Encountering God to impact His world

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Encountering God to impact His world
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Give me also springs of water

• Judges 1.11-15
• Caleb, his daughter Acsah and son-in-law Othniel
  were fighters.
• They had no complaint with their inheritance
  tough hill-country, and somewhat barren desert!
• But what they needed was water for refreshment,
  sustenance, irrigation and fruitfulness!
• We need the life of the Spirit to refresh us,
  sustain us, soften us, and anoint us for
  fruitfulness!

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2. The river flows ...

• From the throne of God.Ezk 47. We find the life
  of God in a lifestyle of worship
• In the garden/city of GodGen 2.10-14 Rev
  22.1-6. A place for serene reflection and life
  in vigorous activity
• From the rock. Ex 17.6 Num 20.8. We need
  structures and disciplines for life of God to
  flow. Defined banks deep rivers!
• In and out! John 7.37

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3. God meets desperate people

• Acsah Judges 1
• Isaac Gen 26.18 opening Abrahams wells
• Jacob Genesis 32.22ff wrestling with God
• Isaiah Isaiah 6 huge political crisis
• Simeon Luke 2.25ff deep spiritual longings
• Bartimaeus Mark 10.46ff prolonged disability
• Mt 5 all the blessings of the Kingdom come to
  the poor in spirit
• Jas 4.6 God gives grace to the humble!
• Jonathan Sarah Edwards!

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A tone for the conference?

• Here for refreshment
• Here to hear God faith, vision, encouragement,
  challenge
• Here for resources provocation, connections
• Here for change the potter and you!
• Here for anointing