GROWING OLD

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GROWING OLD

• GRACEFULLY

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Larry Miller on Aging

• Do you realize that the only time in our lives
  when we like to get old is when we're kids?
• If you're less than 10 years old, you're so
  excited about aging that you think in fractions.
• "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're
  never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a
  half, going on five!  That's the key. 

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Larry Miller on Aging

• You get into your teens, now they can't hold you
  back. You jump to the next number, or even a few
  ahead.  "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You
  could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! 

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Larry Miller on Aging

• And then the greatest day of your life . . . you
  become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony .
  . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! 
• But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened
  there? Makes you sound like bad milk.  He TURNED
  we had to throw him out. There's no fun now,
  you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's
  changed?

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Larry Miller on Aging

• You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING
  40.  Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping
  away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . . and
  your dreams are gone. 
• But wait!!!  You MAKE it to 60.  You didn't think
  you would! 
• So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and
  MAKE it to 60. 

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Larry Miller on Aging

• You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! 
  After that it's a day-by-day thing you HIT
  Wednesday! 
• You get into your 80s and every day is a complete
  cycle you HIT lunch you TURN 430 you REACH
  bedtime.  And it doesn't end there.

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Larry Miller on Aging

• Into the 90s, you start going backwards "I
  Was JUST 92."
• Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over
  100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and
  a half!"
• May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
100 YEARS
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INNOCENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
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Matthew 181-5

• At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying,
  "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
  Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him
  in the midst of them, and said, "Assuredly, I say
  to you, unless you are converted and become as
  little children, you will by no means enter the
  kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles
  himself as this little child is the greatest in
  the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one
  little child like this in My name receives Me."

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Luke 1815-17

• Then they also brought infants to Him that He
  might touch them but when the disciples saw it,
  they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to Him
  and said, "Let the little children come to Me,
  and do not forbid them for of such is the
  kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever
  does not receive the kingdom of God as a little
  child will by no means enter it."

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
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Ecclesiastes 121

• Remember now your Creator in the days of your
  youth, Before the difficult days come, And the
  years draw near when you say, "I have no pleasure
  in them"

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Ephesians 61-4

• Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this
  is right. "Honor your father and mother," which
  is the first commandment with promise "that it
  may be well with you and you may live long on the
  earth."
• And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to
  wrath, but bring them up in the training and
  admonition of the Lord.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
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2 Timothy 215

• Be diligent to present yourself approved to God,
  a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly
  dividing the word of truth.

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1 Peter 313-16
Isaiah 812

• And who is he who will harm you if you become
  followers of what is good? But even if you should
  suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed.
  "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be
  troubled." But sanctify the Lord God in your
  hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to
  everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that
  is in you, with meekness and fear having a good
  conscience, that when they defame you as
  evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in
  Christ may be ashamed.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
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Galatians 67-9

• Do not be deceived, God is not mocked for
  whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For
  he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap
  corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of
  the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not
  grow weary while doing good, for in due season we
  shall reap if we do not lose heart.

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2 Timothy 21-6

• You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace
  that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that you
  have heard from me among many witnesses, commit
  these to faithful men who will be able to teach
  others also. You therefore must endure hardship
  as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged
  in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of
  this life, that he may please him who enlisted
  him as a soldier. And also if anyone competes in
  athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes
  according to the rules. The hard-working farmer
  must be first to partake of the crops.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
100 YEARS
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FIGHTING
TIRELESS
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2 Corinthians 103-6

• For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
  according to the flesh. For the weapons of our
  warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for
  pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments
  and every high thing that exalts itself against
  the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into
  captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being
  ready to punish all disobedience when your
  obedience is fulfilled.

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Ephesians 610-12

• Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and
  in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor
  of God, that you may be able to stand against the
  wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against
  flesh and blood, but against principalities,
  against powers, against the rulers of the
  darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of
  wickedness in the heavenly places.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
100 YEARS
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EARLY CHILDHOOD
FIGHTING
TIRELESS
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Romans 1210-13

• Be kindly affectionate to one another with
  brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one
  another not lagging in diligence, fervent in
  spirit, serving the Lord rejoicing in hope,
  patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in
  prayer distributing to the needs of the saints,
  given to hospitality.

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1 Peter 122-25
Isaiah 406-8

• Since you have purified your souls in obeying the
  truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the
  brethren, love one another fervently with a pure
  heart, having been born again, not of corruptible
  seed but incorruptible, through the word of God
  which lives and abides forever, because "All
  flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as
  the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And
  its flower falls away, But the word of the Lord
  endures forever." Now this is the word which by
  the gospel was preached to you.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
SPIRITUAL
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FIGHTING
TIRELESS
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Galatians 522-26

• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
  longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  gentleness, self-control. Against such there is
  no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified
  the flesh with its passions and desires. If we
  live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
  Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking
  one another, envying one another.

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Galatians 61

• Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass,
  you who are spiritual restore such a one in a
  spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest
  you also be tempted.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
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1 Corinthians 1558

• Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,
  immovable, always abounding in the work of the
  Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in
  the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 1613

• Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be
  strong.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
SPIRITUAL
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EXEMPLARY
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INNOCENT
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FIGHTING
TIRELESS
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Philippians 317

• Brethren, join in following my example, and note
  those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.

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1 Peter 55

• Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to
  your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one
  another, and be clothed with humility, for "God
  resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

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Hebrews 137, 17

• Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken
  the word of God to you, whose faith follow,
  considering the outcome of their conduct.
• Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive,
  for they watch out for your souls, as those who
  must give account. Let them do so with joy and
  not with grief, for that would be unprofitable
  for you.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
SPIRITUAL
100 YEARS
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EXEMPLARY
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NOBLE
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FERVENT
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INNOCENT
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TIRELESS
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Philippians 48

• Finally, brethren, whatever things are true,
  whatever things are noble, whatever things are
  just, whatever things are pure, whatever things
  are lovely, whatever things are of good report,
  if there is any virtue and if there is anything
  praiseworthy--meditate on these things.

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Titus 21-5

• But as for you, speak the things which are proper
  for sound doctrine that the older men be sober,
  reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in
  patience the older women likewise, that they be
  reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given
  to much wine, teachers of good things-- that they
  admonish the young women to love their husbands,
  to love their children, to be discreet, chaste,
  homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands,
  that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

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Psalm 9212-15

• The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He
  shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are
  planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish
  in the courts of our God. They shall still bear
  fruit in old age They shall be fresh and
  flourishing, To declare that the Lord is upright
  He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in
  Him.

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Leviticus 1932

• "You shall rise before the gray headed and honor
  the presence of an old man, and fear your God I
  am the Lord."

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
DEATH
SPIRITUAL
100 YEARS
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STEADFAST
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EXEMPLARY
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NOBLE
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FERVENT
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INNOCENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
FIGHTING
TIRELESS
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Hebrews 927

• And as it is appointed for men to die once, but
  after this the judgment, so Christ was offered
  once to bear the sins of many. To those who
  eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second
  time, apart from sin, for salvation.

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2 Timothy 46-8

• For I am already being poured out as a drink
  offering, and the time of my departure is at
  hand. I have fought the good fight, I have
  finished the race, I have kept the faith.
  Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of
  righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
  Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me
  only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

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Revelation 210

• Do not fear any of those things which you are
  about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to
  throw some of you into prison, that you may be
  tested, and you will have tribulation ten days.
  Be faithful until death, and I will give you the
  crown of life.

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
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2 PETER 15-7
BROTHERLY
REST
KINDNESS
100 YEARS
LOVE
60's
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MATURE
80's
A BLESSING
GODLINESS
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PURITY
EARLY CHILDHOOD
PERSEVERANCE
SELF-CONTROL
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VIRTUE
KNOWLEDGE
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Revelation 1413

• Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me,
  "Write 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
  from now on.' " "Yes," says the Spirit, "that
  they may rest from their labors, and their works
  follow them."