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- Количество слайдов: 8
Body|OC · Connect · Celebrate · Create
Purpose · Examine 4 areas of life s Condition of the heart s Nature or our relationship with God s Vitality of our faith s Deepest Motives
Condition of our hearts (Matt 13: 1 -9) · Good soil – hears, understands & produces (13. 23) · Path – hears but does not understand (13. 19) · Rocky & Thorny – understand but do not produce (13. 20 -22)
Nature of our relationship with Christ · Contractual Relationship s Contractual Relationship - Based in mutually agreed upon behavior - Not based on character or relationship. - It defines the limits of our relationship and often hinders dissent
Nature of our relationship with Christ · Contractual Relationship s Affects our Evangelism, Doctrine, and Prayer s Becomes unbending s Potentially leads to faith w/o action – love w/o deeds
Nature of our relationship with Christ · Covenantal Relationship (marriage) s Hebrews 9: 14 -15 – Cleansed to serve… s Relationally Based - Intimacy and exclusivity - Risk involved - Perseverance. - Wonder - Sacrifice - Action oriented
Vitality of your faith (I Sam 13 -14) · Rejected Brokenness in the land · Responded in faith to God (not in his own understanding) · Embrace Risk · Willing to begin small and see God build momentum
Deep Motives (1 Sam 14) · Jonathan nearly killed by his father Saul for eating some honey s Saul was making up rules trying to get God to do something – Jonathan was listening to God and receiving God’s help while he was on mission. · Saul’s rules actually hindered Israel’s victory
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