The 500 Year Plan: Church

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The 500 Year PlanChurch

• Mark Hagen
• April 17, 2005

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ChurchThe 500 Year Plan

• God
• Family
• Vocation
• Lost
• Government
• Church

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ChurchThe 500 Year Plan

• Kristy, Carol, Martha

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• Stephanie and Dustin

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• Karry

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• True or False?
• Jesus has been touched by my situation.
• Jesus has gone out of His way to initiate with
  me.
• Jesus has made Himself available to me
• Jesus wants to be with me in person.
• Jesus sacrificed in order to be my friend
• Jesus has befriended me.
• Jesus adopted me into His family.
• Jesus will be happy to meet me in person.
• Jesus will be affectionate towards me when we
  meet.
• I am a loving person.

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• This is how we know what love is Jesus Christ
  laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay
  down our lives for our brothers.
• - 1 John 316

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• Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus,
• To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in
  Philippi, including the overseers and deacons
• Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
  the Lord Jesus Christ.
• I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
• - Philippians 11-3

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• always offering prayer with joy in my every
  prayer for you all,
• in view of your participation in the gospel from
  the first day until now. For I am confident of
  this very thing, that He who began a good work in
  you will perfect it until the day of Christ
  Jesus.
• - Philippians 14-6

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• For it is only right for me to feel this way
  about you all, because I have you in my heart,
  since both in my imprisonment and in the defense
  and confirmation of the gospel, you all are
  partakers of grace with me. For God is my
  witness, how I long for you all with the
  affection of Christ Jesus.
• - Philippians 17-8

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• Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to
  see, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord,
  my beloved.
• - Philippians 41

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• Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is
  honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
  whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute,
  if there is any excellence and if anything worthy
  of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.
• - Philippians 48