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Proverbs 4:20–22 - To find the Word so that we may fully experience the life and salvation it offers. - This means: listening to the Word with full attention, focus and readiness to receive it. Maza / Matsa (Heb.) = to find, to discover, to invent, to encounter, to experience (e.g. favour), to find something (that which is lost)

John 6:64 Hebrews 4:2 1 Corinthians 12:24 Receive God’s Word in faith, to make room for God so that He may perfectly bring everything within us together, in accordance with His image. Sugkerannumi (Greek) = to connect with, to bring together, to assimilate, to process, to mix

John 6:63 The Word gives us God’s life (zoe) itself. How would you describe God’s life? Imagine receiving it as you remain in God’s Word with an open heart.

Hebrews 4:12 John 1:1–5 John 1:14 & 16 1 Peter 1:23 & 25

Holy, blameless and beyond reproach in Jesus Christ Colossians 1:21–22 Jude 1:24

The Blood of Jesus cleanses und sanctifies us Hebrews 10:19,22 Hebrews 12:24

Sanctified by the Spirit! Ephesians 1:4 2 Thessalonians 2:13 1 Peter 1:2

Holy & blameless- Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 1:3-4

Good works have been prepared for you! Ephesians 2:10

Johannes 1:16

Ephesians 2:8-9

Ephesians 2:8 The Grace saves

Ephesians 2:7 God’s grace is made visible among us through His goodness

Ephesians 2:6 The grace gives us new perspective

Ephesians 2:6 By grace we are given a new place/position and sit with Jesus in the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:4–5 Through grace we have become new creation - 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3–4 - Proclaiming the Gospel

Ephesians 2:4 God is rich in mercy. This mercy lays the foundation for grace to be at work. Mercy crowns us, defends us and provides for us 🙏

Ephesians 2:3b Without grace, man is doomed/lost/condemned John 3:17–18 John 1:29

Ephesians 2:3 Without the grave of God man is depraved

Ephesians 2:2 Without the grace of God we are called the children of disobedience

Before the gracious salvation we are spiritually dead Ephesians 2:1

Love as a surrender of one’s life to God! 1 John 3:16 John 15:13 Romans 5:7–8 Ephesians 5:1–2

Happy & Blessed Easter!

Make Jesus the centre of your life 🙏✨ John 1:29 Isaiah 53:5

Acts 16:16-29

2 Corinthians 11:23–27 2 Corinthians 4:17 Paul lived with an eternal perspective!

Worship helps us to see, with gratitude, what God is doing in the lives of others Ephesians 5:20 Colossians 3:17 1 Thessalonians 1:2 2 Thessalonians 1:3

Psalm 50:23 Praise honours God

2 Corinthians 4:18 Praise shift the focus to the unseen

Praise is strength and spiritual warfare! Psalm 8:2 Matt. 21:12-16

Praise brings supernatural peace Philippians 4:4–7 Isaiah 26:3

We are created for God’s pleasure Revelation 4:11 Isaiah 43:7 Colossians 1:16 Psalm 104:31

Worship deepens your relationship! Your worth in God’s eyes does not depend on your achievements. Psalm 100:4, Hebrews 4:16

Praise because of Who God is - irrespective of circumstances. Psalm 107: 1,8,15,21,31ff

Deuteronomy 28:45-48 Choose to praise God because He expects it from a joyful and thankful heart

The man called the Branch is building the temple of the Lord Zechariah 6:12

Jesus is the Servant Branch! Jeremiah 23:5 Mark 10:45 Matthew 20:28

Christ the King Branch - He reigns in our lives! Jeremiah 23:5

Isaiah 14:19 – “nezer” – used negatively and shows us what Jesus took upon himself!

Isaiah 11:1 Three Hebrew words: - netzer = a small, fresh green branch - tsemach = a green shoot or sprout growing from an old tree stump - choter = a shoot growing from a cut tree stump

El Shaddai = Almighty God, God who suffices, God of the mountains Genesis 17:1