To get our attention God will use

1. Crisis
2. Confrontation
3. Catastrophe

Step Two: “

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• We came to believe that God exists, that we matter to Him, and that He has the power to help us recover.

We believe that God

.

• Hebrews 11:6 “And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.”
• Romans 1:20 “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”

We understand God’s

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• Colossians 1:15 “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
  He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation”

Through Jesus we see that…

• God

  Reveal Answer
  all about my situation.
  • Hebrews 4:15 “This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.”

• God

  Reveal Answer
  about my situation.
  • Psalm 103:13-14 “The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.”
  • Romans 5:8 “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”

• God can

  Reveal Answer
  me and my situation.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:7 “We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.”

We

God’s offer to help.

• Philippians 2:13 “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.”
• Galatians 5:22-23 (The Message) “But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.”

You plug into God’s power by

and

Reveal Answer

Jesus.

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Reflection
How is God inviting you to respond to this message?