His life was a portrait of ___________.

Jeremiah 1:4-9
Jeremiah 15:16 NLT
Jeremiah 1:10 NKJV

His ministry was an expression of _____ ______.

Jeremiah 8:21- 9:1 NLT
Jeremiah 9:2-3 NLT
Jeremiah 29:11-14 NLT
Jeremiah 31:20 NLT

His _________ is a model for God’s people.

Jeremiah 12:5 NLT
Jeremiah 20:7-9 NLT

Acts 8:36, 38 NIV

The MANDATE of Baptism: Who, When, and Why?
Acts 8:12 NIV
Matthew 28:18-20 NLT
Matthew 3:13-17 NIV

The METHOD of Baptism: How?

The MEANING of Baptism:

I Belong to God.
Galatians 3:26-29 NLT

I Am Clean.

I Died.
Romans 6:3 NLT

I Have Been Raised to New Life in Christ.
Romans 6:4-5 NLT

I Will One Day RISE from the Grave!

First, Lot MOVED NEAR Sodom.
Genesis 13:10-13 NLT
Genesis 13:14-15 NLT

Next, Lot began LIVING IN Sodom.
Genesis 14:12 NLT
2 Corinthians 6:14 NLT

Later, Lot became a LEADING CITIZEN in Sodom.
Genesis 19:9 NLT
Ezekiel 16:49-50 NIV
Genesis 19:14 NLT

Finally, Lot had to be DRAGGED OUT of Sodom!

He allows you to experience some form of poverty.

He sends one of his servants NEAR to demonstrate his intimate love.
Luke 4:25-26 NLT

He leads you to take an initial step of FAITH!
1 Kings 17:9 NLT
1 Kings 17:13-14 NASB

He may allow you to experience further LOSS in order to bring you the greatest GAIN!
1 Kings 17:24 NLT

God often chooses unlikely warriors to do his work.
Judges 6:11-12 NLT
Judges 6:13 NLT
Judges 6:14 NASB

God often uses unlikely methods for preparing his warriors.
Judges 6:33-34 NASB
Judges 6:16 NLT
2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NASB
Judges 8:22-26 NLT
Judges 8:27 NLT

1 Corinthians 15:17-19 NLT
Luke 15:11-12 NLT

God loves you even when you REJECT him and break his heart.

God loves you even WHILE you are wandering in REBELLION.

God loves you as he DRAWS you back to himself.
Luke 15:20 NLT

God loves you in the gracious way that he RESTORES you.
Luke 15:22-24 NLT

Genesis 2:1-3 NLT

God designed us to live in a RHYTHM of CREATED MOMENTS of REST.
Mark 2:27-28 NLT

God designed these moments of rest for REFLECTION and RECREATION.
Leviticus 23:1-4 NLT

There is an ULTIMATE moment of rest that comes with a SINGLE requirement.
John 19:28-30 NLT
Hebrews 4:1-3a NLT
Hebrews 4:10-11 NLT
Hebrews 4:7 NLT

I. Getting Living Water to People is Uncomfortable.

II. Getting Living Water to People is Life-Changing and Deliberate.

LOOK UP.

LEAN IN.

CRY OUT!
2 Chronicles 20:6-7 NLT
2 Chronicles 20:12 NLT

LISTEN UP.

BOW DOWN.

SHOUT OUT!
2 Chronicles 20:21-22 NLT

Brokenness is the natural condition of every human being.
Psalm 51:5 NLT

Brokenness is the painful, practical result of living in a sinful world.

Brokenness CAN BE the profound GIFT of a loving God that leads to our healing.
Psalm 51:8 NASB
Psalm 51:17 NASB

Brokenness is the full acknowledgement of your own sin.
Psalm 51:3-4 NLT
Psalm 51:7 NASB

Brokenness is a prolonged process of restoration before God.
Psalm 51:10-12 NASB
Psalm 51:13-15 NASB