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Week 8 Dive Deeper: My Living Sacrifice

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 Click "Read More" below if you're on the main page of the blog. Response to Wrong Sacrifice: Genesis 4 Sacrifice vs. Righteousness: Isaiah 58 Ambassadors: 2 Corinthians 5:6-21 My Body, My Slave: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 True Worshippers: John 4:23-26 Living Sacrifices: Romans 12:1-15:22 Link to all main My Life as Worship Handouts: Weeks 1-8

Week 7 Dive Deeper: Living Sacrifice

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  Click "Read More" below if you're on the main page of the blog. Galatians 5 Romans 12-15 Ephesians 6 Matthew 9:37-10:42 Luke 10:2-20

Week 6 Dive Deeper: My Alignment of Passion

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  Click "Read More" below if you're on the main page of the blog. https://www.perspectivesonmission.com/resources/Session03_Piper_LetTheNationsBeGlad.pdf https://oneworldmissions.com/media/PDF/Articles/hawthorne_thestoryof.pdf https://ww w.perspectives.org / https://joshuaproject.net/ Practical next steps (prepared by Lamar--thank you!): https://illuminations.bible/ projects  - the working together of the 10 main Bible translators to maximize resources and strategy so they aren't doing the same thing but making sure each language gets a Bible ASAP. Easy to give to a specific project and pray for the people in a detailed region. 40 days of prayer during Ramadan, the church provides those booklets and they are great for individuals or families to read the story, see the picture and pray for a specific group each day. supporting missionaries - Find people or organizations they can get behind. We've loved Ethan and Aylin Merck who live in Jordan and train pastors thro...

Week 5 Dive Deeper: Alignment of Passion

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 Click "Read More" below if you're on the main page of the blog. https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-studies/leadership-documents/gods-great-passion/ https://www.ctcumc.org/gods-passion-for-the-lost https://www.freegrace.ca/what-does-godwithout-passions-mean/ Genesis 12 Exodus 19 Psalm 67 Matthew 28:16-20

Week 4 Dive Deeper: My Treasure of the Universe

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  Click "Read More" below if you're on the main page of the blog. Click HERE for the Handout through Week 4 Matthew 26:6-13 and Luke 7:36-50: Matthew 26:6-13   (see also Luke 7:36-50,  John 11:2 ) - ...Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume and poured it over his head. The disciples were indignant when they saw this. “What a waste!” they said. “It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.” But Jesus, aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me? You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me. She has poured this perfume on me to prepare my body for burial. I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”

Week 3 Dive Deeper: Treasure of the Universe

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  Click "Read More" below if you're on the main page of the blog. https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-treasure-makes-all-the-difference https://biblehub.com/bsb/revelation/4.htm https://biblehub.com/bsb/revelation/5.htm https://biblehub.com/bsb/revelation/7.htm https://biblehub.com/bsb/revelation/15.htm https://biblehub.com/bsb/revelation/22.htm Matthew 6:19-21 - Treasures in Heaven (see also Luke 12:32–34) Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 13:44 - The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field. 2 Corinthians 4:2-7 - We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We do...

Week 2 Dive Deeper: My History of False Worship

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  For a deeper dive after today's Sunday School time together, feel free to explore the following resources: https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/what-were-the-high-places/ https://feedingonchrist.org/ji-packer-on-images-of-god/ https://biblehub.com/bsb/jonah/2.htm https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%202%3A11-13&version=NIV