tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16648835357990710962024-03-12T23:06:57.363-07:00LifeNotesBishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr. Ph.D., D.Min.
Senior Pastor - New Life Church
www.nlicic.org - Website
618.632.6542 - Phone
LifeChanger Devotions & LifeNotesLifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.comBlogger702125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-45492193848238640092022-05-29T07:40:00.001-07:002022-05-29T07:40:04.080-07:00Virtual Family Sunday Questions <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">What ways can we create community as a family?</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How has our viewership/church attendance enhanced or diminished our family covenant?</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What ways have we included unbelievers in our family covenant to show them the power of Christ love for them? </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Share your replies in the chat or on social media and tag Bishop in your post with you watching with the family #VirtualNewLifeFamSunday </div>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-42741736307877281002022-04-09T05:28:00.003-07:002022-04-09T05:28:33.288-07:00PARTNERSHIP FORUM NOTETAKER<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Partnership Forum – April 9, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Power of an Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">John 4:27-30 27 Just then his disciples returned and were
surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you
want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the
town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever
did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their
way toward him.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">She was
first invited by __________ to drink and __________ __________ __________ .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>vs. 14 but whoever drinks the water I give
them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a
spring of water welling up to eternal life.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></i>After one sip of Jesus she could not keep the drink to herself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">She __________
her life. <i>Vs. 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the
town and said to the people,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>She became
a LifeChanger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">She used
her newfound __________ and __________ the whole city. <i>Vs. 29 “Come, see a
man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">She __________
what they __________ about her. <i>Vs. 29…told me everything I ever did.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The power
of her invitation had an __________ <i>Vs. 30 They came out of the town and
made their way toward him.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Life Application:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Break
into groups 15 min<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Who
have you invited? (get a total number in your room)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When was
the last time you invited? (all answer)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Have you
invited people into a relationship with you first? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why/how? (anyone in the room that has done
this, discuss their why/how – 2 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What can
New Life/you do to use the power of invitation this week, this year? (brainstorm
things and record them)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b>Location<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Neighborhoods
covering in order</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Belleville</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Subdivision off of Old
Collinsville Rd – Fox Creek @ Columbia Ave; Subdivisions close by Whiteside; Subdivision
across from SWIC (across Greenmount) w/ duplexes and houses</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Fairview/Swansea</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Savannah Hills Subdivision</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">And the subdivision across from
Savannah Hills including townhomes; The Fountains; Ashland Meadows (off of
Old Collinsville Rd by bowling alley)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Or subdivision of your choice in
Swansea</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">O’Fallon</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Southview Gardens; And
apartments behind southview; And houses around the ofallon park; new subdivisions
across from Sports park; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prairie
Crossing</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Arbor
Green/Huntington Chase Homes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Brookside
estates houses and the apartments</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Shiloh</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Richland Prairie; 3 subdivisions
on Greenmount closest to WC to the right; </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Greenmount Apartments next to
moto mart and dobbs intersection</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Ashford Farms (off of
greenmount)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Lebanon/Troy</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Keck Subdivision next
to the church; Turtle Creek; Braiswood Estates subdivision</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">YOUR CITY</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">YOUR SUBDIVISION!!!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">Rules of
Canvassing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">Do not put anything in the postal mailboxes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">Have to be 2x2 at all times; No confrontation with
anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they don’t’ want it keep
moving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">If “no solicitation” is posted anywhere do not approach
house<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">Do not go into anyone’s home; If people in the
yard/porch – put it in their hand; All conversation brief<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">For ease of coverage, park your car at a spot in the
neighborhood – go up one side with door hangers, cross the street walk back
down the other side of the street and then move the car to the next large
section and repeat. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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from where you are to CONNECT to our Community of LifeChangers, to GROW in
order to change YOUR life, and to GO change the lives of others!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It’s an enhanced
streaming experience!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-9803280715670957142022-02-12T10:24:00.001-08:002022-02-12T10:24:02.602-08:00Mens Zoom<p> </p><p align="center" class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Eight Steps to
Becoming An Intentional Man</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Be generous with your time and talent
and treasure</span><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Give
and it will be given to you – Luke: 6:38 <i>38 give and it will begiven to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A good measure, pressed down,
shaken together and running over, will be poured into you lap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For with the measure you use, it will be
measured to you</i></span><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">God is not mocked – Galatians 6:7 <i>7
Be not deceived; God cannot be mocked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
man reaps what he sows</i></span><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Never miss an opportunity to improve
yourself –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1 Corinthians 11:28 <i>11 Everyone
ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup</i></span><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Pursue relationships that will make you better,
iron sharpens iron <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i><u><o:p></o:p></u></i></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Proverbs 27:17 <i>17 As iron sharpens iron, so
one person sharpens another<u><o:p></o:p></u></i></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Study the word like our life depended on
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Study to show thyself approved <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2 Timothy 2:15 <i>15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not
need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth</i><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Encourage other men and tell your story<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Act 15:12 <i>12 The whole assembly became silent
as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God
had done among the Gentiles through them<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">John 1:45 <i>45 Philip found Nathaniel and told
him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the
prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Be willing to serve at any level to be great at
all levels<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">John 13:6-9 <i>6 He came to Simon Peter, who
said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7Jesus replied, “Your do
not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 “No,” said
Peter, “you shall not wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you
have no part of me.” 9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but
my hands and my head as well.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Lead follow or get out of the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Genesis 2:22 <i>22
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he
brought her to the man.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Genesis 3:9 <i>9
But the Lord called to the man, “Where are you?”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Ephesians 5:33<i>
33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and
the wife must respect her husband</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Know who you are and whose you are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Fearfully and
wonderfully made <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Psalms 139:14 <i>14 I praise you because I am
fearfully a nd wonderfully made; your works are wonderful well.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Genesis 2:7, 20 <i>7 Then the Lord God formed a
man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life, and the man became a living being. 20 So the man gave names to all the
livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam, no
suitable helper was found.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Live, move and
have your being<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">Acts 17:28 <i>28 ‘For in him we live and move
and have our being.’ As some of your won poets have said, ‘We are his
offspring.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-75284839354323525382022-02-12T06:32:00.002-08:002022-02-12T06:32:33.856-08:00Partnership Forum Notetaker <p> </p><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-overlap: never; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: .05pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoTitle"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">Change Your
Thoughts</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Deck" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">Why evaluating your
thoughts is crucial to healthy leadership</p>
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<p class="intro2" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">How often do you consider the impact of your thoughts? Thoughts
are powerful. Your perception of truth is what is true in your life. Our
thoughts become our reality. Satan understands this human tendency and he seeks
to exploit it by replaying negative and untrue thoughts in our minds over and
over. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">"You're not good enough."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">"You're a failure."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">"No one really cares about you."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">"You can't do it."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">"God is ashamed of you."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">"People will never trust you."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">"You're stupid."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">When we hear things like this in our heads enough, we start to
believe them; we adopt them as our reality. Even though these statements are
complete lies, we believe them as if they were true.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Romans
12:1 (NLT) says<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><em><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">"Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let
God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you
will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and
perfect."</span></em><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Notice,
changed thinking comes first. Once the way we think is changed, we'll be able
to know God's will for our lives. So focus on these bits of God's truth and
allow him to change your thinking:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">You're not __________.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">There will always
be people who __________.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">get it.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Sheep bites won't __________.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">you.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">God __________.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">in you.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">There are people in
your church who __________.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">and __________.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">you.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .5in;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">It's __________.</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">it!</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="tab-stops: .5in;">Discuss<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="discuss2" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->When
are you most likely to experience negative thoughts? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="discuss2" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->How
does belonging help in dispelling negative thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="discuss2" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->How
do you normally handle negative or unhelpful thoughts? How might you handle
them in a more helpful or healthy way?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="discuss2" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Who
in your life helps you have a realistic view of things? Who in your life might
help you keep your negative thoughts in check?<o:p></o:p></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-65286692708484360092022-01-26T13:02:00.002-08:002022-01-26T13:02:33.175-08:00New England UHC Sermon Notes<p> Sermon Notes:</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pericope:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <i>Numbers
13:30-33 - 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “<u>We
should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”</u><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">31 But
the men who had gone up with him said, <u>“We can’t attack those people; they
are stronger than we are</u>.” 32 And <u>they spread among the Israelites a bad
report about the land they had</u> explored. They said, “The land we explored
devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33
We saw the Nephilim there (<u>the descendants of Anak come</u> from the <u>Nephilim</u>).
<u>We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes</u>, and we looked the same to
them.”; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Ps.
78:4 - We will not hide them from their descendants; <u>we will tell the next
generation</u> the <u>praiseworthy deeds of the Lord</u>, his <u>power</u>, and
the <u>wonders he has done</u>.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon
Text:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <i>Ps. 78:4 - We will not hide them from their
descendants; <u>we will tell the next generation</u> the <u>praiseworthy deeds
of the Lord</u>, his <u>power</u>, and the <u>wonders he has done</u>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon
Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <u>What’s Next</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Matthew
28:19 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,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Acts
2:42 – 47 - 42 They devoted themselves to the <u>apostles’ teaching</u> and <u>to
fellowship</u>, <u>to the breaking of bread</u> and <u>to prayer</u>. 43
Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the
apostles. 44 All <u>the believers were together</u> and had everything in
common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.
46 Every day they continued to <u>meet together in the temple</u> courts. They
broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 <u>praising</u>
God and enjoying the favor of all the people. <u>And the Lord added to their
number</u> daily those who were being saved.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Matt
16:18 - And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my
church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 1:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Warfare
<u>strategy</u> <i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vs 29a - 29 The <u>Amalekites</u>
live in the Negev; </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">2 Cor.
10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power
to destroy strongholds</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Vs. 31
– 32 - 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “<u>We can’t attack those
people</u>; <u>they are stronger than</u> we <u>are</u>.” 32 And they spread
among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. <u>They
said, “The land we explored devours those living in it</u>. All the people we <u>saw
there are of great size</u></span></i><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">.</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Matthew
11:12 - From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has
suffered violence, and the violent take it by force</span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Vs 28
- Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large
and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vs. 33 - We seemed like grasshoppers in our
own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 2:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must take the <u>Initiative</u> <i>Vs 30 Then
Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “<u>We should go up and take
possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”</u> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">32 And
<u>they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had
explored</u>. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All
the people we saw there are of great size. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">14:1-4
- 1Then <u>the whole congregation</u> lifted up their voices and <u>cried out,
and that night the people wept</u>. 2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses
and Aaron, and the <u>whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in
the land of Egypt</u>, or <u>if only we had died in this wilderness</u>! 3Why
is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and
children will become plunder. <u>Would it not be better for us to go back to
Egypt</u>?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">4So
they said to one another, “<u>Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”</u></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Verse
30 - 30 <u>Then Caleb silenced the people</u> before Moses and said, “We should
go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">John
1:3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has
been made.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Eccl
1:9 - …and there is nothing new under the sun. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">14: 4So
they said to one another, “<u>Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”<o:p></o:p></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point
3:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
<u>Storytelling time</u> <i>Psalms 78: 44 We will not hide them from their
descendants; <u>we will tell the next generation</u> the <u>praiseworthy deeds
of the Lord</u>, <u>his power, and the wonders he has done.</u></i><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Matt
16:18 - And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my
church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Life
application</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1. Attend the seminar when I breakdown new initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">2. Reflect on what has worked and hasn't worked
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">3. Keep the faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-55942009742032823452022-01-15T22:55:00.003-08:002022-01-15T22:55:44.946-08:00Next Level Generosity <p> </p><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sunday, January 16, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pericope:
</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Leviticus
23:9-14 - 9 The Lord said to Moses, 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to
them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest,
bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. 11 He is to wave
the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is
to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you
must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old without
defect, 13 together with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the
finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the Lord, a
pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin of wine. 14 You
must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain, until the very day you bring
this offering to your God. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the
generations to come, wherever you live.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon
Text: </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Leviticus 23: 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them:
‘When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring
to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon
Title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Next
Level Generosity<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">BP:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Move the hearers to give first
fruit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Review:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What is First Fruit?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The
significance of this holy day, like most other biblical festivals…</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When is it given?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The feast of the
first fruits were held consecutively on the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth
days of the first month of the Jewish calendar. <i>"Then
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,
‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest,
then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the
priest'" (Leviticus 23:9–10).</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How is it
given?</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> <i>Lev. 23:9-10 - "Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land
which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in
the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest'"<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why did
they do it? </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Gen. 4 – Cain and Abel - 3 In the course of time Cain brought
some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Examples of First Fruit</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – <i>Romans
11:</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then
the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ex. 22:</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">29 “Do not hold back
offerings from your granaries or your vats. “You must give me the firstborn of
your sons.;</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neh. 10:</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">35 “We also assume
responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits
of our crops and of every fruit tree.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 Chr 31:</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5 As soon as the order
went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new
wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a
great amount, a tithe of everything.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 Cor. 15:20 But Christ
has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen
asleep.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">James 1:18 He chose to
give us birth through the word of truth that we might be a kind of firstfruits
of all he created.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The impact of first
fruit</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> –
Makes the whole holy -<i> Romans 11:16 - 16If the part of the dough
offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is
holy, so are the branches.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">·</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pleases God - <i>Jer.
2:3 - Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who
devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,' " declares the
LORD.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Place of first fruits</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – <i>Matthew
6:3333 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First Fruit Giving</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – Lev. 23:9-24</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">·</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exodus 22:29 - 29
"Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. "You
must give me the firstborn of your sons.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Results of First Fruit/Tithing</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – Blessing upon
Blessing</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proverbs
3 –</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 5 Trust in the LORD</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Context:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It is imperative that we address
the time or when in the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Genesis…Exodus…Numbers…Leviticus…Deuteronomy…Joshua<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Now we
can teach the why of this text which reveals the points…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 1:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Dependency</u> – <i>Matthew 6:33 But seek
ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall
be added unto you.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 2:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <u>Declaration</u>
– <i>Deut. 26:1-5 - When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving
you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 2 take
some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the
Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the
Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name 3 and say to the priest in
office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to
the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” 4 The priest shall take
the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord
your God. 5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a
wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there
and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 3:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <u>Delivers</u>
on His Promises – <i>Deut 28:1-8 - If you fully obey the Lord your God and
carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set
you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you
and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">3 You
will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">4 The
fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of
your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">5 Your
basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">6 You
will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">7 The
Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated
before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in
seven.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">8 The
Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to.
The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Life Application:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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first fruit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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LifeGroup<o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-70201563361253192532022-01-12T15:42:00.003-08:002022-01-12T15:42:21.173-08:00Intentional Living: The Principle of First<p> </p><p align="right" class="chapter-1" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Wednesday, January 12,
2022</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="chapter-1" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Pericope:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Genesis 4:1-7</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave
birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a
man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and
Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits
of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat
portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on
Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with
favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. 6 Then the Lord said
to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is
right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is
crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="chapter-1" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Sermon Text: </span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will
you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at
your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon Title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Intentional Living: The Principle
of First<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What
is First Fruit?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
significance of this holy day, like most other biblical festivals, can be
largely understood by its name. In this passage the holy day is called Bikkurim
(First Fruits), because it is a day of bringing first fruits as an offering to
God. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When
is it given?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> The feast of the first fruits were held
consecutively on the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth days of the first
month of the Jewish calendar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>"Then
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,
‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest,
then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the
priest'" (Leviticus 23:9–10).</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .25in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">"He
shall wave the sheaf before the Lord for you to be accepted; on the day after
the sabbath the priest shall wave it. Now on the day when you wave the sheaf,
you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to
the Lord" (vv. 11–12).</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christ is the first representative of the
whole resurrection harvest that will take place when He returns. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exodus
22:29 "Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"You must give me the firstborn of your
sons.– shows it as your increase (raise)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How is
it given?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <i>Lev. 23:9-10 - "Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land
which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in
the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest'"</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Why
did they do it? <i>Gen. 4 – Cain and Abel - 3 In the course of time Cain
brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. 4 But Abel
brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked
with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not
look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are
you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not
be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;
it desires to have you, but you must master it."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel,
"Let's go out to the field." [d] And while they were in the field,
Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him 12 When you work the ground, it
will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the
earth."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13 Cain said to the LORD,
"My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from
the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless
wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Examples
of First Fruit</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> – <i>Romans 11:</i></span> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">16 If
the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is
holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Ex. 22:</span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">29 “Do
not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. “You must give me the
firstborn of your sons.; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Neh. 10:</span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">35 “We
also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the
firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">2 Chr 31:</span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">5 As
soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of
their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced.
They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1 Cor. 15:20 But Christ has indeed
been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">James 1:18 He chose to give us
birth through the word of truth that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all
he created.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The impact of first fruit</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> – Makes
the whole holy -<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Romans 11:16 - 16If the
part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy;
if the root is holy, so are the branches.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pleases
God - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jer. 2:3 - Israel was holy to the
LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty,
and disaster overtook them,' " declares the LORD.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Place of first fruits</span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> – <i>Matthew 6:3333 But seek ye
first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">First
Fruit Giving</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> – Lev. 23:9-24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Exodus 22:29 - 29 "Do not hold back
offerings from your granaries or your vats. "You must give me the
firstborn of your sons. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Neh. 10:35 - 35 "We also assume
responsibility for bringing to the house of the LORD each year the firstfruits
of our crops and of every fruit tree.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">2 Chr. 31:5 - 5 As soon as the order went
out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine,
oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a
tithe of everything.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Jesus
didn’t change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Results
of First Fruit/Tithing</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> – Blessing upon Blessing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Proverbs 3 –</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and
lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he
will make your paths straight. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7 Do not
be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. 8 This will bring health
to your body and nourishment to your bones. 9 Honor the LORD with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10 then your barns will be filled to
overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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filled<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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overflowing<o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-20322952068181326672022-01-07T22:11:00.004-08:002022-01-08T06:40:48.774-08:00LCP Retreat Handout<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype
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Retreat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Opening <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Prayer
and Devotion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoTitle">10 Steps To Intentional Living<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">1. Everyday
live with _______ and _______ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>_______.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Many are the plans in a person’s
heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">2. _______ your
_______ to God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In all thy ways acknowledge him, and
he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:6</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">3. Be _______
with your _______ _______ .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and
drink of that cup. 1 Corinthians 11:28<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">4. Require
every _______ , _______ , _______ and 2022 to have an ROI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of
strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for
it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Psalm 90:10<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Observe the commands of
the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him.
Deuteronomy</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> 8:6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">5. _______ more
of yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">To whom much is given, much will be required. Luke 12:48<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">6. Look for
opportunities to _______ others, _______ others and _______ to others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">7. Lead _______
or _______ of the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance,
and of different kinds of tongues. 1 Corinthians 12:28<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">If it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving,
then give generously; if it is to lead,<sup>[</sup></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012%3A8&version=NIV#fen-NIV-28254a" title="See footnote a"><sup><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">a</span></sup></a></i><i><sup><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">]</span></sup></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> do it diligently; if it is to
show mercy, do it cheerfully. Romans 12:8<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">8. Be _______
in who you are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works
are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">9. Never
miss an _______ to be _______ .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the
same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8
Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction;
whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a
harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:7-9<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply
and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your
righteousness. 2 Corinthians 9:10<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">10. At the
end of the _______ _______ _______ and _______ _______ .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit
for service in the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:62<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my
weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-24626606870517223672021-12-12T05:54:00.002-08:002021-12-12T05:54:19.961-08:00Family Feud The Final Chapter<p>Sunday December 12th</p><p><br /></p><p>Pericope: Gen 37:9-11 - 9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?” 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sermon Text: Gen 37:11b - 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sermon Title: Family Feud Pt 3 BOOK II: The Final Chapter</p><p><br /></p><p>Point 1: There should be assertive intentionality in every family – Gen. 37:11b his brothers were jealous of him but his father kept the matter in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Point 2: There has to be some empowerment in your family Gen 42:1-4 - When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” 2 He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”</p><p><br /></p><p>3 Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Point 3: There has to be grace in your family if your family is going to benefit from it. Gen 45:1, 4, 7 - Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.</p><p><br /></p><p>4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!</p><p><br /></p><p>7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Life Application</p><p><br /></p><p>Grace</p><p>Intentional</p><p>Intimate</p><p>Empowerment</p><p>Life lessons</p><p>Family altar call</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For prayer request go to: www.nlicic.org/prayer</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have accepted Christ or Rededicated your life to Christ go to: www.nlicic.org/decision </p><p><br /></p><p>Join a LifeGroup go to: https://www.nlicic.org/lifegroups</p><p><br /></p><p>To give go to: www.nlicic.org/donate</p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-46004432727369376012021-11-28T08:26:00.003-08:002021-11-28T08:26:32.921-08:00Family Exercise<p> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">worship (online only) please complete the Life Application from the sermon. See attached or below. </span></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 35) !important; font-family: ProximaNova-Semibold, Avenir-Heavy, Avenir, seguisb, "Segoe UI Semibold", "Segoe UI", Roboto-Medium, Roboto, HelveticaNeue-Medium, "Helvetica Neue", Arial-Bold, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600 !important;">Family Exercise – Virtual Family Sunday</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><ol style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li> Find your family in the book (or see the family types below)</li><li>Discuss questions 1-3</li><li>Take pictures and post them and share your answers only if you think they will help another family #myfamilyish #virtualfamilysunday</li></ol><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Reflection Questions (The Nuclear Family):</em><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><ul style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li>How does your parenting style help to mold your children?</li><li>How grateful are you for the gift of parenthood? What could you do to increase your gratitude?</li><li>Are your kids heading in the right direction? If they are not, then how do you think you could steer them in a new direction?</li></ul><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;"> </h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;">Reflection Questions (Single Parent Family)</h3><ul style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li>What are your concerns about your child’s television and social media habits?</li><li>What kind of plan can you develop to make social media work for you and your family?</li><li>If you are a single parent and you date, then what kind of screening do you have for potential partners?</li></ul><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;"> </h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;">Reflection Questions (Blended Family)</h3><ul style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li>How do you define a family?</li><li>If you are in a blended family, then how do you work to achieve unity?</li><li>What unique challenges has your blended family faced?</li></ul><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;"> </h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;">Reflection Questions (Special Needs Family)</h3><ul style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li>How do you define “special needs?”</li><li>If you have a special needs child, how do you stay intentional?</li><li>How do you care for yourself while caring for a special needs child?</li></ul><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;"> </h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;">Reflection Questions (Parenting Adult Children)</h3><ul style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li>If you still have children at home, then how do you see your role in their lives changing after they leave the nest?</li><li>If you have adult children, then how do you advise them?</li><li>What dysfunction have you noticed in your adult children’s lives, and what kind of advice do you give? Has that advice worked? If it has not, then what would you do differently?</li></ul><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;"> </h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;">Reflection Questions (Caring for Aging Parents)</h3><ul style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li>How can caring for an aging or ill parent be a gift for you?</li><li>What do you think your responsibility to your parents is?</li><li>If you are caring for your parents, what scriptures give you strength?</li></ul><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Reflection Questions (Financial Issues in the Fabulous Family)</span><ul style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li>What are your family’s financial goals?</li><li>Do you make it a goal to pray daily for financial wisdom?</li><li>How do you and your spouse talk about finances?</li></ul><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;"> </h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;">Reflection Questions (Military Family)</h3><ul style="caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li>What is the top stressor in your military family? How does your family work together to make sure it does not tear the family apart?</li><li>How do you use grace in your family? How do you demonstrate grace to the other military families around you?</li><li>Is your family stable? How can you establish stability?</li></ul><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(65, 65, 65); color: #414141; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, Avenir-Roman, Avenir, segoeui, "Segoe UI", Roboto-Regular, Roboto, HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-18752696864538333342021-10-17T07:12:00.001-07:002021-10-17T07:12:06.732-07:00GPS Serving Word on the Street - Pastor Geoff Dudley, II<p>Sermon text: Luke 24: 13-21, 32, 41-42 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” 41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,</p><p><br /></p><p>Sermon title: GPS: Serving: “The word on the street”</p><p><br /></p><p>Pinnacle Point 1: Your reveal shouldn’t be loud</p><p><br /></p><p>Vs 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. 19 “What things?” he asked.</p><p><br /></p><p>“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; Luke 23:8-10 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. 9 He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pinnacle Point 2: There is a generational expectation on your next</p><p><br /></p><p>21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pinnacle Point 3: You are the word on the street</p><p><br /></p><p>32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”</p><p><br /></p><p>Pinnacle Point 4: Don’t let unbelief keep you from serving</p><p><br /></p><p>Matthew 5: 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.</p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-49988961905605540172021-10-16T06:26:00.001-07:002021-10-16T06:26:14.936-07:00October Partnership Forum Notetaker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">God’s Good Disruptive Plan</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The ___________ to life were ___________ every day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes that ___________ is Earth ___________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lives and livelihoods were uprooted and ___________. Families had to adjust to living life in new places. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As each day brought something new, the Apostles needed to ___________. The Lord was working through them to achieve His divine purposes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And people needed to be ___________ up to do this new ___________ (Acts 6:1-7). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our ___________ Routine ___________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just like how the Apostles lives were turned upside down; we are also experiencing the Lord ___________ our daily routine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Work has been ___________. School life has changed. Church is more different than ever before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But how should we respond?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Adapting to the New ___________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When the Lord ___________ us, we were saved from our sin to the ___________ life in Christ and to a new ___________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2 Corinthians 5: 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ephesians 4:17-32. 17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">20 That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21 when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin”[a]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> We had to ___________ to a life now rich with ___________ to our Lord and Savior</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The ___________ Faithfulness of God</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As believers the one thing that we can fully depend on is the unchanging faithfulness of our God (Psalm 33:11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> the purposes of his heart through all generations.; Hebrews 13: 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.; James 1: 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.)! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His ___________ are forever (Hebrews 6:17-18 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-18602641487408534552021-10-10T05:54:00.003-07:002021-10-10T05:54:19.759-07:00GPS Pt 2 The Secret Service<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 8;"> </span>Oct
10, 2021<span style="mso-tab-count: 8;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pericope</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">:
<i>Gal 6: 1-5 6 Brothers and sisters, if <u>someone is caught</u> <u>in a sin</u>,
you who live by the Spirit should <u>restore that person</u> <u>gently</u>. But
watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 <u>Carry each other’s burdens</u>,
and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3 <u>If anyone thinks they
are something when they are not</u>, they deceive themselves. 4 Each one should
test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, <u>without
comparing themselves to someone else, 5 for each one should carry their own
load.</u><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Text:</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Gal 6: 2 <u>Carry each other’s burdens</u>,
and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Title: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">GPS: Pt 2 The Secret Service</span></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Gal 6: 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in
this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. </i>Now the interesting thing
about that verse is it is, accompanied by <i>Vs 3-5 3 If anyone thinks they are
something when they are not, they deceive themselves. 4 Each one should test
their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without
comparing themselves to someone else, 5 for each one should carry their own
load. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2
Samuel 24:24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for
it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me
nothing.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
1:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Put others <u>before yourself</u>. <i>Romans 12: 3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: <u>Do not think of
yourself more highly than you ought</u>, but rather think of yourself with
sober judgment, in accordance with the <u>faith God has distributed to each of
you</u>. </i>Don’t push your way to the front of the line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Philippians 2:3-4 Don’t push your way to
the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help
others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. <u>Forget
yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand</u>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
2:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jesus <u>requires service</u> to be great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Matthew 20: 25-26 25 Jesus called them
together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 <u>Not so with you</u>.
Instead, <u>whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant</u></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
3:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Scripture <u>requires us to help</u> one another. Someone
said, “Great opportunities to help other seldom come, but small ones surround
us every day” One another at least 16 times in scripture, <i>Rom 12: 10 Be
devoted to one another in love. <u>Honor one another above yourselves.</u> 16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud but be willing to associate
with <u>people of low position</u>. Do not be conceited. 1 Thes 5: 11Therefore <u>encourage
one another</u> and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.</i></span>
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Romans 15:7 <u>Accept one another</u>, then, <u>just
as Christ accepted you</u>, in order to bring praise to God. Ephesians 4:2 Be
completely humble and gentle; be patient, <u>bearing with one another in love</u>.
Ephesians 4:32 <u>Be kind and compassionate to one another</u>, forgiving each
other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Colossians 3:13 <u>Bear with each
other</u> and <u>forgive one another if any</u> of you has a grievance against
someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one
another daily, as long as it is called “Today,”… Hebrews 10:24 And let us
consider how we may <u>spur one another on toward love and good deeds</u>, 1
Peter 4:9 <u>Offer hospitality to one another</u> without grumbling <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
4:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Nicodemus <u>served</u> Jesus. <i>John 19: 38-42
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a
disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With
Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39 He was accompanied by <u>Nicodemus</u>,
<u>the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night</u>. <u>Nicodemus brought a
mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds</u>. 40 <u>Taking Jesus’
body, the two of them wrapped it</u>, with the <u>spices</u>, in <u>strips</u>
of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. </i></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
5:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Remember <u>Christ put you before himself</u>. He brought
you with a price. <i>Phil 2: 6, 7 Who, being in very nature God, did not
consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather,
<u>he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant</u>, being
made in human likeness.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Life
Application:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Are you serving in church<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Are you serving in the community<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Are you serving in your Life Group<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ways
to serve:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Helps Ministry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Worship Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Pastoral Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> In the Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-41716098340655812092021-09-26T06:22:00.001-07:002021-09-26T06:22:09.185-07:00Are you a Mountain Mover - Pastor G2<p>Sermon text:</p><p></p><p>NLT</p><p>14 At the foot of the mountain, a large crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and said, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son. He has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”</p><p>17 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left him. From that moment the boy was well.</p><p>19 Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”</p><p>20 “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.[d]”</p><p></p><p>Sermon title: Are you a mountain mover?</p><p></p><p>BP: Move the hearers to learn how to build their faith</p><p></p><p>Introduction:</p><p></p><p>A.) What do you do when you see Jesus? What do you recognize him as? Healer? Messiah? Anointed one? The living word? Bread of Life?</p><p></p><p>B.) It’s just like how you see your spouse or people in your life. If you see people in your life as your personal assistants and not friends you’ll treat them as such.</p><p>1. If you see people as humans with potential you'll do everything you can to help pull it out of them.</p><p>2. And then you will assign worth to those very same people based on your perspective of them.</p><p>3. The more worth and value you assign to other people the more you will ultimately value and respect them, who they are, and what they bring to the table.</p><p>C.) Your relationship with Jesus is the same</p><p>1. You will never honor and love God more than the degree to which you see worth and value in him.</p><p>2. Your relationship with him will only grow as big as the container of value that you put him in.</p><p>3. The more value you ascribe to him, the more the relationship will grow.</p><p>D.) The man in the text doesn’t see Jesus. He doesn’t see the messiah, he doesn’t see the son of Man. He doesnt see the living word, bread of life or the anointed one.</p><p>1. He sees Jesus as a mountain mover.</p><p>2. He ascribes value to Jesus because he thinks highly enough about him to hand Jesus is situation.</p><p></p><p>Identifier #1: At first mountain movers were once beginners</p><p>V. 14, Luke 2:52</p><p></p><p>14 At the foot of the mountain, a large crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and said,</p><p></p><p>52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.</p><p></p><p>A.) Ministry doesn’t start until he was 30 years old.</p><p>B.) Principle-Your production will never supersede your process.</p><p>C.) Jesus becomes who he is not only because he is God but also, because he goes through process.</p><p></p><p>Identifier #2: Mountain movers don’t rely on their leaders to carry all of the load</p><p>V. 16-19</p><p></p><p>6 So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”</p><p>17 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left him. From that moment the boy was well.</p><p>19 Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”</p><p></p><p>Identifier #3: Mountain movers know the difference between a moment of little faith and a posture of little faith</p><p></p><p>V. 20</p><p></p><p>20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. (NIV)</p><p></p><p>A.) Jesus (the ultimate mountain mover) has hope for the disciples. He knows that they’re only in a season of little faith. And their little faith won’t last always.</p><p>B.) They know who Jesus is. Messiah chapter 16. But they don’t know who they are and what they’re capable of as followers of Jesus.</p><p>C.) Just because you know someone’s title, doesn’t mean you know who they are.</p><p></p><p>Identifier #4: Mountain movers use what they have</p><p></p><p>Romans 12:3, V. 20</p><p></p><p>3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. (NIV)</p><p>20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. (NIV)</p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-12971288164473109452021-09-05T07:27:00.003-07:002021-09-05T07:27:17.358-07:00Crushed but Not Broken<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 10;"> </span>Sep
5, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pericope</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">:
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matthew 26: 36-46 36 Then Jesus went with
his disciples to a <b><u>place called Gethsemane</u></b>, and he said to them,
“Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of
Zebedee along with him, and he began to be <u>sorrowful and troubled</u>. 38
Then he said to them, “My soul is <u>overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of
death</u>. Stay here and keep watch with me.” 39 Going a little farther, he
fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, <u>may
this cup be taken from me</u>. Yet not as <u>I will,</u> but as <u>you will</u>.”
42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for
<u>this cup</u> to be taken away <u>unless I drink it</u>, may your will be
done.” 45 Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still
sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered
into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise! Let us go!... <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Text:</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Matthew 26: 36, 38 36
Then Jesus went with his disciples to <b><u>a place called Gethsemane</u></b>,
and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 38 Then he said
to them, “My soul is <u>overwhelmed with sorrow</u> to the <u>point of death</u>.
Stay here and keep watch with me.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Title: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Crushed but not Broken; Life
Lessons from a Wine Bottle </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Step 1 – Harvesting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Step 2 – Crushing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Step 3 – Fermentation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Step 4 – Clarification<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Step 5 – Aging and
Bottling</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 1.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Crushed</u>. <i>Vs 38 38 Then he said
to them, “My soul is <u>overwhelmed with sorrow</u> to the point of death. Stay
here and keep watch with me.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
text says Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow. In other words, Jesus was crushed
like a grape under the feet of the Father. Repeat. The three years of ministry
was coming to a head. Jesus can literally feel the death of the cross in this
moment. In this moment Satan has returned as he said he would. <i>Luke 4: 13 13
When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune
time.</i> . Here is the opportune time and this time is crushing Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Luke 4: 13 (MSG)</i></span><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13 That completed the testing. The Devil retreated
temporarily, <u>lying in wait for another opportunity</u>. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
2: </span></b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Called</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. <i>Vs 39 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face
to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may <u>this cup</u> be
taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as <u>you will</u>.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2 Peter 1: 10 10 Therefore, my brothers
and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you
do these things, you will never stumble. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
3: </span></b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Captured</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. <i>Vs 42 42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My
Father, <u>if it is not possible</u> for <u>this cup</u> to be taken away
unless <u>I drink it</u>, may your will be done.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jer
20: 9 9 But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his
name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am
weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<i>Eph 3: 18 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to
grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ… </i>To grasp
how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ <i>Rom 8: 38-39 38
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 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.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
4:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <u>Cup</u>. <i>Vs 46 46 <u>Rise!
Let us go…<o:p></o:p></u></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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grapes of our lives are crushed to bring forth the wine of life</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-3808164775344075622021-08-29T07:26:00.000-07:002021-08-29T07:26:05.448-07:00Welcome to Virtual New Life Sunday 082921 "Take it Back" Bishop Dudley<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/y8QPMhkszsY" frameborder="0"></iframe>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-75963285296599667002021-08-08T07:31:00.001-07:002021-08-08T07:31:35.455-07:00Welcome to Virtual New Life Sunday 080821 "Second Wind: The Finish Line"...<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/zKLQLw9HIzo" frameborder="0"></iframe>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-83466453345454912962021-07-03T14:19:00.003-07:002021-07-03T14:19:34.580-07:00It's On The House<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk76208577"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pericope</span></b></a><a name="_Hlk70072420"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">: </span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk70072420;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Luke 14: 15-24</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk70072420;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk70072420;"></span><a name="_Hlk76133057"></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76133057;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">15 When one of those at
the table with him heard this, <u>he said to Jesus</u>, “Blessed is the one who
will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.” </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">16 <u>Jesus replied</u>:
“A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the
time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited,
‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ 18 “But they all alike <u>began to make
excuses</u>. The first said, ‘<u>I have just bought a field</u>, and <u>I must
go and see it</u>. <u>Please excuse me</u>.’ 19 “Another said, ‘<u>I have just
bought five yoke of oxen</u>, and <u>I’m on my way to try them out</u>. <u>Please
excuse me</u>.’ 20 “Still another said, <u>‘I just got married</u>, so I can’t
come.’ 21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner
of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘<u>Go out quickly</u> into
the <u>streets</u> and <u>alleys</u> of the town and <u>bring in the poor</u>,
the <u>crippled</u>, the <u>blind</u> and the <u>lame</u>.’ 22 “‘Sir,’ the
servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, <u>but there is still room</u>.’
23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes
and <u>compel them</u> to come in, <u>so that my house will be full</u>. 24 I
tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Text: </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Luke
14: 23</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">23 “Then the master
told his servant, ‘<u>Go out to the roads</u> and country lanes and <u>compel
them</u> to come in, <u>so that my house will be full</u>.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Title:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
on the House</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 1:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The table is set, dinner is ready! <i>Vs 15 15 When one of those at the
table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat
at the feast in the kingdom of God.”</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(send out the invitation). Israel gets the
invitation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Unexcused absence<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">a) Bought a field. <i>Vs 18b ‘I have just bought a field, and <u>I must
go and see it</u>. Please excuse me.’<b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">b) Bought a yoke of
oxen. <i>Vs 19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and <u>I’m
on my way to try them out</u>. Please excuse me.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">c) Bought a bride. <i>Vs
20 20 “Still another said, ‘<u>I just got married</u>, so I can’t come.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 3:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Empty
Seats! <i>Vs 22 22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘<u>what you ordered has been done</u>,
<u>but there is still room</u>.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 4: </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Fill the house. <i>Vs 23 23 “Then
the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel
them to come in, so that my house will be full.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Conclusion:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk76208577;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Life Application:</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-44618661662780727732021-06-13T07:29:00.003-07:002021-06-13T07:29:30.360-07:00Stuck in the Middle pt 2 - Destiny Decisions - @BishopDudleyPHD<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pericope</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>1 Kings 18:20-29 - 20 So Ahab sent word
throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah
went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions?
If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him. “But the people
said nothing. 22 Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the Lord’s
prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. 23 Get two bulls
for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves and let them cut it into
pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other
bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. 24 Then you call on the
name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers
by fire—he is God.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Then all the people said,
“What you say is good.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">25 Elijah said to the prophets
of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many
of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” 26 So they
took the bull given them and prepared it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Then they called on the name
of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was
no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">27 At noon Elijah began to
taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in
thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28
So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was
their custom, until their blood flowed. 29 Midday passed, and they continued
their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there
was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon Text</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: <i>1
Kings 18:21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver
between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God,
follow him.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But the people said nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon Title</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: <u>Stuck
in the Middle Pt 2 Destiny Decisions</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 1</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Delayed <u>destiny decisions delay</u> your destiny<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Verse 21 - Elijah went before
the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions [ESV limp,
NLT hobble, MSG sit on the fence, CEV try to have things both ways, LB waiver]?
If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But the people said nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">…How long will you go limping
between two opinions…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 2</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: Make
a <u>Decision</u> <i>Vs 25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of
the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the
name of your god, but do not light the fire.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(a)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The future without pain…Jesus was looking at
the cross…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(b)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The fear of getting it wrong…faith is risk
taking and without movement faith is dead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(c)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The fear of reaction of family and friends…they
neither live with you in the middle nor your future even though they are
controlling it…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Transition:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> You
cannot get stuck in the middle, you have to make a decision in order to get to
your destiny, and you have to be DETERMINED!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 3:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <u>Determined</u>
Decision <i>verse 34 and 35 - 34 “<u>Do it again</u>,” he said, and they did it
again. </i>When we look at the story we see<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“<u>Do it a third time</u>,”
he ordered, and they did it the third time. 35 The water ran down around the
altar and even filled the trench.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Point 4:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
Decisions that <u>Deliver</u> Destiny<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(a)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">T</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">iming (look at the confluence
of events e.g., the Mississippi River is a confluence of rivers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(b)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">T</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">rusting
(Romans 8:28 God will work things together for the good according to his
purpose))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(c)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">T</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">emperature (everybody is not
going to like what you do…the thermostat never pleases everyone)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(d)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">T</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">reasure
(there should be some reward, personal growth, personal gain, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(e)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">e<b>T</b>ernity (what impact will it have
on the kingdom and eternity)<o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-19521092408072125602021-06-06T07:47:00.003-07:002021-06-06T07:47:52.648-07:00Stuck in the Middle<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon Text</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Lamentations 3:22-23 - 22 Because of the
Lord’s great love we are not consumed,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for his compassions never fail.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">23 They are new every morning;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>great is your faithfulness.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon Title</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Stuck in the Middle<o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Point 1:</span></b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> How did I <u>get in the middle</u> of this? <i>1:
1 How…</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How she sits alone,
the city once crowded with people! (Lam. 1:1).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How the Lord has
overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! (Lam. 2:1).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jerusalem is portrayed
as a lonely widow and as a princess who is now a slave (1:1).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The city weeps with
“tears on her cheeks,” being abandoned by her former lovers and opposed by
friends (1:2).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The once-glorious
nation is now scattered “among the nations” with no resting place (1:3).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The people of God are
facing the judgment of God because of their sin – “Jerusalem sinned grievously”
(Lam. 1:8).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Point 2:</span></b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> How do <u>I get out of the middle</u> of
this? Vs 22- 23 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first part
of Lamentations 3 (verses 1-20) is dark and hopeless, but the second
part (verses 21-66) reflects an emerging level of trust.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look at the contrast:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lamentations 3:18:
Then I thought, “My future is lost, as well as my hope from the Lord.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lamentations 3:58: You
championed my cause, Lord; you redeemed my life.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The key to the change
and contrast is found in verses 21-24: 21 <i>Yet I call this to mind, and
therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish,
for his mercies never end. 23 They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness! 24 I say, “The Lord is my portion; therefore, I will put my hope
in him” (Lam. 3:21-24).<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And yet, as Jeremiah
laments this destruction, he still says, <i>“The steadfast love of the Lord
never ceases.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Point 3:</span></b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> How do <u>I stay out of the middle</u> going
forward? As we turn to chapter 4 of Lamentations, we notice that Jeremiah
contrasts the before and after experience of God’s people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The book of
Lamentations ends with a hopeful prayer: 21 Lord, bring us back to yourself, so
we may return; renew our days as in former times, 22 unless you have completely
rejected us and are intensely angry with us (Lam. 5:21-22).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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21: Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! </i>Renew our days
as of old.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life Application:</span></b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> So, let’s review what we have learned today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First, sin can get us
stuck in the middle…</span></b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and God’s new mercies
gets us out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Second, we learn that
we have often created idols in our lives that we are valuing and depending on
more than God…</span></b><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-27844873696912424012021-05-22T14:06:00.000-07:002021-05-22T14:06:00.947-07:00Three's a Cloud Pt 5: The Purpose of Power<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pericope:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <i>Acts
1:1-8 - In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do
and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, <u>after giving
instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen</u>. 3 After
his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs
that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke
about the kingdom of God. 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he
gave them this command: “<u>Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my
Father promised</u>, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized
with water, but in a few days <u>you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”</u><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">8 But <u>you
will receive power</u> when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and <u>you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem</u>, and in <u>all Judea</u> and <u>Samaria</u>, and <u>to
the ends of the earth</u>.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon
Text</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
<i>Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and
you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
ends of the earth.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sermon
Title</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: <u>Three is a Cloud Pt 5: The Purpose of Power<o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">You know the story, but do
you know the purpose.</u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">There are at
least 5 purposes for the power of the Holy Spirit.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Purpose
1:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Power creates <u>community</u> – <i>vs. 14,
15</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>14 <i>They all <u>joined together</u>
constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and
with his brothers.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">15 In
those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a
hundred and twenty.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">God
shows up in community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">A.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Diverse
men and women gathered together. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">B.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Unified
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Purpose
2:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Power creates <u>spiritual discipline and
accountability</u> – <i>vs. 14 They all joined together <u>constantly in prayer</u>,
…<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">A.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">They
were not distracted (sanctified)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">B.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">They
were determined<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">C.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">They
were destined <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Purpose
3:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
Power creates <u>a crowd</u> – <i>Acts 2:</i></span> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">6 When they heard this
sound, a <u>crowd came together</u> in <u>bewilderment</u>, because each one
heard their own language being spoken.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Matthew
9:</span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,
because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Mark
6:</span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had
compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he
began teaching them many things.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When
Jesus saw the crowd without a Shepherd, he brought order and leadership. He
appointed apostles - the harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few. This
is similar. A crowd in need, but this time they have the power of the Holy
Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Purpose
4:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Power creates <u>a connection</u> – <i>Acts
2:</i></span> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to
speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Purpose
5:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Power creates <u>a strategy</u> – <i>Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be
my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the
earth.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Macro
level<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 81.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Power without strategy is dangerous and can be
destructive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will only be used for
personal gain and exploitation. That is why Jesus was clear with what they were
supposed to do with the power of the Holy Spirit. Go witness in Jerusalem Judea
Samaria and the ends of the earth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Micro
level – granular – <i>Acts 2:</i></span> <i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">46 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,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-71605422766812097822021-05-01T21:03:00.001-07:002021-05-01T21:03:42.830-07:00Three's a Cloud: Why You Need the Holy Spirit<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Review: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cloud leading, Cloud lifting,
Cloud filled. Time to come be in the cloud in the crowd<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pericope: </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Exodus 40: 34-38 <a name="_Hlk70072420">34 Then <b><u>the
cloud</u></b> <b><u>covered the tent of meeting</u></b>, and the <b><u>glory</u></b>
of the Lord <b><u>filled</u></b> the <b><u>tabernacle</u></b>. 35 Moses could
not enter the tent of meeting because <b><u>the cloud</u></b> had settled on
it, and the <b><u>glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle</u></b>.</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">36 <b><u>In all the travels</u></b> of the Israelites, <b><u>whenever
the cloud lifted</u></b> from above the tabernacle, <b><u>they would set out</u></b>;
37 <b><u>but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out</u></b>—<b><u>until
the day it lifted</u></b>. <a name="_Hlk70690630">38 So the cloud of the Lord
was over the tabernacle by day, and <b><u>fire was in the cloud by night</u></b>,
in <b><u>the sight</u></b> of all the <b><u>Israelites during all their travels</u></b>.</a></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Text</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">: <i>Exodus 40: 38
38 So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and <b><u>fire was
in the cloud by night</u></b>, in <b><u>the sight</u></b> of all the <b><u>Israelites
during all their travels</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">BP: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Move the hearers to stay in the
presence of God</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Introduction:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Overview of <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 1) Genesis –
Hovers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 2) God speaks
to Patriarchs theophany’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 3) Judges –
Operational temporal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 4) Prophets –
Instructional<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 5) Gospels –
rested of Jesus Baptism of Holy Spirit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 1: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Cloud (Holy Spirit) envelops <u>Worship</u>. <i>2
Chronicles 7: 1-3 7 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven
and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, <u>and the glory of the
Lord filled the temple</u>. 2 The priests could not enter the temple of the
Lord because <u>the glory of the Lord filled it</u>. 3 When all the Israelites
saw the <u>fire coming</u> down and the <u>glory of the Lord above the temple</u>,
they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and <u>they
worshiped</u> and <u>gave thanks to the Lord</u>, saying, “He is good; his love
endures forever.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 2: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Cloud (Holy Spirit) causes us to be <u>Reflective</u>.
<i> Isaiah 6: 4 At the sound of their
voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the <u>temple was filled with
smoke</u>.</i><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Isaiah 6:5 “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, and my eyes
have seen the King, the Lord Almighty. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1 Thessalonians 1:5<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">because our gospel came to you not simply with words but
also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we
lived among you for your sake.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 3<i>:</i></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Cloud (Holy Spirit) gives <u>Instructions</u>.
</span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Matt
17: 5 5 While he was still speaking, <u>a bright cloud covered</u> them, and a <u>voice
from the cloud said</u>, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well
pleased. Listen to him!”</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Verse </span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">5 While he was still speaking, <u>a
bright cloud covered</u> them, and a <u>voice from the cloud said</u>, “This is
my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2 Peter 1:16-18 - 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised
stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power,
but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 He received honor and glory from
God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying,
“This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” 18 We ourselves
heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred
mountain.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 4: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Cloud (Holy Spirit) changes
our <u>Communication</u>. <i>Acts 2: 4 4 All of them were <u>filled with the
Holy Spirit</u> and <u>began to speak in other tongues</u> as the Spirit
enabled them.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1 Corinthians 14: 1-3 Follow the
way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. For
anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no
one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. But the one who
prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Life Application:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Get in the cloud in the crowd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Reflect on your routines in the cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Get instructions in the cloud <o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
<!--EndFragment--></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Tell the masses about the wonderful works of Jesus <o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-16959599036428642162021-04-28T17:28:00.001-07:002021-04-28T17:28:09.611-07:00Welcome to eChurch Virtual New Life "Three is a Crowd: Genesis to Revel...<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/6rkOoi2RG2A" frameborder="0"></iframe>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-17081955072690841862021-04-24T22:10:00.001-07:002021-04-24T22:10:08.083-07:00Threes a Crowd<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pericope: </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Exodus 40: 34-38 <a name="_Hlk70072420">34 Then <b><u>the
cloud</u></b> <b><u>covered the tent of meeting</u></b>, and the <b><u>glory</u></b>
of the Lord <b><u>filled</u></b> the <b><u>tabernacle</u></b>. 35 Moses could
not enter the tent of meeting because <b><u>the cloud</u></b> had settled on
it, and the <b><u>glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle</u></b>.</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">36 <b><u>In all the travels</u></b> of the Israelites, <b><u>whenever
the cloud lifted</u></b> from above the tabernacle, <b><u>they would set out</u></b>;
37 <b><u>but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out</u></b>—<b><u>until
the day it lifted</u></b>. 38 So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle
by day, and <b><u>fire was in the cloud by night</u></b>, in <b><u>the sight</u></b>
of all the <b><u>Israelites during all their travels</u></b>.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Text</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Exodus 40: 38
38 So <b><u>the cloud of the Lord</u></b> was <b><u>over the tabernacle</u></b>
by day, and <b><u>fire was in the cloud by night</u></b>, <b><u>in the sight</u></b>
of all the <b><u>Israelites during all their travels</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Three is a Cloud…why you need the Holy Spirit</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 1:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cloud leading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>Vs 36 36 In </i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">all the travels</span></u></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> of the Israelites, </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">whenever
the cloud lifted</span></u></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> from above the tabernacle, </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">they would set out</span></u></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Psalm 119:133 133 Direct my
footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">He wants to do as them <i>Proverbs
say 3: 6 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths
straight.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cloud lifted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>Vs 37 </i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">but if the cloud did not lift</span></u></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">they did not set out</span></u></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">—</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">until the day it lifted</span></u></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Exodus 33:16For how shall it
be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in
your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every
other people on the face of the earth?”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
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filled. <i>Vs 34-35 </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">34 Then <b><u>the cloud</u></b>
<b><u>covered the tent of meeting</u></b>, and the <b><u>glory</u></b> of the
Lord <b><u>filled</u></b> the <b><u>tabernacle</u></b>. 35 Moses could not
enter the tent of meeting because <b><u>the cloud</u></b> had settled on it,
and the <b><u>glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">That is the same way <i>Acts 2: 4 4 All of them were <b><u>filled</u></b>
with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled
them.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Similar cloud Acts talks about Holy Spirit filling the
house then filling or resting in the people. This tells me you can eat manna,
quail and drink miracle water from a rock in the Wilderness but never have a
filling of God’s presence. Let me break this down even further<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 55.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -19.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Presence but not present<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 55.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -19.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Proximity without personal connection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 55.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -19.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">God is a crowd pleaser<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Life Application:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. Follow the cloud the cloud
doesn’t follow you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. It’s one thing to be present
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<!--EndFragment--></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664883535799071096.post-84279397607467805312021-04-21T15:06:00.000-07:002021-04-21T15:06:02.950-07:00In Remembrance of These<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pericope: </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2 Cor 1: 3-7 3 Praise be to the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God
of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort
those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just
as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds
through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;
if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient
endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm,
because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in
our comfort.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon Text</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>2 Cor 1: 4 4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any
trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 1:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Comfort others. <i>Vs 4 4 who comforts us in all our
troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we
ourselves receive from God.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Tap into the source. <i>Vs 5 5 For just as we share
abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through
Christ.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">When you comfort others, you
create a vertex, a welcoming comfort that comes back to you. Paul put it this
way in Galatians. God not naked. <i>Galatians 3: 26-27 26 So in Christ Jesus
you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized
into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point
3: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Build up a reservoir<b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><i>Vs 6</i></span><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">If
we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted,
it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same
sufferings we suffer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Point
4: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Move
forward together. <i>Vs 7 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that
just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1 Thes 4: 13 3 Brothers and
sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so
that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <i>1 Cor 15: 42, 53-54 (42) So
will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is
perishable, it is raised imperishable; (53) For the perishable must clothe
itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.</i></span><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">(<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">54)</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> When the perishable has been
clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying
that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>LifeNotea by Bishop Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555307413981263970noreply@blogger.com0