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Wakefien at 16:17, 17 April 2023

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‎Everybody needs a completely trustworthy friend (John 15 13-15)

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‎In Summary: Walking with God looks like taking steps of faith to deny the flesh embracing the Spirit all through the power of prayer.

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 There is a scene in the Disney movie 101 Dalmatians that I really like. Each owner walks by with their dog and the dog looks like the owner. I am not sure exactly what the writers had in mind, but something that I have noticed is that often married couples begin to look and act like each other. Don't look around and don't take it too literally. But seriously people who spend a lot of time together start to act like each other. When we walk through life with someone else we can't help but begin to be like that person.
-==Need: We need to learn how to walk with God because it has the potential to change every aspect of our life.==
+==Scripture Memory Verse John 21:22 - Jesus commands us to follow him, to walk with him.==
-==Subject: Prayer==
-==Preview: Today we are going to talk about walking with God. We will begin with what, move to why, and conclude with how.==
+We are digging into a topical series for the next several weeks on Disciplined Life and to start that series I want to introduce the idea of walking with God. An elite athlete disciplines themselves we need to be disciplined.
-==Text: Genesis 5:24==
 ==Setting the Stage:==
 ====If you read Genesis five you will see a pattern.====
-=====Adam live, bore a son, lived some more and then he died.=====
+=====Adam lived, bore a son, lived some more and then he died.=====
-=====Seth lived, bore a son, loves some more and then he died.=====
+=====Seth lived, bore a son, lived some more and then he died.=====
 =====Enosh lived, bore a son, lived some more and then he died.=====
 The pattern continues throughout the chapter but one individual breaks the pattern.
 ====Genesis 5:24 states "Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away (NIV)."====
 This "no more" comes from the Hebrew particle אַיִן with a pronominal suffix to mean "he was not." This is in stark contrast with those who died earlier and we are supposed to recognize the difference between the earthly end of this man who walked closely with God and all the others.
 ====This begs the question: what does it mean to walk with God and how can I better walk with God?====
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 ==What does it look like to walk with God?==
 ====Hebrews 11:5====
 <p>By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.</p>
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 We read the description of Enoch in Genesis but there is another reference to Enoch in Hebrews 11:5. Tucked in the testament of the faithful who walked closely with God is this reference to a man whose faith resulted in his assumption to heaven without experiencing death. So what does such a walk look like?
-===Walking with God looks like taking steps of faith (2 Cor. 5:6-9).===
+===2 Cor. 5:6-9===
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 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
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 ====The Context of 2 Cor. 5 is a focus on our future Heavenly dwelling.====
 A walk with God starts with a recognition that this present existence is not the be all end all of life. We look forward to a future in Heaven. And such a perspective should change us.
 =====Fear of death is replaced with expectation of Heaven.=====
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 =====And In Romans 8:15 we see that living according to the Spirit involves putting to death our selfish self-centeredness.=====
 <p> For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.</p>
 =====Colossians 3:5 further states "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."=====
 ===Walking with God looks like a life of prayer (Luke 6:12).===
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 ===Everybody has a God-shaped hole in their heart (Psalm 42:1-5).===
-====Just listen to Psalm 42====
+====Just listen to Psalm 42:1-5====
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 As the deer pants for streams of water,
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 We each long for the ultimate relationship. Whether we know it or not, we are longing to walk with God.
-===Everybody needs a steadfast anchor in a fallen world (Psalm 1)===
+===Everybody needs purpose and God offers true purpose (Psalm 1)===
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 Blessed is the one
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 When we are regularly in God's Word we will naturally begin to at more and more like God!
-The net item required in order to walk with God is to make sure you are aligned with God.
+The next item required in order to walk with God is to make sure you are aligned with God.
 ===MTR: Take time to align yourself with God's will.===
 In Amos chapter 3 Amos is speaking of the inevitable judgement that Israel is facing because of their sin. In order to make this argument Amos asks seven rhetorical questions that are meant to show Israel that some elements of life are common to all. One such common to all element is that fact that  people walk together when they have a common purpose.

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 =Introduction:=
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+==Image: 101 Dalmatians - I love the idea of people looking like who they walk with.==
 ==Need: We need to learn how to walk with God because it has the potential to change every aspect of our life.==

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 ==How can I learn to walk with God?==
 ===MTR: Take time to learn God's words===
-Do you have someone you are really close with that you can talk with and you know the meaning behind the meaning when they speak? Or maybe you have been with someone so much that you start to speak like them. Psalm 119 speaks extensively of God's word and in verse 11 we read
+Do you have someone you are really close with that you can talk with and you know the meaning behind the meaning when they speak? Or maybe you have been with someone so much that you start to speak like them.
-<p>Psalm 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.>/p>
+====Psalm 119 speaks extensively of God's word and in verse 11 we read====
 When we are regularly in God's Word we will naturally begin to at more and more like God!

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	'''Theological Proposition/Focus: God is a God who desires a relationship with each of us and therefore we have the opportunity to walk with God.'''		'''Theological Proposition/Focus: God is a God who desires a relationship with each of us and therefore we have the opportunity to walk with God.'''

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-===Everybody needs a completely trustworthy friend (John 15 13-15)===
+===Everybody needs a completely trustworthy friend (John 15:13-15)===
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 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

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 Prayer involves wrestling or grappling in large part because to pray is to admit we have need. Our flesh wants us to be our god and prayer forces us to acknowledge that we are not God and surrender ourselves to God.
-===In Summary: Walking with God looks like taking steps of faith to deny the flesh embracing the Spirit all through the power of prayer.===
+===In Summary: Walking with God looks like taking steps of faith to deny the flesh while embracing the Spirit all through the power of prayer.===
 ==Why should I strive to walk with God?==

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 ==How can I learn to walk with God?==
 ===MTR: Take time to learn God's words===
-Do you have someone you are really close with that you can talk with and you know the meaning behind the meaning of the words they use?
+Do you have someone you are really close with that you can talk with and you know the meaning behind the meaning when they speak? Or maybe you have been with someone so much that you start to speak like them. Psalm 119 speaks extensively of God's word and in verse 11 we read
 ===MTR: Take time to align yourself with God's will.===
 ====Amos 3:3, Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?====
 ===MTR: Commit to extended time in prayer.===
 ====Let's admit it, extended time in prayer can be difficult.====
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 There are plenty of anecdotal claims about how much men and women talk but from what I can tell of actual citable sources, it seems that both men and women speak on average 16,000 words a day<ref>Greve, Joan E. “Once Again: Do Women Talk More than Men?” Time. Time, July 16, 2014. https://time.com/2992051/women-talk-more-study/. </ref>. With that in mind consider this: a relationship based entirely on short phrases is not a relationship. What would happen at home if you spoke to your spouse, parent, or roommate at most 3 sentences at a time a half dozen times a day? But how much better is your prayer life?
 ====Luke 6:12, One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.====
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 Yes, I have to admit, I am not ready to leave this earth. There is still much I want to accomplish and while spiritually I know where I am going, I really am not ready yet. If God were to offer to take me to Heaven right now, I am afraid that I might say, "can we wait a bit?" What does this tell you about me? Well, for one, it tells you that I have not arrived in my walk with God. I really think that if my walk was where it should be then I would quickly respond to God and tell him that if He is ready for me to come to Heaven then so am I!
-===Let's admit, walking with God can be difficult.===
+====The answer is actually pretty simple, you should walk with God because you need God. But don't take my word for it, take what the Bible itself says.====
-Prayer is hard because it is a battle with the flesh. We must submit to the will of God and admit that God may not change anything in our circumstances but rather may change our will to better align with his. Prayer requires that be declare our complete dependence on God.
 ==How can I learn to walk with God?==