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Step 5 Keep Close to God
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BE HONEST . . . Youre Not God!
REMEMBER . . . You Matter to God!
ENTRUST Your Life to God!
ADMIT Your Faults Acknowledge Your Hurts.
KEEP Close To God.
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John 151-17 (p. 995)
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I am your SOURCE, stay CONNECTED to Me.
John 155-6
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I am your GOAL, become LIKE Me.
John 157-8
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What does Jesus want? FRUIT ! ! !
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things
there is no law. Those who belong to Christ
Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its
passions and desires. Galatians 522-24
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I am your HOUSE, LIVE in Me.
Remain (NIV, TNIV, NLT) Abide (KJV) Make
your home in me . . . Live in me (The Message)
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Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in
you. In the same way that a branch can't bear
grapes by itself but only by being joined to the
vine, you can't bear fruit unless you are joined
with me. John 154
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3 Ways we Keep Close to God

• Keep Gods Word in your HEART

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I have hidden your word in my heart        that
I might not sin against you.Psalm 11911
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HOW do we Keep Close to God (Remain)?

• Keep Gods Word in your HEART
• Psalm 11911 (p. 567)
• The Lesson of the Basket
• Keep connected in a FAITH COMMUNITY
• John 1512 (p. 996)
• Loving, Serving, Encouraging, Supporting
  (Accountability)
• Keep always in PRAYER

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Pray continually.1 Thessalonians 517
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Talk with God, formally and informally, about
everything, all the time. The Jesus Prayer is
an internal prayer of the heart that has been
practiced by Christians since the 5th
Century Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have
mercy on me a sinner.
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The Gospel in 12 words!!! jesusprayer_at_creeksidech
urch.ca
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I am COMMITTED to you, stay COMMITTED to ME!
John 154, 16-18 (p. 995)
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Step 5 Keep Close to God