Welcome to Bible Study

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Welcome to Bible Study

• Greetings
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• Song
• Because He Lives 
• Opening Prayer

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Seeing Life from God's View
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James 413-15

• 13 Now listen, you who say, Today or tomorrow we
  will go to this or that city, spend a year there,
  carry on business and make money. 14 Why, you do
  not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is
  your life? You are a mist that appears for a
  little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you
  ought to say, If it is the Lords will, we will
  live and do this or that.

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Perspective

• Your perspective on life influence how you invest
  your time, spend your money, use your talents,
  and value your relationships.

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Metaphors

• Romans 122 "Do not conform any longer to the
  pattern of this world, but be transformed by the
  renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to
  test and approve what Gods will ishis good,
  pleasing and perfect will."

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God's View of Life

• Life on Earth is a Test
• Life on Earth is a Trust

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Life is a Test

• Failure is defined as
• to be unsuccessful in passing
• to stop functioning normally
• to leave undone
• Colin Powell " There are no secrets to success.
  It is the result of preparation, hard work, and
  learning from failure."
• Mother Teresa " Failure is merely feedback that
  there is something blocking the path of the
  emergence and expansion of the greatest version
  of yourself.

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You Grade

• NAME PASS or
  FAIL.
• Adam and Eve (Genesis 3) ______
• David (2 Samuel 11) ______
• Esther (Esther 7) ______
• Daniel (Daniel 6) ______

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• A very important test is how you act when you
  can't feel God's presence in your life.
• How can this happen?

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1 Corinthians 1013

• No temptation has seized you except what is
  common to people. And God is faithful he will
  not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
  But when you are tempted, he will also provide a
  way out so that you can stand up under it.

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James 112

• Blessed is the person who perseveres under trial,
  because when he or she has stood the test, they
  will receive the crown of life that God has
  promised to those who love him.

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Agree or Disgree?

• "Every temptation is an opportunity for us to
  draw nearer to God."
• George
  Sweeting

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Life is a Trust

• God is the owner of everything and everyone on
  earth.
• We never really own anything during our brief
  stay on earth.
• God just loans the earth to us while we are here.

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Psalm 241 and Genesis 11

• The earth is the LORDs, and everything in it,
  the world, and all who live in it
• In the beginning God created the heavens and the
  earth.

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Genesis 128

• God blessed them and said to them (Adam and Eve),
  Be fruitful and increase in number fill the
  earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the
  sea and the birds of the air and over every
  living creature that moves on the ground.
• The first job God gave humans was to manage and
  take care of God's "stuff" on earth.

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Are We Responsible for The Gulf Oil Spill?
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1 Corinthians 4 2

• (NIV) Now it is required that those who have been
  given a trust must prove faithful.
• (KJV) Moreover it is required in stewards, that a
  man be found faithful.

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Story of the Steward in Matthew 2514-29

• 20 The man who had received the five talents
  brought the other five. Master, he said, you
  entrusted me with five talents. See, I have
  gained five more.
• 21 His master replied, Well done, good and
  faithful servant! You have been faithful with a
  few things I will put you in charge of many
  things. Come and share your masters happiness!
  (enter into the joy)

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Luke 48b

• " From everyone who has been given much, much
  will be demanded and from the one who has been
  entrusted with much, much more will be asked."
• The more God gives you, the more responsible he
  expects you to be.

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Trying Not To (Humor)

• "What are you doing, son?" the shopkeeper asked a
  little boy whose eyes were on a large box of
  apples outside the storefront. "Trying to steal
  one of those apples?" asked the man.
• "No sir," replied the boy. "I'm trying not to."

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Thinking About My Purpose

• Point to Ponder Life is a test and a trust
• Verse to Remember Luke 1610a "Unless you are
  faithful in small matters, you won't be faithful
  in large ones." or " Whoever can be trusted with
  very little can also be trusted with much,"
• Question to Consider What has happened to me
  recently that I now realize was a test from God?
  What are the greatest matters God has entrusted
  to me?

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Review Study Guide andClosing Prayer