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Notes
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Introduction
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Bible Reading 8/8 - 8/14:
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OT Timeline:
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OT Contemporary Books:
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Review
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Give God The Real Thing! (Part 4)
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Raw Material
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Prayer Obstacles - what do I do about these?
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Anxiety - restless thoughts
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Meditate on suitable passages: 1John 4:4; Phil 4:6-7; 1Pet 5:7
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PRAY EARLY!!!
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Write a blog entry on James Ryles’ definition of grace.
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The empowering presence of God that enables you to be who he has called you to be and to do what he has called you to do
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Preparation - Hebrews 13:7-16
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Select the Passage - Hebrews 13:7-16
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Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those who eat them. We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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Study the Passage
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NIV
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Hebrew Study Bible
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KJV
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The Message
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NASB
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RSV
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Discover the Exegetical Idea
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Imitate the leaders who taught you and whose lives have been accessible to you in the following ways:
- Prioritize track record over novelty
- Accept Jesus' disgrace
- Continuous Sacrificial praise
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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All that glitters isn't gold. Beware of "itching ears" syndrome. (2Timothy 2:2-4)
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There is a price to be paid for following Jesus - hostility from the world.
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We should continually praise God
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Praise is the sacrifice we offer in place of bulls, rams, etc.
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Our sacrifice is offered through Jesus.
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Discipleship is about track record - not novelty.
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We are called to bear Jesus' disgrace - Mark 8:38
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"If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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The Bible is full of exhortations to praise God!
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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The Lord rebuked two churches for:
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Forsaking their first love - Revelation 2:1-7
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Being lukewarm - Revelation 3:14-22
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea:
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Give God the real thing - get your praise on!
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Understand the meaning of true worship.
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Know the God they're worshipping.
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Worship the God they know!
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Decide How to Accomplish This Purpose
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Outline the Sermon
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Standing Issues
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From a word Bishop gave me:
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Make sure people do something with God's message.
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Make it plain:
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Use accessible language.
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Use modern day parables based on every day occurrences:
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Sitting at a stop light
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Driving through a green light
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Approaching a yellow light
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Being cut off in traffic
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Going shopping
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Going to a mall
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Going to school; sitting in class
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Going to work; sitting in your office;
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Keep it simple.
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Use illustrations of truth out of my own experience.
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Impart faith to obey the Word and receive God's promises.
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Introduction
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Welcome Cards -
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“I want to call your attention to the Welcome Card that you were given on your way into the auditorium”
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These cards do two things for us:
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They help us get to know our new visitors better.
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They also give anyone (visitors or members) a chance to express a need or to give us feedback.
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By filling it out you will help us to better serve you.
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We're going to provide time for you to complete the cards at the end of our service, but we encourage you to start filling them out now.
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Please use this card:
• if you’re a first time visitor or if you’ve never filled one out before,
• to tell us about a decision you made today,
• to ask us for more information, or to give us feedback.
Please include your contact information unless we already have it. At the end of service we’ll ask you to complete the card and then place it in the designated box or give it to someone from our staff on your way out.
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Transition
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Read the Passage - Hebrews 13:7-16
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Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those who eat them. We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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Exegetical Idea
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Imitate the leaders who taught you and whose lives have been accessible to you in the following ways:
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Prioritize track record over novelty - beware "itching ear" syndrome.
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Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. - 2Timothy 4:2-4
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Accept Jesus' disgrace - don't be ashamed of him.
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"If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.” - Mark 8:38
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Continuous Sacrificial praise
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The Book of Hebrews contrasts the old covenant (with its animal sacrifices) with the new covenant. Praise is the sacrifice we offer in place of bulls, rams, etc.
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Our sacrifice is offered through Jesus.
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Homiletical Idea: Give God the real thing - Get your praise on!
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Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Understand the meaning of true worship.
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Know the God they're worshipping.
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Worship the God they know!
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Worship the God you know!
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Keep getting to know God through prayer and the Word.
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Stay passionate (remember your first love).
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Don't forsake your first love - Revelation 2:1-7
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Be hot - not lukewarm - Revelation 3:14-22
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God deserves our praise!
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One Like A Son Of Man: Read from Daniel 7:9-28
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Jesus is worthy - Revelation 4 - 5
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Imitate your leaders in worship!
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Pastors and other leaders.
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Worship team.
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Use your body
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Psalm 150
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Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
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Clap your hands
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For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! - Psalm 47:0-2
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Lift your hands
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A psalm of David.
O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to you. May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. - Psalm 141:0-2
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Dance
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Psalm 150
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2Samuel 6:12-23 (David bringing the Ark to Jerusalem)
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Now King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.” So David went down and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with rejoicing. When those who were carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the LORD with all his might, while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets.
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart.
They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the LORD. After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD Almighty. Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.
When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel — I will celebrate before the LORD. I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”
And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
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Use your money
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Exodus 23:19a
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“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
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Conclusion
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New Material
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Preparation
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Expository Preaching
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Expository preaching is the communication of a biblical concept, derived from and transmitted through a historical, grammatical, and literary study of a passage in its context, which the Holy Spirit first applies to the personality and experience of the preacher, then through the preacher, applies to the hearers.
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Select the Passage
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Study the Passage
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NIV
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Hebrew Study Bible
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KJV
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The Message
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NASB
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RSV
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Discover the Exegetical Idea
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Subject
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Tools: How, Who, What, When, Where, Why
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Complement
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon
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Decide How to Accomplish This Purpose
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Make it plain
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Use accessible language and modern parables.
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Make sure people do something with God's message.
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Keep it simple.
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Use illustrations of truth out of my own experience.
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Impart faith to obey the Word and receive God's promises.
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Outline the Sermon
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In Christ We Have It All (Part 1)
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Raw Material
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Prayer Obstacles - what do I do about these?
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Anxiety - restless thoughts
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Meditate on suitable passages: 1John 4:4; Phil 4:6-7; 1Pet 5:7
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PRAY EARLY!!!
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Write a blog entry on James Ryles’ definition of grace.
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The empowering presence of God that enables you to be who he has called you to be and to do what he has called you to do
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For a message:
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Make sure you know God - “I never knew you”: Visiting, feeding, clothing those in need aren’t to be done as rules, but rather as a reflection of knowing Jesus.
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1Cor 13 “if I have not love”: Giving to the poor must be done out of love.
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Find Bible passage connection between this love and knowing God
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For the message
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Saying "I've never believed in any other God!" is like saying "I only root for the Celtics!". This is not the same as playing on the team and putting points on the board.
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Preparation - Ephesians
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Select the Passage - Ephesians 1:3-10
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Study the Passage
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NIV
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Hebrew Study Bible
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KJV
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The Message
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NASB
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RSV
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Discover the Exegetical Idea
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We have every spiritual blessing in Christ!
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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Every blessing means there is nothing left out.
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The blessing falls into 4 categories:
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We have been chosen in Christ for holiness and blamelessness.
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We have been adopted as God's sons through Christ.
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We have redemption in Christ.
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We have been made partners in the work of God's Kingdom.
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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We're being made like Jesus - 2Corinthians 3:12-18
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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Every blessing means there is nothing left out.
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This is something we should be praising God for!
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We can be holy and blameless.
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We are God's sons!
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We have been set free from bondage to sin.
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We are part of the family business.
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea:
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Recognize their various layers of belief.
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Understand who they are in Christ.
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Understand what they have in Christ.
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Understand what they can do in Christ.
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Commit themselves to renewing their minds based on this revelation.
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Decide How to Accomplish This Purpose
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Outline the Sermon
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Standing Issues
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From a word Bishop gave me:
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Make sure people do something with God's message.
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Make it plain:
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Use accessible language.
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Use modern day parables based on every day occurrences:
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Sitting at a stop light
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Driving through a green light
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Approaching a yellow light
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Being cut off in traffic
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Going shopping
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Going to a mall
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Going to school; sitting in class
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Going to work; sitting in your office;
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Keep it simple.
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Use illustrations of truth out of my own experience.
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Impart faith to obey the Word and receive God's promises.
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Introduction
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This is our last week here at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School.
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Welcome Cards -
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“I want to call your attention to the Welcome Card that you were given on your way into the auditorium”
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These cards do two things for us:
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They help us get to know our new visitors better.
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They also give anyone (visitors or members) a chance to express a need or to give us feedback.
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By filling it out you will help us to better serve you.
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We're going to provide time for you to complete the cards at the end of our service, but we encourage you to start filling them out now.
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Please use this card:
• if you’re a first time visitor or if you’ve never filled one out before,
• to tell us about a decision you made today,
• to ask us for more information, or to give us feedback.
Please include your contact information unless we already have it. At the end of service we’ll ask you to complete the card and then place it in the designated box or give it to someone from our staff on your way out.
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There are many systems that are best understood in terms of layers.
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Features of the layer model:
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Each layer provides services to the layer above it.
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Each layer requests services from the layer below it.
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OSI Model
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Application Layer
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Presentation Layer
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Session Layer
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Transport Layer
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Network Layer
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Data Link Layer
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Physical Layer
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Postal Service (simplified)
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Mail contents
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Mail envelopes
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Mail carriers
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Mail sorting and dispatching
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Vehicles: cars, trucks, planes, etc.
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Streets, roads, sky
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Telephone Systems (simplified)
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Long distance relationship
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Telephone calls
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Telephone dialing and call routing infrastructure
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Telephone wires
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Real estate rights of way
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This is true of belief systems.
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Don't cross at a red light is superseded by the need to rescue a child in the path of an oncoming car.
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Child safety sits at a deeper level than obeying traffic lights.
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As a child I once ran away, but couldn't bring myself to cross the street.
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Transition
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Levels of thinking affect how we interact with God's Word.
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Let's see how this insight can help us with today's passage:
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Read the Passage - Ephesians 1:3-10
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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will — to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment — to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
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Exegetical Idea: We have every spiritual blessing in Christ!
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Homiletical Idea: In Christ We Have It All
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Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Prepare themselves to fully embrace this passage.
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Understand who they are in Christ. (next week)
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Understand what they have in Christ. (later)
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Understand what they can do in Christ. (later)
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Commit themselves to renewing their minds based on this revelation.
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Prepare yourself to fully embrace this passage.
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You've seen this passage before.
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Why isn't making a bigger difference in the lives of believers?
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What's getting in the way?
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Sometimes we lose out because we don't allow the information we need to settle deeply enough in our thinking.
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Our trip to Sag Harbor
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Aunt Charlotte had called me to give me the address and phone number of the place where they were staying.
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I didn't enter this information into my iPhone.
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Describe what happened when we got there.
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Last night I discovered the address and phone number written on a post-it on my laptop - which I had brought with me for the trip.
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Sometimes there are obstacles that keep us from thinking right.
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Some systems have problems in their upper layers.
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Some systems have problems in deeper layers.
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A clogged sink
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Liquid-Plumr sinks down to the clog and dissolves it.
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We need God's Word in our deepest levels of thought:
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Like Liquid-Plumr
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Like the high priests's sword - Hebrews 4:9-16
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Conversion process
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Warning about treatment of unsaved family members
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The "cross-fade" metaphor
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old lifestyle loses credibility due to contradictions
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internal contradictions
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external contradictions
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commitment to old lifestyle wanes due to lost credibility
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Kingdom of God becomes more and more credible
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Phase 1
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No effective awareness of Kingdom of God
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Complete commitment to independance from God
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Attitude Examples
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I lie because it works and anyone who has sense does too.
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Phase 2
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Awareness of Kingdom of God
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Commitment to Kingdom growing
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Commitment to old lifestyle exceeds commitment to Kingdom
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Attitude Examples
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I lie because it works for me, but I know there are some people who can get along without lying.
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Phase 3
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Commitment to Kingdom of God matches commitment to old lifestyle
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Candidate may have one or more experiences that are labelled as conversion experiences
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Candidate is "double-minded"
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Attitude Examples
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I lie, but I'm thinking about giving it up.
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Phase 4
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Commitment to Kingdom of God exceeds commitment to old lifestyle
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Candidate settles into practical church membership
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Attitude Examples
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I usually tell the truth, but there are some situations where lying is acceptable.
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Phase 5
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All lingering commitment to old lifestyle is extinguished - this is full repentance
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Candidate is fully committed to those aspects of the Kingdom that he/she knows about
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There is a clear path for future spiritual growth
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Attitude Examples
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Lying is wrong and I rarely do it - if I lie, it's because I was in a sudden jam and fell back on an old habit.
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Peter's Progression in Faith
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John 1:39-42
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Mat 4:18-22
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Luke 5:1-11
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Sometimes there are too many layers between our minds and the Bible.
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Our behavior
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Out thinking
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Social norms at church
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Church tradition - so I don't actually have to read the Bible
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Perception that someone else will do my Bible reading for me.
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Outdated translation
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The Bible
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How can we get everything God wants us to get from this passage?
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Let it transform your mind (Romans 12:1-2):
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Hear it!
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Read it!
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Study it!
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Memorize it!
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Meditate on it!
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Ask yourself key questions:
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How does this line up with the way I'm used to seeing myself?
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What things in my life reinforce my belief in this scripture?
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What things in my life work against my belief in this scripture?
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Do my brothers and sisters see me lining up with this scripture?
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Who you are in Christ. (next week)
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What does this mean?
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Every blessing means there is nothing left out.
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The blessing falls into 4 categories:
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We have been chosen in Christ for holiness and blamelessness.
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We have been adopted as God's sons through Christ.
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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We're being made like Jesus - 2Corinthians 3:12-18
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What difference does it make? So What?
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Every blessing means there is nothing left out.
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This is something we should be praising God for!
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Because I’ve been greatly blessed, I can afford to be selfless. I can focus on giving whatever God has arranged for me to give at any given time.
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We can be holy and blameless.
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We are God's sons!
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I am who God says I am!
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What you have in Christ. (later)
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What does this mean?
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Every blessing means there is nothing left out.
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The blessing falls into 4 categories:
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We have been chosen in Christ for holiness and blamelessness.
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We have been adopted as God's sons through Christ.
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We have redemption in Christ.
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We have been made partners in the work of God's Kingdom.
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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We're being made like Jesus - 2Corinthians 3:12-18
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What difference does it make? So What?
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Every blessing means there is nothing left out.
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This is something we should be praising God for!
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Because I’ve been greatly blessed, I can afford to be selfless. I can focus on giving whatever God has arranged for me to give at any given time.
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We can be holy and blameless.
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We are God's sons!
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We have been set free from bondage to sin.
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We are part of the family business.
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I have what God says I have!
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What you can do in Christ. (later)
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What does this mean?
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Every blessing means there is nothing left out.
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The blessing falls into 4 categories:
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We have been chosen in Christ for holiness and blamelessness.
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We have been adopted as God's sons through Christ.
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We have redemption in Christ.
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We have been made partners in the work of God's Kingdom.
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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We're being made like Jesus - 2Corinthians 3:12-18
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What difference does it make? So What?
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Every blessing means there is nothing left out.
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This is something we should be praising God for!
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Because I’ve been greatly blessed, I can afford to be selfless. I can focus on giving whatever God has arranged for me to give at any given time.
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We can be holy and blameless.
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We are God's sons!
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We have been set free from bondage to sin.
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We are part of the family business.
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I can do what God says I can do!
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Renewing your mind based on this revelation.
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Conclusion
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How deep are you willing to allow this passage to get in your life?
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Are you willing to hear, read, study, memorize, and meditate on it?
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What's your plan?
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Is your plan private, or do your brothers and sisters know about it?
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Are you going to do anything about this today?
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Altar Call / Welcome Cards / Communion ?
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Welcome Cards - refer to script
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We're almost ready to close this portion of our service, but first we want to give you a chance to respond to what you've heard.
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Earlier in the service we mentioned the welcome cards and we encouraged you to begin filling them out.
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Right now we want you to complete your welcome card. We especially want you to use this card if:
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if you’re a first time visitor
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if you’ve never filled one out before,
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if you want to tell us about a decision you made today,
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if you want to ask us for more information, or to give us feedback.
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Please be sure to include your up to date contact information unless we already have it.
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MC & Worship Team continue with tithes, offerings, and worship
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Benediction - Numbers 6:24-26
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“‘“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’
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Men's Prayer
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Life Group Material
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Life Group Word Material
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These are sample discussion questions / topics. Your life group leaders may choose to adjust these questions, substitute new ones, or spend the Word section of the meeting in a different way altogether.
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
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Ephesians 1:3-10
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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will — to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment — to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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How does this line up with the way you're used to seeing myself?
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What things in your life reinforce your belief in this scripture?
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What things in your life work against your belief in this scripture?
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Do your brothers and sisters see you lining up with this scripture?
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Romans 12:1-2
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Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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How do you expect to have your mind renewed?
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Hebrews 4:12-13
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For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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How deeply has God's Word penetrated your life?
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What are you doing to let it penetrate deeper?
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Life Group Witnessing Activities
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Key Passage - John 4:21-24
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Activities
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Read Ephesians 1:3-10 five times and write down any questions you have. You get extra credit for reading it in more than one translation.
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Scriptures For 08/15/2010 Life Church Sermon
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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will — to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment — to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
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In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession — to the praise of his glory.
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For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are — yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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