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Prayer

Luke 6 - The New International readers Version

12 On one of those days, Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray. He spent the night praying to God. 13 When morning came, he called for his disciples to come to him. He chose 12 of them and made them apostles. Here are their names.

14 Simon, whom Jesus named Peter, and his brother Andrew

James

John

Philip

Bartholomew

15 Matthew

Thomas

James, son of Alphaeus

Simon who was called the Zealot

16 Judas, son of James

and Judas Iscariot who would later hand Jesus over to his enemies

Prayer

James 5 - The New International readers Version

Matthew 18 - The New International readers Version

Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer

11 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:

“‘Father,[a]hallowed be your name,your kingdom come.[b]3 Give us each day our daily bread.4 Forgive us our sins,    for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c]And lead us not into temptation.[d]’”

5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[e] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

The Choosing of the Seven

6 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews[a] among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. 2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. 3 Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”

5 This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. 6 They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

7 So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

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1 Now, Israel, listen to the rules and laws I’m going to teach you. Obey them and you will live. You will go in and take over the land....

9 Don’t be careless. Instead, be very careful. Don’t forget the things your eyes have seen. As long as you live, don’t let them slip from your mind. Teach them to your children and their children after them. 

2 Timothy 1:1-6

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Be different

Christians love events … but we do not like process …

- Lance Wallnau

2 Peter 1 : 5-8 - The New International readers Version

Galatians 5:22 - The New International readers Version

Faith

Goodness

Knowledge

Self Control

Don’t give up

Godliness

Kindness

LOVE

Be different … just be different

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Put on Christ

Romans 13:14

14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ as if he were your clothing.

Colossians 3:12

12 You are God’s chosen people. You are holy and dearly loved. So put on tender mercy and kindness as if they were your clothes. Don’t be proud. Be gentle and patient. 13 Put up with one another. Forgive one another if you are holding something against someone. Forgive, just as the Lord forgave you.  14 And over all these good things put on love. Love holds them all together perfectly as if they were one.

Put on Christ

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Your Jesus Story

Can you remember …

How old were you?

What were you doing at that time?

What was going on in your life?

Matthew 4:12-25

12 John had been put in prison. When Jesus heard about this, he returned to Galilee. 13 Jesus left Nazareth and went to live in the city of Capernaum. It was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 In that way, what the prophet Isaiah had said came true. He had said, 15 “Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali!    Galilee, where Gentiles live!

When Jesus starts to preach his message is …

“Repent … God’s Rule is here!!”

Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher

- C S Lewis

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important

- C S Lewis

When you align yourself with God’s purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.

- Bono

I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result of fate was not convincing at all. I find the presence of God everywhere.

- Andrea Bocelli

You Matter to God

Your Story matters

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