DARKEST HOURS BECOME DEFINING MOMENTS WHEN EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN GOD S PROMISES

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2 DARKEST HOURS BECOME DEFINING MOMENTS WHEN EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN GOD S PROMISES

3 THE ROPE OF CONFIDENT WITH GOD AND HIS PROMISES

4 GOD S ROPE OF CONFIDENCE... AVAILABLE PRESENCE AMAZING PRIVILEGE ASSURED DIRECTION

5 DARKEST HOURS. DEFINING MOMENTS. ENGAGE UP CLOSE BY PERSONALLY PURSUING GOD

6 EPHESIANS 2:11-22

7 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by the socalled Circumcision, which is performed in the flesh by human hands EPHESIANS 2:11 NASB

8 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world EPHESIANS 2:12 NASB

9 FORMERLY YOU WERE

10 FORMERLY YOU WERE Separate

11 FORMERLY YOU WERE Separate Excluded

12 FORMERLY YOU WERE Separate Excluded Strangers

13 FORMERLY YOU WERE Separate Excluded Hopeless Strangers

14 FORMERLY YOU WERE Separate Hopeless Excluded Helpless Strangers

15 FORMERLY YOU WERE Separate Hopeless Excluded Helpless Strangers Apart From God

16 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. EPHESIANS 2:13 NASB

17 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall EPHESIANS 2:14 NASB

18 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace EPHESIANS 2:15 NASB

19 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity EPHESIANS 2:16 NASB

20 And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near EPHESIANS 2:17 NASB

21 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. EPHESIANS 2:18 NASB

22 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God s household. EPHESIANS 2:19 NASB

23 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone EPHESIANS 2:20 NASB

24 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord EPHESIANS 2:21 NASB

25 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. EPHESIANS 2:22 NASB

26 NOW YOU ARE

27 NOW YOU ARE Brought Near Have Access At Peace Citizens Without Barrier Saints Free of Enmity Family One w/god Temple Reconciled Built Up

28 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. EPHESIANS 2:8-9 NASB

29 FROM THIS Separate Hopeless Excluded Helpless Strangers Apart From God

30 TO THIS Brought Near Have Access At Peace Citizens Without Barrier Saints Free of Enmity Family One w/god Temple Reconciled Built Up

31 HOW DO I ENGAGE UP CLOSE IN PERSONALLY PURSUING GOD?

32 YOU DREW NEAR & HE SAVED Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him HEBREWS 7:25 NASB

33 NOW YOU DRAW NEAR & HE WILL TOO Draw near to God and He will draw near to you JAMES 4:8 NASB

34 DRAWING NEAR BRINGS A BETTER HOPE and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, though which we draw near to God. HEBREWS 7:19 NASB

35 DRAWING NEAR BRINGS PROVISION let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 NASB

36 HEBREWS 10:22-25

37 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water HEBREWS 10:22 NASB

38 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful HEBREWS 10:23 NASB

39 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds HEBREWS 10:24 NASB

40 HOW?

41 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. HEBREWS 10:25 NASB

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44 Partnership

45 I depend on God alone; I put my hope in him. He alone protects and saves me; he is my defender, and I shall never be defeated. My salvation and honor depend on God; he is my strong protector; he is my shelter. Trust in God at all times, my people. Tell him all your troubles, for he is our refuge. PSALM 65:5-8 GNT

46 Discipline

47 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:12-14 NASB

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