Steve PetchSunday 17th October 2010

Life as God intended

‘Life as God Intended’

Part 1: A Biblical Foundation

‘Life as God Intended’

Part 2: In the beginning…

We are made for a RELATIONSHIP with God

We have been given RESPONSIBILITY by God

We have been entrusted with RESOURCES by God

‘Life as God Intended’

Part 3: God’s Number One Promise

“I will be with you”

Steve PetchSunday 17th October 2010

Life as God intendedPart 4: Growing Our Relationship

With God

‘Life as God Intended’

How do I grow my relationship with God?

“Now this is eternal life:

that they may know you, the only true God,

and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent”

John 17 v 3

‘Life as God Intended’

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Develop a prayer life (1 Thess 5:17-18)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Pray … sometimes

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Get into the Bible (Psalm 1:1-3)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Read the Bible … sometimes

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Enjoy the Grace of God (Eph 2:8-10)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Live under legalism

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How do I grow my relationship with God?Become a church member … and start

serving (Eph 5:25)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Just attend a church

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Get baptised in water (Acts 2:36-41)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Thinking, “I am the exception”

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Get baptised in the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:36-41)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Thinking, “I am the exception”

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Share your faith (1 Peter 3:15-16)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Live like the rest of the world

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Learn to give sacrificially (Matthew 6:19-21)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Give sometimes

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Watch the company you keep (1 Cor 15:33)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Being “in the world and of the world”

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Take steps of faith (Hebrews 6:12)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Play it safe

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Respond to God’s prompting (Gal 5:16&23)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Rely on human wisdom

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How do I grow my relationship with God?

Believe that what God says is true (Heb 11:1)

How could I hinder my relationship with God?

Believe some of what God says

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Life as God intendedPart 4: Growing Our Relationship

With God