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“Whoever Has Ears, Let Them Hear”
(part 2)
Whoever Has Ears, Let Them Hear (part 2) What happens after a - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Whoever Has Ears, Let Them Hear (part 2) What happens after a resurrection? After COVID-19, the global Church is being offered a kind of spiritual resurrection. Will this resurrection be forward to life as God intends or
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After COVID-19, the global Church is being offered a kind of “spiritual resurrection”.
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Will this resurrection be “forward to life as God intends” or “backward to life as we knew it”?
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SURVIVING THRIVING
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What is our response to God?
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What is our response to God? ECB’s vision moving forward
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God. 1) Jesus is Lord of all. Philippians 2:11; 1 Peter 3:15
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“… and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord.”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all.
2) My heavenly Father knows what I need. Matthew 6:31-32
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“So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’
- r ‘What shall we drink?’
- r ‘What shall we wear?’
For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them .”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all. 2) My heavenly Father knows what I need.
3) Trials, for believers in Jesus, are only ever an invitation to greater Christlikeness. James 1:3-5; Hebrews 12:7
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“… because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
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“Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all. 2) My heavenly Father knows what I need. 3) Trials, for believers in Jesus, are only ever an invitation to greater Christlikeness.
4) I need God’s control of my life more than I know and more than I want. Romans 6:19
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“I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all. 2) My heavenly Father knows what I need. 3) Trials, for believers in Jesus, are only ever an invitation to greater Christlikeness. 4) I need God’s control of my life more than I know and more than I want.
5) Time with Jesus is non-negotiable. Revelation 3:20
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“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all. 2) My heavenly Father knows what I need. 3) Trials, for believers in Jesus, are only ever an invitation to greater Christlikeness. 4) I need God’s control of my life more than I know and more than I want. 5) Time with Jesus is non-negotiable.
6) God’s plan for my life included COVID-19. Psalm 139:16
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“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be .”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all. 2) My heavenly Father knows what I need. 3) Trials, for believers in Jesus, are only ever an invitation to greater Christlikeness. 4) I need God’s control of my life more than I know and more than I want. 5) Time with Jesus is non-negotiable. 6) God’s plan for my life included COVID-19.
7) Other believers are indispensable to my discipleship. Hebrews 3:13
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“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ‘Today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all. 2) My heavenly Father knows what I need. 3) Trials, for believers in Jesus, are only ever an invitation to greater Christlikeness. 4) I need God’s control of my life more than I know and more than I want. 5) Time with Jesus is non-negotiable. 6) God’s plan for my life included COVID-19. 7) Other believers are indispensable to my discipleship.
8) My worship involves identifying and exalting God in every moment of life. Colossians 3:17
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“So whether you eat or drink
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do it all for the glory of God.”
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“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all. 2) My heavenly Father knows what I need. 3) Trials, for believers in Jesus, are only ever an invitation to greater Christlikeness. 4) I need God’s control of my life more than I know and more than I want. 5) Time with Jesus is non-negotiable. 6) God’s plan for my life included COVID-19. 7) Other believers are indispensable to my discipleship. 8) My worship involves identifying and exalting God in every moment of life.
9) My life needs to be rooted in the Word of God. Colossians 3:15-16
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“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
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“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.”
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“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,… Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly.”
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10 Truths which we re-affirm in response to God.
1) Jesus is Lord of all. 2) My heavenly Father knows what I need. 3) Trials, for believers in Jesus, are only ever an invitation to greater Christlikeness. 4) I need God’s control of my life more than I know and more than I want. 5) Time with Jesus is non-negotiable. 6) God’s plan for my life included COVID-19. 7) Other believers are indispensable to my discipleship. 8) My worship involves identifying and exalting God in every moment of life. 9) My life needs to be rooted in the Word of God.
10) Satisfaction and success in life are not measured by what I receive, but by what I give. Matthew 16:25
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“For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.”
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God is calling the Church to respond to Him beyond these lockdown days and to return to Kingdom values.
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SURVIVING THRIVING
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MAINTAINING IMPACTING
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God’s People The Welcome of f J Jesus
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God’s People The Welcome of f J Jesus
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God’s Glory The Supremacy of f J Jesus
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God’s Glory The Supremacy of f J Jesus
In In what areas of f my li life is is God not receiving glo lory?
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God’s Word The Truth of f J Jesus
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God’s Word The Truth of f J Jesus
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God’s World The Heart of f J Jesus
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God’s World The Heart of f J Jesus
Am I I reaching out t as Jesus did?
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MAINTAINING IMPACTING
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