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Highlighting the Source in Your. Springs of Life. Spring of Life. a non-religious place where you regularly connect with a believing partner to bring relational and physical peace. What is a Spring of Life?. It involves . . . a place a partner a plan for peace.
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Highlighting the Source in Your Springsof Life
Spring of Life • a non-religious place where you regularly connect with a believing partner to bring relational and physical peace.
What is a Spring of Life? • It involves . . . • a place • a partner • a plan for peace
Why do we need a Spring of Life? • To become and make more and better disciples of Jesus.
How do we begin a Spring of Life? • Wait for the Spirit’s leading
Acts 10:23 (NKJV) he invited them in and lodged them
How do we begin a Spring of Life? • Wait for the Spirit’s leading • Welcome the people of your “story” • Partner with other believers • Highlight the source of your Spring of Life.
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • “But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • “The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ--He is Lord of all--
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • “that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • “And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree.
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • “Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • “And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 10:34-43 (NKJV) • “To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”
What should we share about Jesus? • He is the conduit of ultimate peace. • He is the ultimate authority in the universe.
What should we share about Jesus? • He has a verifiable place in our social history. • He lived • He died • He rose from the dead
What should we share about Jesus? • He was empowered by God to defeat disease, the devil, and death. • He did good and healed the sick • He defeated the devil • He was raised to life