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HOW TO GET CLOSER TO GOD 50 Days of Transformation Part 1 (Spiritual Health) Pastor Dave Martin ~ Cross Creek Community Church ~ March 2, 2014

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HOW TO GET CLOSER TO GOD. 50 Days of Transformation Part 1 (Spiritual Health). Pastor Dave Martin ~ Cross Creek Community Church ~ March 2, 2014. Rom 12.2 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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HOW TO GET CLOSER TO GOD50 Days of Transformation

Part 1 (Spiritual Health)

Pastor Dave Martin ~ Cross Creek Community Church ~ March 2, 2014

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Rom 12.2 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

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The further away you get from God, the more your life is troubled…

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The closer you get to God, the more your life is transformed.

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Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him [Jesus] the iniquity of us all.

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The LOST Son & LOVING FATHER: Luke 15:11-24, Chair Bible page 740

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Luke 15:11-24 11 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.

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13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14

After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.

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15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

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17 "When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.'

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20 So he got up and went to his father. "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. 21 "The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

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22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.

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GIVE ME MY…

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1. Get fed up with my life

Luke 15:13-14, 17 “...he wasted it all…he had nothing left…he got desperate and hungry… he

finally came to his senses...”

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GOD: Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

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2. Own up to my sin

Luke 15:17-18 “When he came to his senses, he said...“I have sinned against God and you...”

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2. Own up to my sin

Isaiah 59:2 “Your sins have separated you from your God, and have hidden his face from you...”

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2. Own up to my sinPsalms 51:1-4 1 Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2

Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I

sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified

when you judge.

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2. Own up to my sin

Isaiah 1:18 “The Lord says, ‘No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make

you as clean as freshly fallen snow.’” nlt

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The HABIT of a Regular Spiritual Check-up:

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do

you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test?

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The HABIT of a Regular Spiritual Check-up:

Psalms 139:23-24 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in

me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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3. Offer up myself

V12 The son drifted away saying, “GIVE ME MY share...”

V19 The son returned to the Father saying, “MAKE ME a servant…”

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3. Offer up myself

Romans 12:1-2 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living

sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any

longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then

you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

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THE FATHER’S RESPONSE:

Luke 15:20, 22 “Filled with love and compassion, he ran out to his son, threw his arms around

him, and kissed him! ... Bring the best... robe… signet ring… sandals… fatted calf…”

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THE FATHER’S RESPONSE:Psalms 103:10-14 10 he does not treat us as our

sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far

has he removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; 14

for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

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4. Lift up my Praise

Luke 15:23-24 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of

mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.

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4. Lift up my Praise

Luke 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God

over one sinner who repents."

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It’s TIME…

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This week in your small group:

Seven Habits For Spiritual Health