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The Great Depression. Kaufmann’s Store. Western Pennsylvania. Frank Lloyd Wright. The Plans. The Reaction. “I thought that you would place the house near the waterfall, not over it.”.
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The Reaction “I thought that you would place the house near the waterfall, not over it.” To this Wright replied, “E.J., I want you to live with the waterfall, not just to look at it, but for it to become an integral part of your lives.”
Psalm 1:1 Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not Walkin the counsel of wicked Stand in the way of sinners Sit in the seat of the mockers. The #1 Challenge in the Church today
Psalm 1:1 Critical People
Psalm 1:1 Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord and on His Law He meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:1 Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree, planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in season whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Take Root Below Bear Fruit Above The Mystery of Life Isaiah 37:31 John 12:24 Unless a seed falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Psalm 1:1 Growing Roots Joseph in Prison Moses in the Wilderness Jesus after the baptism The painful process
Faith All things are possible with God, and by faith we may lay hold on His power. But faith is not sight; faith is not feeling; faith is not reality. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. . . ."
Fruit If this course is followed, others will see the special fruits of the Spirit manifested in the life and character (FE 341-342).
Fruit Bearing “You shall know them by their fruits” (Mt. 7:16). “The object of the Christian life is fruit bearing, the reproduction of Christ’s character in the believer that it may be reproduced in others. Bear Fruit Above
100 to 1 If we would humble ourselves before God, and be kind and courteous and tenderhearted and pitiful, there would be one hundred conversions to the truth where now there is only one (9T 189). Whatever they do Prospers!
God Grows His Church God grows His church, God grows His children. God’s Word is life, It flows by day and night. Plant me by those streams of Living Water Take root below, bear fruit above, Love one another, reach out to others, That’s how God grows His church God grows His children.