SUNDAY SERVICE – 18 Nov`12UNFINISHED BUSINESS ?

RECENT REALISATIONS:

IF I CANT SOLVE MY PROBLEMS AT THE OUTSET THEY WILL BECOME MORE DIFFICULT LATER

I CANT MAKE A NEW START IF I STAY IN THE SAME PLACE

(I have to change something if I want to get a different result)

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FROM GOD`S VIEWPOINT?

1) STILL WANTS TO BUILD IDEAL WORLD

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FROM GODS VIEWPOINT

1) STILL WANTS TO BUILD AN IDEAL WORLD2) STILL WANTS TO END SIN AND SUFFERING

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FROM GOD`S VIEWPOINT

1) STILL WANTS TO BUILD IDEAL WORLD2) STILL WANTS TO END SIN & SUFFERING3) STILL WANTS US TO RETURN TO HIM

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FROM MAN`S VIEWPOINT

1) WANTS TO KNOW GOD AS A REALITY

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FROM MAN`S VIEWPOINT

1) WANTS TO KNOW GOD AS A REALITY2) WANTS TO KNOW GODS PRINCIPLES

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FROM MANS VIEWPOINT

1) WANTS TO KNOW GOD AS A REALITY2) WANTS TO KNOW GODS PRINCIPLES3) WANTS TO PARTICIPATE WITH GOD

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FROM MAN`S VIEWPOINT

1) I WANT TO KNOW GOD AS A REALITY ……is God just as a concept?1) I WANT TO KNOW GODS PRINCIPLES ……how and why he created?1) I WANT TO ASSIST GODS WORK ……parent-child relationship?

QUESTIONS WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK GOD?

• IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND PEACE?• DOES LIFE HAVE A PURPOSE?• HOW TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS?• WHAT IS LOVE?• WHAT IS TRUE FREEDOM?• CAN RELIGIONS WORK TOGETHER?• WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?• WHAT CAN I DO?• CAN WE BUILD ONE CULTURE OF HEART?

I WANT (NEED) TO UNDERSTAND GOD`S HEART

• WHEN YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND SOMEONE`S HEART THEN YOU COME TO KNOW THE VERY ESSENCE OF THAT PERSON.

• I OFTEN MISUNDERSTAND PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS AND AS A RESULT MAKE MISTAKES

• WE ALL NEED TO DEVELOP TRUE RELATIONSHIPS (friend)

• EXAMPLE OF HEART-TO-HEART RELATIONSHIP (BC - Travisglen)

• SEE FROM GODS VIEWPOINT

PARADIGM SHIFT (1)

• PTOLEMY THOUGHT THE EARTH WAS AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE

• COPERNICUS CREATED A PARADIGM SHIFT BY PLACING THE SUN AT THE CENTRE INSTEAD OF THE EARTH

• RESULT? …A NEW INTERPRETATION • (A aha experience!)• (see things in a new way……read from Stephen Covey`s

book “The seven habits of highly effective people” p30)• ……I remember a mini-paradigm shift etc. etc.

PARADIGM SHIFT (2)TWO BATTLESHIPS ASSIGNED TO THE TRAINING SQUADRON HAD BEEN AT SEA ON

MANEUVERS IN HEAVY WEATHER FOR SEVERAL DAYS.THE VISIBILITY WAS POOR WITH PATCHY FOG SO THE CAPTAIN REMAINED ON THE BRIDGE KEEPING WATCH.

SHORTLY AFTER DARK THE LOOKOUT PERSON ON THE BRIDGE SHOUTED “LIGHT BEARING ON THE STARBOARD BOW SIR” …..”IS IT STEADY OR MOVING ASTERN” THE CAPTAIN CALLED OUT.

THE LOOKOUT REPLIED “STEADY CAPTAIN” WHICH MEANT THE SHIP WAS DANGEROUSLY ON A COLLISION COURSE.

THE CAPTAIN THEN CALLED TO THE SIGNALMAN……. “SIGNAL THAT SHIP WE ARE ON A COLLISION COURSE, ADVISE YOU CHANGE COURSE TWENTY DEGREES”. BACK CAME A SIGNAL “ADVISABLE FOR YOU TO CHANGE COURSE TWENTY DEGREES”……

THE CAPTAIN REPLIED “I AM A CAPTAIN, CHANGE COURSE TWENTY DEGREES.

.I AM A SEAMAN SECOND CLASS CAME THE REPLY. YOU HAD BETTER CHANGE COURSE TWENTY DEGREES.

BY THAT TIME THE CAPTAIN WAS FURIOUS….. HE SPAT OUT “I AM A BATTLESHIP, CHANGE COURSE TWENTY DEGREES OR ELSE…….”

BACK CAME THE FLASHING LIGHT

…..I AM A LIGHTHOUSE !

THE SHIP CHANGED COURSE !

PRINCIPLES ARE LIKE LIGHTHOUSES

THEY ARE NATURAL LAWS THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN

CECIL B. deMILLE (Film Director)Its impossible for us to break the law…..we

can only break ourselves against the law.

HOW CAN I GAIN GOD`S WORD?

MAYBE I WANT TO MAKE A NEW START?(cant stay in the same place)

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO FIRST?(recognise my mistake and apologise)

OFFER REPENTANCE & SEEK FORGIVENESS

Sorry seems to be the hardest word…….. (Elton John)

MARRIAGE COURSEMARRIAGE COURSE

• BUILDING STRONG FOUNDATIONS• THE ART OF COMMUNICATION• RESOLVING CONFLICT• THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS• THE IMPACT OF FAMILY - past & present• GOOD SEX• LOVE IN ACTION

MARRIAGE COURSE LOVE IN ACTION (How we express our love to each other)

1) Loving words2) Thoughtful presents3) Physical affection4) Quality time5) Kind actions

(One family under God)

REFLECT, REPAIR AND RENEW(REPENTANCE)

• Bernard`s unfinished business….

• ONENESS WITH GOD (make time for him)• BROTHERS AND SISTERS (unity-chopsticks)• GRATITUDE–GRATEFUL ATTITUDE (no comp)• HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY (response-ability)• GOOD USE OF TIME (planning)• DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY (standards)• GOING THE RIGHT WAY (direction)• PRAYER (concentration of sincerity) (footy)

FATHER

• IT’S A NEW DAWN I SEE IT GROW• STRONGER AND CLEARER DAY BY DAY• SAVING THE PEOPLE• BRINGING THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD INTO NEW HOPE

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• I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHERS BUSINESS

• NOT MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS BUT …….MIND EVERYBODYS BUSINESS

• SO ITS BUSINESS AS USUAL

THANK YOU

AJU !