Jeremiah 18:16

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Jeremiah 181-6

• This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the
  LORD Go down to the potter's house, and there I
  will give you my message." So I went down to the
  potter's house, and I saw him working at the
  wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay
  was marred in his hands

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Jeremiah 181-6

• so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping
  it as seemed best to him. Then the word of the
  Lord came to me O house of Israel, can I not do
  with you as this potter does? declares the Lord.
  Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you
  in my hand, O house of Israel.

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Extreme Makeover

• Reconstruction is Gods starting point
• Remodeling is an ongoing process
• Why is it better to reconstruct?

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• Reformational Christianity
• (No reconstruction)
• Transformational Christianity
• I cannot
• A new way of thinking and seeing

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2 Corinthians 517

• Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new
  creation. The old has gone, the new has come.

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Luke 1936-46

• As he went along, people spread their cloaks on
  the road. When he came near the place where the
  road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole
  crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God
  in loud voices for all the miracles they had
  seen "Blessed is the king who comes in the name
  of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the
  highest!"

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Luke 1936-46

• Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus,
  "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" "I tell you,"
  he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will
  cry out."
•  As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he
  wept over it and said, "If you, even you, had
  only known on this day what would bring you
  peacebut now it is hidden from your eyes.

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Luke 1936-46

• The days will come upon you when your enemies
  will build an embankment against you and encircle
  you and hem you in on every side. They will dash
  you to the ground, you and the children within
  your walls. They will not leave one stone on
  another, because you did not recognize the time
  of God's coming to you."

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Luke 1936-46

• Then he entered the temple area and began driving
  out those who were selling. "It is written," he
  said to them, "'My house will be a house of
  prayer' but you have made it 'a den of
  robbers.'"

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The Triumphal Entry

• Jesus weeps over a city
• Jesus cleanses the temple
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• My Heart, Christs home

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2 Corinthians 517

• Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new
  creation. The old has gone, the new has come.

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Two Ways

• The Old Way
• Core Passion Be blessed
• Core Experience Get it right
• Core Strategy Figure out what to do
• Core Hope Good things will come
• Core Attitude My will be done

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Two Ways

• The New Way
• Core Passion To know Him
• Core Experience To celebrate Him
• Core Strategy Trust in His provision
• Core Hope To become like Jesus
• Core Attitude Your will be done

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The New Way

• Building contentment (in me)
• Adding vision
• Dealing with sin
• Dealing with security
• Healing me from my past
• Giving me a greater capacity to love
• Working on my marriage (video)

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• The Process
• Encounter Him
• Join the community of broken, seekers who want
  more of Him
• Be transformed by the Spirit
• Experience His renovation

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