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DWELLING WITH GOD TEACHING

THE AROMA OF GOD WILL NOT LINGER ON A PERSON WHO DOES NOT LINGER IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. ~ J O HN P I PE R

BUT GOD, BEING RICH IN MERCY, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT LOVE WITH WHICH HE LOVED US, EVEN WHEN WE WERE DEAD IN OUR TRESPASSES, MADE US ALIVE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST, BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED. EP HESIAN S 2 :4 -5

C O N V E R S AT I O N In which of these ways do you tend to relate to God?

Why do you think you relate to Him in this way?

DWELLING WITH GOD PRACTICE COMMUNION: Communion is both a spiritual practice, and a way of being and relating to God. As we participate in communion as the community of the Spirit, Christ’s new family, we invite you to . . . Take a couple of minutes and reflect on your life without Christ, the hopeless state we are born into.

As an act of confession, identify areas of current sin and struggle in your life in the boxes below.

AND YOU WERE DEAD IN THE TRESPASSES AND SINS IN WHICH YOU ONCE WALKED, FOLLOWING THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD, FOLLOWING THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, THE SPIRIT THAT IS NOW AT WORK IN THE SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE—AMONG WHOM WE ALL ONCE LIVED IN THE PASSIONS OF OUR FLESH, CARRYING OUT THE DESIRES OF THE BODY AND THE MIND, AND WERE BY NATURE CHILDREN OF WRATH, LIKE THE REST OF MANKIND. E PH E SIAN S 2: 1- 3

MY MAIN JOB IS TO LIVE WITH DEEP CONTENTMENT, JOY, AND CONFIDENCE IN MY EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE OF LIFE WITH GOD. EVERYTHING ELSE IS JOB NUMBER TWO. ~ JOHN O RT B ER G

Ask Jesus to allow you to see with fresh eyes the gift of new life with Him—that is yours through his life, death, and resurrection.

Now, allow that reality, the reality that you are now in Christ sink into your heart. When you’re ready, allow worship to overflow from your heart to God and spend time in His presence as you receive the elements.