Looking forward

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Looking forward

• 1. expecting

Matt 22 "Where is the one who has been born king
of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have
come to worship him."
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Looking forward

• 1. expecting

Micah 52 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though
you are small among the clans of Judah, out of
you will come for me one who will be ruler over
Israel, whose origins are from of old, from
ancient times."
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Looking forward

• 1. expecting

Deut 3011-14 Now what I am commanding you today
is not too difficult for you or beyond your
reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have
to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it
and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"
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Looking forward

• 1. expecting

Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to
ask "Who will cross the sea to get it and
proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the
word is very near you it is in your mouth and in
your heart so you may obey it.
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Looking forward

• 2. relating

John 103-5 and the sheep listen to his voice.
He calls his own sheep by name and leads them
out he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep
follow him because they know his voice. But they
will never follow a stranger because they do not
recognize a stranger's voice.
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• 2. relating

Psalm 2514 The LORD confides in those who fear
him he makes his covenant known to them.
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• 2. relating

Prov. 311-12 My son, do not despise the LORD's
discipline        and do not resent his rebuke,
 because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
       as a father the son he delights in.
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• 2. relating

1 Corin 1312 Now we see but a poor reflection as
in a mirror then we shall see face to face. Now
I know in part then I shall know fully, even as
I am fully known.
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• 2. relating

Heb 514 But solid food is for the mature, who by
constant use have trained themselves to
distinguish good from evil.
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Looking forward

• 2. relating
• acknowledging

Prov. 35-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding  in all
your ways acknowledge him,        and he will
make your paths straight.  
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Looking forward

• 3. listening

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Looking forward

• 3. listening

1 Kings1911 The LORD said, "Go out and stand on
the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the
LORD is about to pass by." Then a great and
powerful wind tore the mountains apart and
shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD
was not in the wind
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. After the wind there was an earthquake, but
the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the
earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in
the fire. And after the fire came a gentle
whisper
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Looking forward

• 3. listening

Matt 29 After they had heard the king, they went
on their way, and the star they had seen in the
east went ahead of them until it stopped over the
place where the child was. When they saw the
star, they were overjoyed.
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Looking forward

• 3. listening

Acts 215-28 ..'In the last days, God says, I
will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons
and daughters will prophesy, your young men will
see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even
on my servants, both men and women, I will pour
out my Spirit in those days, and they will
prophesy
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Looking forward

• 3. listening

2 Tim 27 Reflect on what I am saying, for the
Lord will give you insight into all this.
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Looking forward

• 4. following

Matt 212 And having been warned in a dream not
to go back to Herod, they returned to their
country by another route.
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Looking forward to His Christmas presence