Peter welcomed us to the New Year and explained some things that God is saying for us as a church.
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Wading deeper
Start new year.
New Bible reading through the Bible
Genesis and creation
The Amazon River in South America is the second longest river in the world after the Nile. 4,000 miles long, Peru through Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. It contains more water than any other river in the world. The Amazon is so massive it actually contains more water than the Mississippi, the Nile and the Yangtze combined.
The Amazon River accounts for up to 1/5 of the earth's fresh water.
In one second the Amazon pours almost 60 million gallons, or 100 olympic swimming pools, into the Atlantic Ocean. One days worth of water flowing out of the Amazon is the equivalent of 12 years worth of water usage by the city of London, every tap, shower, toilet and all other combined sources of fresh water consumed by millions of people for 12 years! It flows out of the Amazon every day....
This massive influx of fresh water actually dilutes the ocean's salinity, or saltiness, for up to 100 miles offshore. The water flowing out of the Amazon creates a brackish water system of a combination of both fresh and salt water for literally hundreds of square miles!
Ezekiel 47:3-12
Maklaklu a phodiso - Rev 22
The massive effect started with what they were doing because they felt it was what God wanted them to do.
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Leading from the middle
Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization. On the back there’s a tagline: “Don’t wait for that promotion! Start leading NOW… right where you are!”
The Arabah, lit. "desolate and dry area", the area south of the Dead Sea basin which forms part of the border between Israel and Jordan.
The old meaning, was for the Jordan Rift Valley, running north-south between the Sea of Galilee and Eilat. The Dead Sea is commonly called today the Arava Valley.
Dead sea is known as DEAD for a reason!
This picture is about the effect God can have through us in a desolate place.
Our environment is pretty hostile. To God, and especially the church. Little grows
Food bank
Salt and Light
Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus said that we are "the salt of the earth" and "the light of the world". Being salt and light is not optional.
Jesus did not say you can be...or you have the potential to be...He said you are.
Everyone who has trusted Christ for salvation and is born again is the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
A little leaven leavens the whole lump. (Galatians 5:9)
This is all about getting out there, doing the stuff, and seeing the society changed all around us.
The thing about wading in is you just don't know how deep you are going to go.
Deut1 Arabah
See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the Lord , the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’
Deuteronomy 1:21
What does it mean for us to take the land?
Ezekiel was led through the water.
Intimacy with God.
Random Samsung text during Dave Wades sermon
We need to be. It can be fruit pickers, carwashes etc. There is a place for doctrines and dogma and science and history and apologetics, but these things are not Jesus. Jesus is our model. Jesus and kingdom.
Nation changing movements were not started because someone had a grand plan and implemented it. Start small to achieve small purposes. And grow.
What does that look like?
When you secure Matlock you will take the peaks.
He means what he promised….. keyring.
There are no questions this week as all the Groups are meeting together.
