Strategic Plan

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Discovering God is always there..Psalm 139
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To discover a new sense of Gods presence in our
lives, all the time.through and through!
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Discovering God is always there!
Psalm 139In Summary
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Discovering God is always there!
Psalm 139A deeply personal, expression of
Davids experience of God ...
You hem me in-behind and before. You have laid
your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too
wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain
v5-6
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Discovering God is always there!
Psalm 139A deeply personal, expression of
Davids experience of God ...
Knowing me knowing you aagh!
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Discovering God is always there!

• The Lord is personal v1-6
• The Lord is present v7-12
• The Lord has purposes v13-18
• Our responseLead me in your way everlasting

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Discovering God is always there!The Lord is
personal

• O Lord, you have searched me, and you know me
  v1
• The Lord knows usmore than we know ourselves
  (Even the hairs on our head are numbered !
  Matt1030)
• He is familiar with all our ways (v3) He knows
  us through and through
• BUT.We too often hide and pretend. We can
  discover our true self with our Maker!

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Discovering God is always there!The Lord is
personal
Know thyself.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
knowledge Proverbs 17It is great grace of
God to practise self-examination, but too much
is as bad as too little Teresa of Avila
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Discovering God is always there!The Lord is
personal
Practical steps!

• Dont kid ourselves, excuse ourselves, or
  pretendlets have an honest relationship with
  God
• Engage with God in a fresh and real way

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Discovering God is always there!The Lord is
present

• Where can I go from your Spirit, where can I go
  from your presence v7
• He is present in the big things of life, the
  little things, the good the bad and the ugly!
• Its not a question of feelings. but a walk of
  trust

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Discovering God is always there!The Lord is
present
Keeping in step with Gods presence...
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in
step with the Spirit Galatians 525
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Discovering God is always there!The Lord is
present
Practical steps!

• We need to learn to tune-in to His presence
• Find ways to trigger the re-call of His
  presence in our lives

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Discovering God is always there!The Lord has
purposes

• All the days ordained for me were written in
  your book, before one of them came to be v16
• From beginning to endGod is working His purposes
  out
• We have a destiny to fulfill and role to
  playOur lives will be complete only when we
  express the full intent of the master Charles R
  Hembree
• BUT. we have to honestly seek God in prayer to
  blend are will with His and discover His
  purposes

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Discovering God is always there!The Lord has
purposes

• We are to co-operate with God, and walk in his
  ways I only do what I see the Father doing
  John 519
• My one ambition in life, is to find out what
  the Holy Spirit is doing. and join in! Charlie
  Cleverly

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Discovering God is always there!The Lord has
purposes
We can walk into what God is wanting to do..
For we are God's workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared
in advance for us to do.Ephesians 29
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Discovering God is always there!The Lord is
purposes
Practical steps!

• Map out your life with God ( Not just the
  religious bits!)
• Take stock of what God is wanting to do in your
  life (Have you lost your way?)

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Discovering God is always there!Our response...
Knowing me knowing You!..
Psalm 139 23-24 Search me , and know my
heart. Test me and know my anxious
thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in
me. .and lead me in the way everlasting.
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Discovering God is always there!Our
responsePractical steps...

• Lead me in the way everlastingv24
• Be open to allowing God to search our hearts, to
  test them and check we are on course (v23)
• Give Him those worries, contradictions, doubts
  and those on-going failings (v23-24)
• The Lord is wanting to lead us in His Ways, in
  His presence, in His purity, within His
  purposesall the days of our life!