tim invites us to turn people’s lives upside down by sharing the hope of Jesus Christ with others.

Remember that you need to first be upset before you can upset others around you. 

Upsetters are infectious: 
• It’ll go to your friends
• It’ll go to your community 
• It’ll go to your workplace
• It’ll go to your school 
• It’ll go to your campus 
• It’ll go to your next business endeavor 

Get used to living an upside down life - where you are antithetical to the culture around you.
Where the culture is full of hate - you will be found full of love. 
Where the culture is displaying acts of selfishness - you’ll be displaying works of generosity.
Where the culture is to cancel everybody - your response will be to show compassion to everybody.
Living this life means you will be counter - cultural.

Tim invites you to join him to upset the world around us.
Allow God to use you for someone else’s breakthrough.

Upsetters Upset the World 

Tim concludes with an invitation to upset the world around you and to get used to being counter-cultural.

Upset the World

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Tim Ross will literally turn your world upside down as he shares his experiences on how his life was and continues to be turned upside down through his relationship with Jesus. This course is based on Tim’s book also entitled Upset the World and is all about how God wants to use you to upset the lives of those around you so that He can intervene and transform people’s lives. 

Tim invites you on a journey to explore what it would look like for you to partner with Him to first upset your life and then allow Him to work through you through His Holy Spirit. It will be a wild ride and your life will be forever changed as a result!

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Tim Ross

International Speaker | Podcast Host

Are you ready to have your whole world turned upside down? This course was written to upset you and the entire world around you. Tim shares from his latest book Upset the World.

That Upsetting the World Means Being Counter-Cultural 

How the Holy Spirit Empowers You to Upset Others With His Wisdom, His Word and His Ways 

What It Means to Upset the World Around You 

To Become Comfortable Upsetting Other’s Lives by Sharing Jesus  

The Difference Between Religiosity and Christianity 

Your guide, Tim Ross