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Paul's closing preach. A whole region has been touched. Paul is keen that the momentum he started would keep going. What does he say? If you want to keep all of this going keep watch over yourselves, the mission and one another.

The Holy Spirit’s passion is to see the good news about Jesus sweep across the nations. He desires to see people introduced to the life-changing love of God. Life in all its fullness. To form communities full of Him. Empowering believers to become locations of Heaven on Earth.

]One of the hallmarks of the early church was its incredible diversity. Cultural, social, and ethnic barriers were torn down, as the Holy Spirit united people from hugely different backgrounds. The Spirit welcomes everyone into a family. A family where everyone is equal, an undivided community. The Spirit knits together people into one family.

How does the Holy Spirit help us in a storm? When there is a gap between what we are hoping for and what we see. Or when we see the gulf between our experience and the accounts in the book of ACTS. How can we avoid becoming negative, cynical, and even blaming ourselves “I don’t have enough faith”

You are going to help people find life in all its fullness. You are going to change the world. This is HOW. Don’t try and do this alone. Holy Spirit will fill you with boldness — willingness to take risks and act innovatively, giving confidence or courage.

It is the holy spirit who COMES and empowered the Church to do the MISSION OF KING JESUS

BELONGING is part of the good news package; you were born again to be part of God’s family. Reconnection to God + others. Devotion to GOD and devotion to people.

The nearness of God himself is the only all satisfying experience of the universe).

The nearness of God Himself is the only ALL satisfying experience of the universe.

Jesus says I am IN my FATHER and my FATHER is in ME… there is no separation- there is a perfect Union.

So Who is God? What’s He really like? That’s the most important question. How in the world can we even know the answer? Where can we look? Has God revealed the answer to the question somewhere? And if he has, Who are you, God?

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Our response to God's unchanging perfection IS to worship Him. Worship is about attention an unwavering attitude towards him, a decision to worship no matter what…

God the rock refers to God’s unchanging perfections. "Rock" indicates firmness, stability, and faithfulness. Unmovable In His love, fairness, justice, and perfection.

God cannot be the cause of evil in our lives. The fountain of light, cannot be the cause of darkness…

In an ever-changing, constantly shifting world, we can count on the unchanging nature of God

This verse holds the key to overcome this natural emotion and have peace. The key is relational. When God speaks about not fearing not being dismayed/discouraged He personally reasons with us.

Everything we see was imagined and created by God,

“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

When Jesus taught us to pray He started the prayer with Father. (Matthew 6:9) The name Father tells us something profound/DEEP about God and the relationship we are invited to have with him. The most intimate and unbreakable relationship possible with the God of the universe.