Luke 6:12-19Today’s Scripture:

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CARPE DIEM.

Seize the day boys.

Make your lives

EXTRA-

ORDINARY.

What are you

LIVINGfor?

?

“The way we understand human life depends on

what conception we have of the human story.

What is the REAL STORY of

which MY LIFE STORY is a part?”

Turning the World

Upside Down

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In these days he went out to the

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mountain to pray, and all night hecontinued in prayer to God....

PRAYERLESSNESSis our

DECLARATIONof

INDEPENDENCE from God.

And when day came, he called his

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disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles...

Discipledis·ci·ple

one who learns the teaching of the master

and does what the master does

Apostlea·pos·tle

someone who is sent to convey a message

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And when day came, he called his

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disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles:

Andrew his brother, and James,Simon, whom he named Peter, and

and John, and Philip and

Bartholomew [Nathanael], and

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Matthew [Levi], and Thomas, andJames the son of Alphaeus, and

and Judas [Thaddeus], the son ofSimon who was called the Zealot,

James, and Judas Iscariot, who

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became a traitor....

For consider your calling, brothers: not

many of you were WISE according to worldly standards,

not many were POWERFUL, not many were of NOBLE birth.

The Apostle Paul 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

But God chose what is FOOLISH in the world to

shame the wise; God chose what is WEAK in the world to shame the

strong; God chose what is LOW and DESPISED in the world…so that no

human being might boast in the presence of God.

The Apostle Paul 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

And he came down with them and

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stood on a level place, with a greatcrowd of his disciples and a great

and Jerusalem and the seacoastmultitude of people from all Judea

of Tyre and Sidon, who came

to hear him and to be healed of

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their diseases. And those who weretroubled with unclean spirits were

to touch him, for power came outcured. And all the crowd sought

from him and healed them all....

“Wait a minute...

I just can’t believe in miracles.”

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“For we did not follow cleverly devised

myths when we made known to you the

power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

but we were EYEWITNESSES

of his majesty.”The Apostle Peter

~ 2 Peter 1:16

“That which was from the beginning, which

we have HEARD, which we have SEEN with our eyes, which we LOOKED UPON and TOUCHED with

our hands..., that which we have SEEN

and HEARD we proclaim to you....”

The Apostle John1 John 1:1-2

“Why is it thought INCREDIBLE by any of you that God raises the dead…? For the king KNOWS about these things, and to him I

speak boldly. For I am persuaded that none of

these things escaped his notice, for this has NOT

HAPPENED in a corner.”

The Apostle PaulActs 26

Why does Luke include this story in his historical biography

of Jesus?

Important Question

Following Jesus means accepting the invitation to live our ordinary lives

in light of the extraordinary life of Jesus.

Answerthe question:

What am I living for?

1

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What is your life? For you are a MIST that appears for a

little while and then VANISHES.

~ James the brother of Jesus

in James 4:14

“I am…WAGERING MY LIFE on the faith that Jesus is the ULTIMATE AUTHORITY…. The Christian commitment is distinguished in that it is a commitment to a belief about the MEANING of the whole of HUMAN EXISTENCE in its

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...entirety—namely, the belief that this MEANING is to be found in the PERSON of Jesus Christ, incarnate, crucified, risen, and destined to reign over all things.”

~ Lesslie Newbigin

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2See yourself as a disciple

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2See yourself as a disciple

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I live my life in light of what Jesus

taught & what Jesus did.

3 Dream BIG!

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“The powerful play goes on, and YOU may contribute a verse.”

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