Imagine

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“Imagine...” Message #1 in the series “Imagine” Luke 5:33-39

Change ________________ Sometimes when it impacts us, we ____________. Why? • It challenges our _________________ •

Endings cause us ___________ and ___________

When God initiates change for His people usually it is for two intentional purposes:

Luke 5:33-39 (NRSV)

Then they said to him, “John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.” 34 Jesus said to them, “You cannot make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? 35 The days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.” 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it on an old garment; otherwise the new will be torn, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new wine, but says, ‘The old is good.’” 33

1. To empower us to __________________ 2. To prevent ____________________ •

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Our relationship with God is meant to be ____________ Imagine the Kingdom of God is like a _____________

“Marry the mission, but date the method.” ~ Andy Stanley

FOR GROW GROUPS AND PERSONAL REFLECTION: 1. What stuck out most for you from today's message? 2. Who should you share this content with? When will you share it? 3. What one thing from today's message will you apply to your life this week? 4. Who is one person you might invite to come to church with you next week? How will you invite them?