Welcome to Relational Discipleship

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Welcome to Relational Discipleship!
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To help you discover Gods purpose and calling
for your life.
Course Objectives
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To encourage you to pursue the lifelong,
life-changing process of becoming like Jesus.
Course Objectives
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Key Relational Discipleship Principles
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An Experience with Gods Word
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An Experience with Gods People
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An Experience with Gods Son
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Follow-Up Projects
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Introduction The Mystery of Our
Calling
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The disciples came to him and asked, Why
do you speak to the people in parables?
Matthew 1310-11
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He replied, The knowledge of the secrets of the
kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not
to them.
Matthew 1310-11
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Our divine calling as citizens of Gods Kingdom
is to be transformed into His image.
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spiritual formation
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An Overview of Relational Discipleship
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Chapter One
Gods Purpose for Our Life
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Chapter Two
Intra-Trinitarian Love
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Chapter Three
The Process of Spiritual Formation
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Chapter Four Chapter Six
Three Divine Light Sources
Gods Son Gods Word Gods People
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Chapter Seven
The Worthy Walk Transformed Character
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Chapter Eight
A Challenge to Walk in Love
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Lifes Purpose Transformed
Chapter One
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When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look,
God called to him from within the bush.
Exodus 34
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God Reveals ? Gods People Respond
Key Principle
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What Is Your Lifes Purpose
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Proverbs 164 (NLT)

• The Lord has made everything for His own purposes
  . . . .

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Colossians 116 (TM)

• Everything got started in him and finds its
  purpose in him.

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Revelation 411b (NLT)

• For you created everything, and it is for your
  pleasure that they exist and were created.

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Revelation 411b (TM)

• You created it all It was created because you
  wanted it.

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Revelation 411a (NLT)

• You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory
  and honor and power.

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Isaiah 436-7,21 (MOT)

• Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the
  ends of the earth. Bring everyone who is called
  by my name, who I created for my glory.

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Isaiah 436-7,21 (MOT)

• It was I who created them. . . . I have made
  these people for my own purposes. They will
  praise me and show forth my glory.

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Hebrews 210a (NCV)

• God is the one who made all things, and all
  things are for his glory. He wanted to have many
  children share his glory. . . .

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Key Words

• children
• share
• Relationships

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Our Human Problems
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Genesis 218

• It is not good for the man to be alone . . .

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Two Fundamental Crises

• aloneness
• fallenness

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Romans 323 (NASB)

• . . . for all have sinned and fall short of the
  glory of God.

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Gods Divine Solution
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Genesis 218b (MOT)

• . . . I will make one of mans own kind to rescue
  him from his aloneness.

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Colossians 127

• . . . God has chosen to make known among the
  Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery,
  which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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The Transforming Process
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II Corinthians 318

• And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the
  Lord's glory, are being transformed into his
  likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes
  from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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Our Ultimate Glory
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I John 32 (NLT)

• Yes, dear friends, we are already God's children,
  and we can't imagine what we will be like when
  Christ returns.

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I John 32 (NLT)

• But we do know that when he comes we will be like
  him, for we will see him as he really is.

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Pause and Reflect
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Is Your Ladder Leaning Against the Right Wall?
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The Story of the Glory
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The Story of the Glory

• Adam and Eve

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The Story of the Glory

• Enoch
• Noah
• Abraham

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The Story of the Glory

• Moses

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The Story of the Glory

• Cloud and pillar of fire
• Mount Sinai
• Face of Moses
• Tabernacle
• Mercy Seat

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God Initiates the Experience of His Glory
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Pause and Reflect
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Further Manifestations of Gods Glory
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Responding to Gods Initiative
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An Experience with Gods Son
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II Corinthians 521

• God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so
  that in him we might become the righteousness of
  God.

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Gods People Reject His Glory
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The Story of the Glory

• The Ark of the Covenant

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The Story of the Glory

• Eli
• Ichabod
• the glory has departed

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The Story of the Glory

• The Dedication of the Temple
• 2 Chronicles 512-14 71-3

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The Story of the Glory

• Ezekiels Vision
• Ezekiel 1018 1123

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The Story of the Glory

• 400 Years of Absence

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The Story of the Glory

• Zachariah
• Luke 19-12

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Isaiah 641 (NIV)

• O that you would rend the heavens and come down,
  that the mountains would tremble before you.

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The Story of the Glory

• The Birth of Jesus
• Luke 2
• the glory had returned

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The Story of the Glory

• The Incarnation
• the glory of God
• intimate, loving relationship

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John 114 (TM)

• The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into
  the neighborhood.

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John 114 (TM)

• We saw the glory with our own eyes, the
  one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son. . . .
  .

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John 17 (NLT)

• Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son so he
  can give glory back to you. . . .

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John 17 (NLT)

• I brought glory to you here on earth by doing
  everything you told me to do.

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John 17 (NLT)

• And now Father, bring me into the glory we shared
  before the world began. . . .

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John 17 (NLT)

• My prayer is not for the world, but for those you
  have given me, because they belong to you. . . .

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John 17 (NLT)

• I have given them the glory you gave me, so that
  they may be one, as we are I in them and you in
  me, all being perfected into one.

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John 17 (NLT)

• Then the world will know that you sent me and
  will understand that you love them as much as you
  love me.

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John 17 (NLT)

• Father I want these whom youve given me to be
  with me, so they can see my glory.

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John 17 (NLT)

• You gave me the glory because you loved me even
  before the world began.

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Glory
Relationships
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John 11 (KJV)

• In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
  with God, and the Word was God.

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Matthew 2746 (KJV)

• And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
  voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?

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Matthew 2746 (KJV)

• that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou
  forsaken me?

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Matthew 2751 (KJV)

• And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in
  twain from the top to the bottom. . . .

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The Holy Spirit
Day of Pentecost
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Colossians 127

• . . . God has chosen to make known among the
  Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery,
  which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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• It is Gods plan to reveal the richness of His
  glory which was once hidden from non-believers
  and to reveal it in this way

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• Since Christ is in you, God is hoping for you to
  express His glory to others. He is hoping you
  will reveal His presence to the world.

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• In fact, the only hope He now has of His glory
  being revealed is that you and I will reveal it.

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• How do you respond to Gods hope that you will
  share His glory with others?

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Rational/Behavioral Response

• How can I do it?
• When should I do it?
• What method should I use?
• Whom should I share it with?
• What keeps me from it?

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Relational Response

• Who is hurting?
• Who is fallen?
• Who is burdened?
• Who is discouraged?
• Who is struggling?

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I Peter 410 (MOT)

• Each of you should use whatever gifts you have
  received to serve others, faithfully
  administering the multi-faceted grace of God.

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I Peter 410
Grace
Hope
Comfort
Healing
Encouragement
Forgiveness
Acceptance
Mercy

• The Multi-Faceted Grace of God

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Thinking inside the box
Preaching
Teaching
Counseling
Mentoring
Admonishing
Witnessing
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Thinking outside the box
Accepting
Healing
Showing mercy
Comforting
Forgiving
Encouraging
Giving grace
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• God is hoping each day for you to express His
• presence to others

comforting
accepting
healing
forgiving
encouraging
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Lifes Purpose Expressing the Presence of God
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Pause and Reflect
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How Can We Fulfill This Purpose ?
The Wonder of His Grace
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I Corinthians 1031

• Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do
  it all for the glory of God.

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• How are we to consistently live in a way that
  allows His glory to shine forth?

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By Gods Grace We Were Chosen to Bear His Glory
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Gratefulness for Grace Empowers Us to
Live as Glory-Bearers
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Results of Fulfilling Our Calling
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• What results might we expect?

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The Glory of Gods Grace Will Be Praised
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Ephesians 15,6 NASB

• He predestined us to adoption as sons through
  Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind
  intention of His will,

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Ephesians 15,6 NASB

• to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He
  freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

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An Experience with Gods Word
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The Glory of Gods Kingdom Will Be Expanded
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We Find Lifes Purpose by Fulfilling Christs
Great Commission
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An Experience with Gods People
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Pause to Pray
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The Secret of Spiritual Transformation
Chapter Two
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I have become the churchs servant by the
commission God gave me to present to you the word
of God in its fullness
Colossians 125-27
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the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages
and generations, but is now disclosed to the
saints.
Colossians 125-27
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To them God has chosen to make known among the
Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery,
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 125-27
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musterion That which can only be known by
revelation
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Gods Plan for Relating with Humanity
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Gods Initiative to Create
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Elohim
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The Lord God formed man from the dust of the
ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 27
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God . . . breathed . . . and man became . . .
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Gods Initiative to Redeem
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Once you were dead, doomed forever because of
your many sins. You used to live just like the
rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan.
Ephesians 21,2 NLT
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. . . sin entered the world through one man
(Adam), and death through sin. . . .
Romans 512
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. . . the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
I Corinthians 1545 NASB
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Gods Initiative to Reveal
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An Experience with Gods People
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The Lord . . . takes the upright into his
confidence.
Proverbs 332
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And let us consider how we may spur one another
on toward love and good deeds.
Hebrews 1024
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The Wonder of Intra-Trinitarian Love
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Christs Final Prayer
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Christs Final Prayer Reveals His Desire for Us
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The Answer to Christs Prayer
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The Fathers Love and the Sons Love
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The Father Loves the Son by Revealing
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For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he
does.
John 520
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Who for the joy set before Him endured the cross,
scorning its shame.
Hebrews 122
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Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me.
Luke 2242
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. . . yet not my will, but yours be done.
Luke 2242
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When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will
guide you into all truth. . . He will bring glory
to me by taking from what is mine and making it
known to you.
John 1613,14
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The Son Loves the Father by Yielding
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I love the Father and. . . I do exactly what my
Father has commanded me.
John 1431
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If you obey my commands, you will remain in my
love, just as I have obeyed my Fathers commands
and remain in his love.
John 1510
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I can do nothing on my own initiative. . . . I do
not seek My own will, but the will of Him who
sent me.
John 530 NASB
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The Son can do nothing by himself he can do only
what he sees his Father doing, because whatever
the Father does the Son also does.
John 519
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I. . . speak just what the Father has taught me.
John 828
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My food. . . is to do the will of him who sent me
and to finish his work.
John 434
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Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.
John 149
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Both the Fathers Revealing Love and the Sons
Yielding Love Are Dwelling in You
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An Experience with Gods Son
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He always lives to intercede for them.
Hebrews 725
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Responding to Gods In-Dwelling Love The
Secret of Spiritual Transformation
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Spiritual Transformation Requires Receiving What
God Reveals
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He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I
too will love him and show myself to him.
John 1421
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The Light of Gods Son
I am the light of the world.
John 812
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The Light of Gods Word
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my
path.
Psalm 119105
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The Light of Gods People
You are the light of the world.
Matthew 514
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Spiritual Transformation Requires Yielding to
What God Reveals
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Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the
one who loves me.
John 1421
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I have brought you glory on earth by completing
the work you gave me to do.
John 174
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Spiritual Transformation Requires Yielding Before
Receiving
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. . .must suffer many things and be rejected by
the elders, chief priests and teachers of the
law, and that he must be killed and after three
days rise again.
Mark 831
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An Experience with Gods Word
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Transformed Priorities
Chapter Three
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Meanwhile his disciples urged him, Rabbi, eat
something. But He said to them, I have food to
eat that you know nothing about.
John 431,32
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My food. . . is to do the will of him who sent me
and to finish his work.
John 434
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Hunger to Hear and Yield
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But what about you? he asked. Who do you say I
am? Simon Peter answered, You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.
Matthew 1615-18
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Jesus replied, Blessed are you, Simon son of
Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man,
but by my Father in heaven. . . .
Matthew 1615-18
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On this rock I will build my church.
Matthew 1615-18
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Hunger to Yield to What God Reveals
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Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will
be saved.
Romans 1013
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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness, for they will be filled.
Matthew 56
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An Experience with Gods People
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So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as
Lord, continue to live in him.
Colossians 26
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Longing to Hear
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Very early in the morning, while it was still
dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off
to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Mark 135
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I can do nothing on my own initiative.
John 530
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Simon and his companions went to look for him,
and when they found him, they exclaimed
Everyone is looking for you.
Mark 136,37
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The Pursuit of Hearing Him
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Bible Study
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Worship
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Fellowship
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Solitude
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Overcoming Spiritual Deafness Putting
Away Anything That Hinders Hearing
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In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the
Lord. . . .
Isaiah 61
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Woe to me, I cried. I am ruined! For I am a
man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of
unclean lips.
Isaiah 65
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See, this has touched your lips your guilt is
taken away and your sin atoned for.
Isaiah 67
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Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?
Isaiah then yielded, saying, Here am I. Send me.
Isaiah 68
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Cleansing always precedes clarity concerning
Gods voice and will.
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Sin
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. . . get rid of all moral filth and the evil
that is so prevalent.
James 121
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. . . all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
and slander of every kind.
I Peter 21
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Unresolved Emotions
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Guilt is to be confessed to God and those weve
hurt.
I John 19 James 516
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Anger and bitterness are to be put away.
Ephesians 431,32
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Condemnation is to be replaced by gratitude.
Romans 81
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Fear is to be removed by the perfecting love of
God.
I John 418
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Childish Things
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When I was a child, I talked like a child, I
thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man, I put childish ways behind
me.
I Corinthians 1311
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Self-Initiative or
Confidence in the Flesh
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and
that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 36 NASB
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For You I wait all the day.
Psalm 255 NASB
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For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways.
Isaiah 558
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An Experience with Gods Word
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Search me, O God, and know my heart test me and
know my anxious thoughts.
Psalm 139 23,24
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See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead
me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139 23,24
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The Privilege of Responding
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Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your
hearts.
Hebrews 37,8,1547
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Along with Gods revelation comes the challenge
to respond.
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These people come near to me with their mouth and
honor me with their lips, but their hearts are
far from me.
Isaiah 2913
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More Than Obedience A Testimony
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Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,. . . who for the
joy set before him endured the cross.
Hebrews 122
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Obedience Redefined
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Jesus, . . . for the joy set before him endured
the cross, scorning its shame.
Hebrews 122
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. . . that they may have the full measure of my
joy within them.
John 1713
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How to Cultivate Obedience Motivated by the Joy
of Pleasing God
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An Experience with Gods Son
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If we ask anything according to his will, he
hears us. And if we know that he hears us
whatever we ask we know that we have what we
ask of him.
I John 514-15
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In your light we see light.
Hebrews 122
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Transformed by Experiencing Scripture
Chapter Four
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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my
path.
Psalm 119105
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Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness
overtake you.
John 1235 RSV
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An Experience with Gods People
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I will delight in your principles and not forget
your word.
Psalm 11916 NLT
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Nourished by the Light of the Word
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Like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the
word, so that by it you may grow.
1 Peter 22 NASB
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Man shall not live on bread alone but on every
word that comes from the mouth of God.
Matthew 44
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Five Ways to Encounter God in His Word
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Faith comes from hearing the message. Romans
1017
As we hear the Word
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Blessed is the one who reads the words of this
prophecy. Revelation 13
As we read the Word
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. . .a workman who. . . correctly handles the
word of truth. . . II Timothy 215
As we study the Word
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I have hidden your word in my heart that I might
not sin against you. Psalm 11911
As we memorize the Word
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Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your
mouth meditate on it day and night, so that you
may be careful to do everything written in it.
Joshua 18
As we meditate on the Word
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Pause and Reflect
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The Light of Scripture for Doctrine and Behavior
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All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness.
II Timothy 316
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To teach To rebuke To correct To train
Four Important Functions of Scripture
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Teaching Right Doctrine The
Rational Purpose of Scripture
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To teach us what we should believe
The Rational Purpose of Scripture
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Universalism claims there are many Gods.
The Darkness of Human Philosophy
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Salvation is found in no one else, for there is
no other name under heaven given to men by which
we must be saved. Acts 42
The Light of Scripture
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Humanism places man at the center of all things.
The Darkness of Human Philosophy
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In the beginning God. . . . . Genesis 11
The Light of Scripture
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Materialism says our worth is found in our
possessions.
The Darkness of Human Philosophy
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What good is it for a man to gain the whole
world, yet forfeit his soul? Mark 836
The Light of Scripture
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Pause and Reflect
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Rebuking and Correcting The
Behavioral Purpose of Scripture
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To reveal to us how we should live
The Behavioral Purpose of Scripture
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To rebuke (confront what is wrong)
The Behavioral Purpose of Scripture
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To correct (define what is right and equip us to
do it)
The Behavioral Purpose of Scripture
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The acts of the sinful nature are obvious sexual
immorality, impurity and debauchery idolatry and
witchcraft hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of
rage,
Galatians 519-21
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selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy
drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as
I did before, that those who live like this will
not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 519-21
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things
there is no law.
Galatians 522,23
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Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth.
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Ephesians 429
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. . .but only such a word as is good for
edification according to the need of the moment,
so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 429
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Pause and Reflect
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An Experience with Gods Word
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I am overwhelmed continually with a desire for
your laws.
Psalm 11920 NLT
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I have hidden your word in my heart.
Psalm 11911 NLT
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I have recited aloud all the laws you have given
us.
Psalm 11913 NLT
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I have rejoiced in your decrees as much as in
riches.
Psalm 11914 NLT
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I will study your commandments and reflect on
your ways.
Psalm 11915 NLT
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I will delight in your principles and not forget
your word.
Psalm 11916 NLT
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I need the guidance of your commands.
Psalm 11919 NLT
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I am overwhelmed continually with a desire for
your laws.
Psalm 11920 NLT
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The Light of Scripture for Loving Relationships
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Training in Righteousness The
Relational Purpose of Scripture
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Scripture Coming Alive with Love Toward Others
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Pause and Reflect
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Scripture Coming Alive with Love Toward You
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Pause and Reflect
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For everything that was written in the past was
written to teach us, so that through endurance
and the encouragement of Scripture we might have
hope.
Romans 154
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Scripture Coming Alive with Love Toward the One
Who Wrote It
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An Experience with Gods Son
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Who will bring any charge against those whom God
has chosen? It is God who justifies.
Romans 833,34
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Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died
more that that, who was raised to life is at
the right hand of God and is also interceding for
us.
Romans 833,34
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An Experience with Gods Son
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Transformed by Encountering Jesus
Chapter Five
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Walking in the Light of the Son Brings
Transformation
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It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
Galatians 51
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. . . we all beholding the glory of the Lord, are
being transformed into the same image from glory
to glory.
II Corinthians318 NASB
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Pause and Reflect
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Transforming Encounters With Jesus
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. . .predestined to be conformed to the likeness
of His Son. . .
Romans 829
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Pause and Reflect
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The Insufficiency of Rational Knowledge for
Transformation
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You diligently study the Scriptures because you
think that by them you possess eternal life.
John 539,40
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These are the Scriptures that testify about me,
yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
John 539,40
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You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,
nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not
believe the one he sent.
John 537,38
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You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the
demons believe that and shudder.
James 219
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How to be Transformed by Encountering Jesus
Lessons from the Lepers
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Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along
the border between Samaria and Galilee.
Luke 1711-13
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As he was going into a village, ten men who had
leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and
called out in a loud voice, Jesus, Master, have
pity on us.
Luke 1711-13
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When he saw them, he said, Go, show yourselves
to the priests. And as they went, they were
cleansed.
Luke 1714
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One of them, when he saw he was healed, came
back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw
himself at Jesus feet and thanked him and he
was a Samaritan.
Luke 1715,16
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Four Lessons from the Lepers
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Consider Jesus . . .fix your thoughts on Jesus.
Hebrews 31
Lesson 1
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Pause and Reflect
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Jesus asked, Were not all ten cleansed? Where
are the other nine?
Luke 1717
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Pause and Reflect
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Respond Relationally to Jesus Why have the other
nine not returned?
Lesson 2
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Was no one found to return and give praise to God
except this foreigner?
Luke 1718
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An Experience with Gods Son
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He was despised and rejected by men, a man of
sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Isaiah 533
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You Are Transformed . . .becoming like him. . .
Hebrews 31
Lesson 3
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Pause to Pray
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Jesus is Blessed He threw himself at Jesus feet
and thanked him. Luke 1715,16
Lesson 4
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An Experience with Gods People
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For from him and through him and to him are all
things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Romans 1136
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An Experience with Gods People
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Believing, Obeying, and Relating
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We will in all things grow up into him who is the
Head, that is, Christ.
Ephesians 415
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Believing and Obeying Necessary but Not
Sufficient
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What Else Is Needed Transforming Relational
Encounters With Jesus
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Following Jesus is fundamentally about developing
an intimate relationship with Him.
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A Lifestyle of Longing to Relate to Jesus
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Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not
be taken away from her.
Luke 1042
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As the deer pants for streams of water, so my
soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for
God, for the living God. When can I go and meet
with God?
Psalm 421,2
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. . . so my soul pants for you.
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The Motivation to Pursue Jesus
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We pursue God because, and only because, He put
an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit.
A. W. Tozer
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Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
Genesis 1817
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An Experience with Gods Word
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I no longer call you servants, because a servant
does not know his masters business.
John 1515
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Instead, I have called you friends, for
everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you.
John 1515
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An Experience with Gods Word
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Transformed by Experiencing Fellowship
Chapter Six
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The Mystery of Real Fellowship
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And my God will meet all your needs according to
His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 419
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If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has
not yet known as he ought to know.
I Corinthians 82 NASB
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And my God will meet all your needs according to
His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 419
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I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be
enlightened.
Ephesians 118
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. . .in order that you may know. . . the riches
of His glorious inheritance in the
saints.
Ephesians 118
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. . .in order that you may know. . . the riches
of His glorious inheritance in the
saints.
Ephesians 118
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The Transforming Power of Fellowship
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Let us not give up meeting together. . . .
Hebrews 1025
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Receiving the Light of God Through Others
Transforms Us
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Freely you have received. . . .
Matthew 108
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An Experience with Gods People
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Each one of you should use whatever gift he has
received to serve others, faithfully
administering Gods grace in its various forms.
I Peter 410
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And let us consider how we may spur one another
on toward love and good deeds.
Hebrews 1024
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Giving the Light of God to Others Transforms Us
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. . .freely give.
Matthew 108
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An Experience with Gods Word
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Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus,
came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet and
pleaded earnestly with him,
Mark 522-32
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My little daughter is dying. Please come and put
your hands on her so that she will be healed and
live. So Jesus went with him.
Mark 522-32
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A large crowd followed and pressed around him.
And a woman was there who had been subject to
bleeding for twelve years.
Mark 522-32
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She had suffered a great deal under the care of
many doctors and had spent all she had, yet
instead of getting better she grew worse.
Mark 522-32
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When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind
him in the crowd and touched his cloak. . . .
Immediately her bleeding stopped. . . .
Mark 522-32
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At once Jesus realized that power had gone out
from him. He turned around in the crowd and
asked, Who touched my clothes?.
Mark 522-32
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You see the people crowding against you, his
disciples answered, and yet you can ask, Who
touched me? But Jesus kept looking around to see
who had done it.
Mark 522-32
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An Experience with Gods Word
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The Rest of the Story
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Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her,
came and fell at his feet and, trembling with
fear, told him the whole truth.
Mark 533-36,41
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He said to her, Daughter, your faith has healed
you. Go in peace and be freed from your
suffering.
Mark 533-36,41
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While Jesus was still speaking, some men came
from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler.
Your daughter is dead, they said, Why bother
the teacher any more?
Mark 533-36,41
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Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue
ruler, Dont be afraid just believe. . . .
Little girl, I say to you,
get up.
Mark 533-36,41
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What This Fellowship Looks Like
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Transformation Blessings of True Fellowship
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The Blessing of Seeing Christ as He Really Is
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No one has ever seen God. But if we love each
other, God lives in us, and His love has been
brought to full expression through us.
I John 412 NLT
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The Blessing of Experiencing Our True Identity
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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 58
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The Blessing of Loving Those Nearest Us
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Let us run with endurance the race that is set
before us.
Hebrews 121 NASB
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Pause and Reflect
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The Blessing of Partnering Together in the
Great Commission
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I will make you fishers of men
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The Blessing of Being Loved Through Reproof and
Correction
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Neither do I condemn you
Go now and leave your life of sin.
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An Experience with Gods Son
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Everyone who is fully trained will be like his
teacher.
Luke 640
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An Experience with Gods Son
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Transformed Character
Chapter Seven
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Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore
you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling
with which you have been called.
Ephesians 41 NASB
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Fresh encounters with Christ
Spending time in the Word
Fellowship with Gods people
Training Ourselves to Hear and Yield
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I chip away everything that doesnt look like an
angel.
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An Experience with Gods People
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I will give you thanks in the great assembly
among throngs of people I will praise you.
Psalm 3518
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An Experience with Gods People
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Transformed Character Restores God Plan
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So it is written The first man Adam became a
living being the last man Adam, a life giving
spirit. . .
I Corinthians 1545,49
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And just as we have borne the likeness of the
earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the
man from heaven.
I Corinthians 1545,49
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Gods Original Plan for Humankind
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Then God said, Let us make man in our image, in
our likeness, and let them rule. . . .
Genesis 126,27
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So God created man in his own image, in the image
of God he created him male and female he created
them.
Genesis 126,27
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Man Originally Expressed Humble Dependence
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Man Originally Exercised Expectant Faith
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Man Originally Exhibited Grateful Contentment
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Gods Desire to Restore What His People Lost in
the Fall
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And just as we have borne the likeness of the
earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the
man from heaven.
I Corinthians 1549
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Therefore, . . . sin entered the world through
one man, and death through sin, and in this way
death came to all men, because all sinned.
Romans 512
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Humility Restored
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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was
good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also
desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and
ate it.
Genesis 36
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Humility Is Expressed Through Dependence
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I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by
himself.
John 519
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By myself I can do nothing.
John 530
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Pause and Reflect
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We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon
you.
II Chronicles 2012
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Humility Is Displayed Through Vulnerability
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Humility Is Expressed Through Approachability
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An Experience with Gods Word
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Your attitude should be the same as that of
Christ Jesus.
Philippians 25
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Faith Restored
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The life I live in the body, I live by faith in
the Son of God.
Galatians 220
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You will not surely die, the serpent said to
the woman.
Genesis 34
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Faith in the Old Testament
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Faith in the New Testament
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Faith Among Gods Children Today
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Characteristics of Genuine Faith
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Faith Is Expectant
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Faith Is Unshakeable
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Faith Is Sacrificial
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Pause and Reflect
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Gratitude Restored
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For Christs love compels us.
II Corinthians 514
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You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil, when you eat of it you will
surely die.
Genesis 217
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Did God really say, You must not eat from any
tree in the garden? Eve replied, We may eat
fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did
say,
Genesis 31-3
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You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in
the middle of the garden, and you must not touch
it, or you will die.
Genesis 31-3
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Satan immediately retorted, You will not surely
die. . . When you eat of it your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like God.
Genesis 31-3
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The Transforming Power of Gratitude
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An Experience with Gods Son
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Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that
cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so
worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
Hebrews 1228
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Transformed Relationships
Chapter Eight
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Though you have not seen him, you love him and
even though you do not see him now, you believe
in him and are filled with an inexpressible and
glorious joy.
I Peter 18
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The most important one, Jesus answered, is
this Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord
is one. Love the Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your mind, and with all your
strength.
Mark 1229-31
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The second is this Love your neighbor as
yourself. There is no commandment greater than
these.
Mark 1229-31
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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
to obey everything I have commanded you.
Matthew 2819,20
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Our Destiny Living Out the Great
Commandment and the Great
Commission
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Is Transformation Optional?
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Why Our Christlikeness Is So Important to God
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Becoming Christlike blesses me as it frees me to
experience the abundant life He has promised.
Three Blessings of Christlikeness
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Becoming Christlike blesses others as they
experience the living letter of my life and
receive Gods love.
Three Blessings of Christlikeness
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Becoming Christlike blesses God, bringing Him
pleasure as I fulfill the purpose for which I
have been created.
Three Blessings of Christlikeness
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An Experience with Gods Word
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He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors
me.
Psalm 5023 NASB
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Its All About Loving Relationships!
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We love because he first loved us.
I John 419
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Gods calling on our lives is not primarily
related to what we believe or how we behave,
but to how we love.
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The Dangers of Failing to Pursue Loving
Relationships
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Loving the Lord Our God
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Loving Jesus Requires That We Know Him
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He Is God
A new command I give you Love one another. As I
have loved you, so you must love one another.
John 1334
Key Aspects of Jesus Nature
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He Is Here
And surely I am with you always, to the very end
of the age. Matthew 2820
Never will I leave you never will I
forsake you.
Hebrews 135
Key Aspects of Jesus Nature
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He Has All Power and Authority
All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. Matthew 2818
Key Aspects of Jesus Nature
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The Apostle Pauls Passion to Know Jesus
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I consider everything a loss compared to the
surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord.
Philippians 38,10
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I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
sufferings.
Philippians 38,10
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I Want to Know Christ
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Listening for His voice
Praising His works
Emulating His dependence
Focusing on His compassion
Knowing Christ Intimately
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The Power of His Resurrection
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. . . 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.
Ephesians 118-20
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We can live in union with Him
We can live for Him
We can live as His representatives
We can live to glorify Him
The Power of Jesus Resurrection
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The Fellowship of Sharing in His Sufferings
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He understands our struggles and trials
He identifies with our loneliness and distress
He comprehends our pain
The Depth of Jesus Sufferings
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An Experience with Gods People
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If we ask anything according to his will, he
hears us. And if we know that he hears us
whatever we ask we know that we have what we
asked of him.
I John 514,15
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Loving Ourselves
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Loving Ourselves Requires Embracing Our True
Identity as the Beloved of God
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As I have loved you, so you must love one
another.
John 1334
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The Challenge of Embracing Our True Identity
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We are Gods beloved we have been impressed
indelibly on His heart.
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Experiencing Being Gods Beloved The
Startling Love of Jesus
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Loving Others
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He poured water into a basin and began to wash
his disciples feet.
John 135
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A Message to Empower Todays Church
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They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching
and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread
and to prayer.
Acts 242-47
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Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders
and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.
Acts 242-47
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All the believers were together and had
everything in common. Selling their possessions
and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.
Acts 242-47
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Every day they continued to meet together in the
temple courts. They broke bread in their homes
and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
Acts 242-47
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praising God and enjoying the favor of all the
people. And the Lord added to their number daily
those who were being saved.
Acts 242-47
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Love your neighbor as yourself. . . . Love is the
fulfillment of the law.
Romans 139,10
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Keep on loving each other as brothers.
Hebrews 131
The Importance of Love
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You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do
not use your freedom to indulge the sinful
nature rather serve one another in love.
Galatians 513
The Importance of Love
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And now these three remain faith, hope, and
love. But the greatest of these is love.
Galatians 513
The Importance of Love
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You have forsaken your first love.
Revelations 24
The Importance of Love
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You Will Be My Witnesses in Jerusalem and in
Judea and Samaria and to the Ends of the Earth
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We Are Here to Be Witnesses of His Life to Those
Nearest Us
Our Jerusalem
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We Are Here to Be Witnesses of His Life and Love
to Those of the Household of Faith
Our Judea
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We Are Here to Be Witnesses of His Life and Love
to Those We Encounter in Our Daily Lives
Our Samaria
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We Are Here to Extend His Life and Love to the
Uttermost Parts of the World
Go and make disciples of all nations
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An Experience with Gods Son
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Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Matthew 1128
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An Experience with Gods People
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Bible Study
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An Experience with Gods Son
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An Experience with Gods Word
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Pause and Reflect
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Pause to Pray
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