CROSS CULTURAL MINISTRY CM 3303

1. CROSS CULTURAL MINISTRYCM 3303 Experiencing God

2. Experiencing God Online • http://www.lifeway.com/eg/eg_home/

4. God’s Will and Your Life

5. God’s Will and Your Life • “I am the vine, ye are the branches; He that abideth in me, and I in hime, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” John 15.5

6. God’s Will and Your Life • Jesus is your way • Jesus is your model • Learn to be a servant of God • God works through his servants

7. Looking to God

8. Looking to God • “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.” Psalm 20.7

9. Looking to God • God-centered living • God’s plans versus our plans • God takes the initiative • God speaks to His people • God speaks with a purpose

10. God Pursues a Love Relationship

11. God Pursues a Love Relationship • “Jesus said unto him, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, this is the first a great commandment.’” Matthew 22.37-38

12. God Pursues a Love Relationship • Created for a Love Relationship with God • Walking with God • God Pursues a Love Relationship which is real, personal, and practical

13. Love and God’s Invitation

14. Love and God’s Invitation • “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” John 14.21

15. Love and God’s Invitation • Know God • Worship God • God Invites us to Join Him • Knowing where God is at Work

16. God Speaks

17. God Speaks • God Speaks, or reveals Himself, in Different Ways • Holy Spirit • Bible • Prayer • Circumstances • Church • Spiritual Markers

18. The Crisis of Belief

19. The Crisis of Belief • “But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believ ethat he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11.6

20. The Crisis of Belief • A Turning Point • Encounters with God require Faith • Encounters with God are God-Sized • What you do tells what you Believe • True faith requires action

21. Adjusting Your Life To God

22. Adjusting your Life to God • “So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14.33

23. Adjusting Your Life to God • Adjustments are Necessary in your circumstances, relationships, thinking commitments, actions and beliefs • Obedience is Costly • Adjusting requires total dependence on God

24. Experiencing God Through Obedience

25. Experiencing God Through Obedience • “Jesus answered and said unto him, ‘If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.’” • John 14.23

26. Experiencing God Through Obedience • Experiencing God requires obedience • God works through you • We come to know God through obedience

27. God Will and the Church

28. God’s Will and the Church • “So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” • Romans 12.5

29. God’s Will and the Church • The Church is the Institution that Christ uses in His work • We discern God’s will through the Local Body • Body Life is where God’s work is accomplished

30. Kingdom People

31. Kingdom People • “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” • 1 John 1.7

32. Kingdom People • On Mission to the World • The Parables of Jesus reveals the way of the Kingdom • The true meaning of Koinonia (fellowship)

33. Continuing Fellowship with God

34. Continuing Fellowship with God • God’s remedy for broken fellowship • Essentials of Fellowship • The importance of helping each other