PPT-Almighty and merciful God, author and giver of peace,

whose Son became a refugee and had no place to call his own listen to the cry that rises from every corner of this fragile earth from our human family torn by violent conflict   Lord have mercy. Keynote Session 1:. God is Doing a New Thing. Ponder anew what the almighty can do. Ponder anew what the Almighty can do. Ponder anew what the almighty can do. . Go around your table and each person share: . JOHN 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.. GOD IS A GIVER, NOT A TAKER.. GOD GIVES LAVISHLY AND CONTINUALLY. . MATTHEW 5:6. Blessed Are the Merciful—. Matt. 5:6. Mercy . Isaiah 49:25, Jeremiah 31:20, Eph. 2:4 . Major . character. istic of God . Exodus 34:6. Compassion. a deep & tender emotion because of another’s . Ephesians 2:14-18. Peace, Perfect Peace. We do . NOT. live in a peaceful world. There is constant strife, bickering, fighting, and killing. So how can the . Bible. speak of peace when it doesn’t seem as though peace can ever . Philippians 4:4-6. Colossians . 3:12-15. THANKING THE GIVER. THANKING THE GIVER. TAK. I. NG . THE GIVER FOR GRANTED. THANKING THE GIVER. TAKING THE GIVER FOR GRANTED. TAKING THE GIVER AT HIS WORD. THANKING THE GIVER. 6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.“ But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.“ But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty.. God, we are your people, . made in your holy image. . We come before you this day . joined in prayer for peace..  . Our sin, . both individual and institutional, . as well as the adept way we turn a blind eye to it, . (Hebrews 12:14). Whose . peace . are you . pursuing?. Seek eagerly, press, speed on earnestly. . “Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.” . (Colossians 3:2). Fruits of heavenly wisdom grow out godly wisdom’s nature (James 5:17).. Introduction. . Outline of introductory materials. . . The Challenge of Religious confusions. . The problem of Polytheism. Pantheism. . Deism. . Islam. . Watchtower movement. . Mormonism. . Psalm 67. A request for mercy and blessings. Consider the significance of the phrase…. Daniel 9:17. Numbers 6:22-27. “…cause His face to shine upon us.”. God’s blessings are a direct reflection on His character, and love for man!. Chapters 1-4. Adherence. adherence (ad-heer-uhns) n. steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment. derivatives: adherent, adhere. Chapter 2. “. . .the fact that his father had broken a rule at all awed him. He glanced at his mother, the one responsible for adherence to the rules, and was relieved that she was smiling.”. Ch. 1-4. p. alpable. t. ransgression. a. ptitude. c. hastise. p. etulantly. r. emorse. h. asten. c. hortled. Vocab . ch. 1-4 due Wednesday 10/30. On the test. : . foreshadowing and point of view. List One: . Vocabulary The Giver The Giver- Vocabulary Palpable - ADJ a ble to be touched or felt / detectable Wheedle - VERB t o persuade someone to do something Disposition - NOUN a person’s Setting. A society on earth in the far future. Takes place many years in future. It is very strict with many rules and orders on how to do things. Characters. Jonas-. the main character. He is 11 years old, smart, and kind. .