The Challenge of His love

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The Challenge of His love

• Ps 1387 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
  You will revive me . And Your right hand will
  save me.

Micah 68 He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you? To act
justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with
your God.
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What was meant to be!

• Genesis 27-9
• the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the
  ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath
  of life, and the man became a living being. Now
  the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in
  Eden and there he put the man he had formed. And
  the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of
  the ground trees that were pleasing to the eye
  and good for food. In the middle of the garden
  were the tree of life and the tree of the
  knowledge of good and evil.

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Intimacy with God

• Psalm 1391-3
• O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You
  know when I sit and when I rise you perceive my
  thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and
  my lying down you are familiar with all my ways.
• Psalm 1397-10
• Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee
  from your presence? If I go up to the heavens,
  you are there if I make my bed in the depths,
  you are there. If I rise on the wings of the
  dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
  even there your hand will guide me, your right
  hand will hold me fast.

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The promise to restore what was meant to be

• John 141-3
• "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in
  God trust also in me. In my Father's house are
  many rooms if it were not so, I would have told
  you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
  come back and take you to be with me that you
  also may be where I am.

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Where do you want to be?

• Colossians 33-4
• For you died, and your life is now hidden with
  Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life,
  appears, then you also will appear with him in
  glory.
• Revelation 213-4
• And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
  "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will
  live with them. They will be his people, and God
  himself will be with them and be their God. He
  will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will
  be no more death or mourning or crying or pain,
  for the old order of things has passed away."

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The invitation is still open

• Revelation 2217
• The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him
  who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let
  him come and whoever wishes, let him take the
  free gift of the water of life.
• Revelation 2220
• He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am
  coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

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Time is getting short!

• Revelation 2212-14
• "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me,
  and I will give to everyone according to what he
  has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First
  and the Last, the Beginning and the End. "Blessed
  are those who wash their robes, that they may
  have the right to the tree of life and may go
  through the gates into the city.

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• Matthew 246-14
• You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but
  see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things
  must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation
  will rise against nation, and kingdom against
  kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in
  various places. All these are the beginning of
  birth-pains. "Then you will be handed over to be
  persecuted and put to death, and you will be
  hated by all nations because of me. At that time
  many will turn away from the faith and will
  betray and hate each other, and many false
  prophets will appear and deceive many people.
  Because of the increase of wickedness, the love
  of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to
  the end will be saved. And this gospel of the
  kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a
  testimony to all nations, and then the end will
  come.

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It is all about relationship

• Matthew 721-23
• "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will
  enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does
  the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will
  say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not
  prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out
  demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will
  tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from
  me, you evildoers!
• Daniel 1132
• but the people that do know their God shall
  be strong, and do exploits. (KJV)

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Is He walking with you?OrAre you walking with
Him?
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• Romans 838-39
• For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
  neither angels nor demons, neither the present
  nor the future, nor any powers, neither height
  nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
  will be able to separate us from the love of God
  that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Romans 834 Who is he that condemns? Christ
Jesus, who died more than that, who was raised to
life is at the right hand of God and is also
interceding for us.
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Romans 832He who did not spare his own Son, but
gave him up for us all how will he not also,
along with him, graciously give us all things?
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• Romans 828
• And we know that in all things God works for the
  good of those who love him, who have been called
  according to his purpose.

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Romans 815 For you did not receive a spirit that
makes you a slave again to fear, but you received
the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba,
Father."