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REFLECTIONS - ON MY FUTURE (3 OF 3)
by Central Christian Church of Arizona
Scripture: John 11:1-18, John 11:21-57
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Reflections - on My Future (3 of 3)
Series: Easter Reflections
Cal Jernigan
John 11
1) Opening Comments
a) What a powerful story.
i) Thank you Christin for sharing your story
ii) We've all got a story to tell
b) Today we want to talk about ''Reflections''
i) A reflection is what you see when you take a look at yourself. Your life.
ii) It is what you see when you look at both your past and your present condition.
iii) As we reflect on our lives, we try to make sense of it
(1) Why did this happen?
(2) Why did that happen?
iv) So many times, the closer we look the more confused we become
c) What's so compelling about the video we just watched...
i) Christin didn't want her FUTURE to simply be more of her PAST
ii) Can you relate to this?
iii) Most of us really don't want that to be our future.
iv) Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present
d) There's a story in the Bible that I want to turn our attention to... I think it will give us insight
i) It's found in John 11
ii) If you have a Bible, and you want to, take a moment and find this passage.
iii) While you're doing so...
(1) Let me take this moment to welcome you.
(2) Thank you for celebrating Easter with us
(3) Whichever of our campuses you find yourself on, thanks for being here.
2) Where's God When...?
a) John 11
i) This is the story of a few friends
ii) There are four main characters
(1) Jesus
(2) A woman named Mary
(3) Her sister named Martha
(4) Their brother named Lazarus who was a really good friend of Jesus
iii) Martha, Mary and Lazarus lived in Bethany, a suburb of Jerusalem
iv) They had done quite a bit of life together and knew each other well
v) Then something happened...
(1) It's how life happens
(2) Everything is going just great... then it's not!
vi) This is a sort of when life crashes in on you.
b) John 11:1-3 ''Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the villa ...
Series: Easter Reflections
Cal Jernigan
John 11
1) Opening Comments
a) What a powerful story.
i) Thank you Christin for sharing your story
ii) We've all got a story to tell
b) Today we want to talk about ''Reflections''
i) A reflection is what you see when you take a look at yourself. Your life.
ii) It is what you see when you look at both your past and your present condition.
iii) As we reflect on our lives, we try to make sense of it
(1) Why did this happen?
(2) Why did that happen?
iv) So many times, the closer we look the more confused we become
c) What's so compelling about the video we just watched...
i) Christin didn't want her FUTURE to simply be more of her PAST
ii) Can you relate to this?
iii) Most of us really don't want that to be our future.
iv) Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present
d) There's a story in the Bible that I want to turn our attention to... I think it will give us insight
i) It's found in John 11
ii) If you have a Bible, and you want to, take a moment and find this passage.
iii) While you're doing so...
(1) Let me take this moment to welcome you.
(2) Thank you for celebrating Easter with us
(3) Whichever of our campuses you find yourself on, thanks for being here.
2) Where's God When...?
a) John 11
i) This is the story of a few friends
ii) There are four main characters
(1) Jesus
(2) A woman named Mary
(3) Her sister named Martha
(4) Their brother named Lazarus who was a really good friend of Jesus
iii) Martha, Mary and Lazarus lived in Bethany, a suburb of Jerusalem
iv) They had done quite a bit of life together and knew each other well
v) Then something happened...
(1) It's how life happens
(2) Everything is going just great... then it's not!
vi) This is a sort of when life crashes in on you.
b) John 11:1-3 ''Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the villa ...
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