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Ephesians 2: Purpose and Path. I’d like to introduce you to the God who Created you, Loves you, and has a Purpose for your life. God’s neat! Let’s eat!. OVER chow… What’s a big goal you attempted? How did it go? http://www.youtube.com/embed/zdJGRDc5Zuk. God’s neat! Let’s eat!.
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Ephesians 2: Purpose and Path I’d like to introduce you to the God who Created you, Loves you, and has a Purpose for your life
God’s neat! Let’s eat! • OVER chow… What’s a big goal you attempted? How did it go? http://www.youtube.com/embed/zdJGRDc5Zuk
God’s neat! Let’s eat! • We thank you, O God, for these delectable vittles. • May they add to your glory and not to our middles. • Amen!
Review The Bible: What’s up with this book? • The Bible was written/compiled over centuries. • The OT was written in Hebrew. • The NT was written in Greek. • We read translations… • Stories of Jesus are told in 4Gospels. • Paul wrote letters…wrote Ephesians from prison… to a town in Turkey.
Review Ephesians 1: God loves you. Deal with it. • What is GRACE? • God’s Riches At Christ’s Expence • The Hebrew word for Peace is: • Shalom • Peace is health of all our… (sing Dt. 6:5)
Ephesians 1: God loves you. Deal with it. • Who’s Your Daddy? • Peek ahead: Ephesians 6, Armor of God • What’s on your “belt of truth”? God created me, loves me, and has a purpose for my life.
Rain Dance Break (1) Well, I am a wounded soldier But I will not leave the fight ‘cause I know the Great Physician Is healin’ me And I’m standin’ in the battle In the armor of the light And I know his mighty power Is real in me
Rain Dance Break (2) I am loved (echo) I am accepted (echo) And my wounds will be made whole (echo) I am loved (echo) I am protected (echo) By the Savior of my soul (echo) DANCE!
Rain Dance Break (3) Well, I am a wounded soldier But I will not leave the fight ‘cause I know the Great Physician Is healin’ me And I’m standin’ in the battle In the armor of the light And I know his mighty power Is real in me
Ephesians 2: Purpose & Path What’s sin? • Losing our _________. (“trespassing”) • Missing the _________. • The Hebrew word Torah, which most Bibles translate _______, literally means ______ or _______.
Ephesians 2: Purpose & Path Christ is our Righteousness (breastplate) • My marathon. • Purpose, goal, destination, target, “crosshairs” • Path, WAY. Following Jesus, we get where we were always meant to go.
Ephesians 2: Purpose & Path • By TRAINING—aiming at a PURPOSE, following the PATH toward it with good GUIDES—we can one day do what we couldn’t even imagine just by trying. • Sam Bosio, 1st Degree Black Belt (Check out Sam’s “belt of truth”! )
Life together • Sunday Notes. Worship, welcome, serve. • Nursery News—Thanks! • Campership Chili Cookoff, 11/4 • 30-Hour Famine, 11/18-19
Blessing Kids to kids, adults to adults, let’s conclude with our Baptismal blessing: (Name), child of God, you are sealed with the Holy Spirit, and marked with the cross of Christ forever.
Clean up! • Gather your stuff • Put up tables and chairs • Check and see the kitchen is tidy • Ask PB if there’s anything else to do!