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Faith In HisGreatness

Pastor John IsaacsKingsWay Community Church

January 3, 2010


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Experiencing God

again and again,

will developgreat faith,

in2010!


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Ephesians 1:15-2215

For this reason, ever since Iheard about your faith in the Lord

Jesus and your love for all the

saints, 16 I have not stopped givingthanks for you, remembering youin my prayers. 17 I keep askingthat the God of our Lord JesusChrist, the glorious Father, may

give you the Spiritof wisdom and


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Ephesians 1:15-22 (cont.)18

I pray also that the eyes of yourheart may be enlightened inorder that you may know the

hope to which He has called you,the riches of His gloriousinheritance in the saints, 19 and

His incomparably greatpower for us who believe. Thatower is like the workin of His


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Ephesians 1:15-22 (cont.)20

which He exerted in Christwhen He raised Him from

the deadand seated Him at

His right hand in the heavenlyrealms, 21 far above all rule and

authority, power and dominion,and every title that can be given,not only in the present age but

also in the one to come. 22 And


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Ephesians 1:15-17 (cont.)

His feet and appointed Him to beheadover everything for thechurch, 23 which is His body, thefullness of Him who fillseverything in every way.


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3Steps to

take, in the

pursuit of a

relationship


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RemoveEvery

Barrier

That

Creates a

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IncreaseYour

Knowledge

Of Who

The Bible

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Pursue anIntimate

Relationshi

p with

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Christianity is

Primarily aRELATIONSH

IPWe


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James 4:8

Draw near

to Godand

He will draw

near to ou


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5unique

abiding


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1.contemplative

Enjoy solitude and silence.

Enjoy meditation and reflection. Extended worship and prayertimes.

High spiritual sensitivity. Tend to come across a littleweird.

Often great song writers and


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2.intellectual

Enjoy reading and studying the

Word. Enjoy intellectually challengingbooks.

They look for substance andtheology. Once convinced they are

passionate.


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3.active

Enjoy serving others for Christ.

Enjoy being an instrument ofGod. They thrive on kingdom

activity. They love to see growth andprogress.

They are good at motivating


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4.relational

Prefer corporate prayer and

worship. Enjoy group study more thanindividual.

They thrive on fellowship. They love the concept ofcommunity.

They are primarily motivated by


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5.spiritual

Thrive on feeling Gods presence.

Love spiritual warfare andsupernatural. They seek out spiritual

experiences. Active faith in praying for others. They are energized by Gods

power.


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contemplativeintellectual

activerelational


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Hebrews 11:6

And it is impossible toplease God without

faith. Anyone whowants to come to Him

must believe that Godexists and that He

rewards those who


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Faith is theconfident belief in thetrustworthiness of God.

Faith is the

persuasion of the mindthat a certain condition,

situation or statement


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Hebrews 11:1

Faith is theconfidence that what

we hope for will

actually happen; itgives us assuranceabout thin s we cannot


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Mark 10:52

And Jesus said tohim, "Go your way;

your faith has

made youwell." And

immediately he


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Matthew 15:28

Then Jesus said to her,"O woman, yourfaith is great; it

shall be done for you asyou wish.'' And her

daughter was healed at

3


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3Enemies ofFaith

1. Apathetic Spirit

2. Anxious Spirit

3. Past Memories


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APATHY Having a lazy spirit.

Living without passion. Living without vision.

Living without goals.


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ANXIETY Being in a state of intenseapprehension.

Having excessiveuncertainty.

Feeling exaggerated

anticipation for the worst


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MEMORY Rehearsing past failures.

Reminding ourselves ofall the times our faith didntwork.

Recalling lost hopes anddreams.

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Psalm 18:28-3628 You light a lamp for me. TheLORD, my God, lights up mydarkness.

29 In your strength I can crushan army; with my God I can

scale any wall.30

Gods wayis perfect. All the LORDspromises prove true. He is a

hi l f r ll wh l k t him

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Psalm 18:28-36 (cont.)the LORD? Who but our Godis a solid rock? 32 God armsme with strength, and he

makes my way perfect.33 He makes me as surefooted

as a deer, enabling me tostand on mountain heights.34 He trains my hands for

ttl h tr n th n m rm

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Psalm 18:28-36

(cont.)35 You have given me yourshield of victory. Your right

hand supports me; your helphas made me great.

36 You have made a widepath for my feet to keepthem from slipping.


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1. His light displaces our darkness.

2. Not defeated by difficult obstacles.

3. Protection from our enemies.4. Supernatural strength when needed.

5. In Him we rise above difficulty.6. His Spirit leads us into our destinies.

7. We have success in life.

Faith To Live By!


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We need to have

Great FAITH

to live in thestrength of Gods

Great POWER!


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Experiencing God

again and again,

will developgreat faith,

i2010!

01-03-2010 faith in his greatness

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