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April 28, 2024 PM
Paul Gotthardt
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TEAM 1: Praying for Leaders in the Home
Pray for dads to…
Pray for moms to…
TEAM 2: Praying for Leaders in the Church
Pray for church leaders to…
Pray for pastors to…
TEAM 3: Praying for Leaders in Government
Pray for government leaders to…
April 21, 2024 PM
Paul Gotthardt
(#8 in series)
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Important Insights for Each Night of Worldview
“He who defines the terms, controls the debate.” – Mike Evans
Worldview is how you see the world. It’s the system of beliefs or core values that inform a person’s decisions and help frame out life issues. A biblical worldview is seeing the world from God’s perspective as revealed in Scripture. That means your beliefs and values are shaped and supported by God’s Word.
Two reasons Christians believe or act in opposition to Scripture:
1) Ignorance: We don’t know what Scripture says.
2) Disobedience: We reject what Scripture says.
There are eight primary categories that come together to create a worldview. Our worldview is shaped by our beliefs on:
1) Creation/Environment
2) Religion/Spirituality
3) Education/Development
4) Relationships/Experience
5) Culture/Institutions
6) Science/Technology
7) Economics/Vocation
8) Community/Government
We have five main goals for each of our Nights of Worldview:
1) To inform believers
2) To foster a biblical worldview
3) To show the beauty and the relevance of the gospel
4) To prayerfully seek to understand God’s heart
5) To encourage believers to act in love
What are the basic steps for developing a biblical worldview?
1) Actively pursue an intimate relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
2) Study Scripture (contextually and completely) as it relates to a topic.
3) Adopt God’s perspective as your perspective.
4) If anything seems to contradict God’s perspective, give Him the benefit of the doubt, trust Him, and wait for clarity.
5) Intentionally associate with and learn from those who are on the same path, including friends, churches, blogs, books, podcasts, etc.
6) Repeat this process for the rest of your life.
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April 07, 2024 PM
Chuck Williams
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Psalm 41
Big Truth: Hope is found in God through prayerful dependence for His glory alone.
David’s Outline…
Hope Filled Prayers…
Questions for reflection:
“The Psalms are the mirror of the soul.” – John Calvin
“Little of the Word with little prayer is death to the spiritual life. Much of the Word with little prayer gives a sickly life. Much prayer with little of the Word gives emotional life. But a full measure of both the Word and prayer each day gives a healthy and powerful life.” –Andrew Murray
“Theology is the study of God and it’s very important; doxology is an expression of praise to God. So, the point here is that all theology should ultimately lead to doxology. If theology doesn’t lead to doxology, then we’ve actually missed the point of theology. So if you have theology without doxology, you just have dead, cold orthodoxy; which is horrible, right? On the other side, we have people who say, ‘Ugh! Forget theology; I just wanna praise!’ Right? But, if we have doxology without theology, we actually have idolatry! Because it’s just a random expression of praise; but it’s not actually informed by the Truth of who God is. So, God is concerned with both! He’s concerned with an accurate understanding of Him; and that accurate understanding of Him, leading to a response of praise, adoration and worship towards Him.” – Shai Linne
Scripture References
Psalm 41; Romans 15:4; 2 Samuel 15; Deuteronomy 10:19; 15:9; 30:15-20; Job 41:11; Matthew 5:7; Romans 8:1; 1 John 1:9; Psalm 32:3; 66:18; 2 Samuel 16:5-8; 15:12; Ecclesiastes 5:2; 2 Samuel 19:21-23; John 15:5; Psalm 72:19; 89:52; 106:48; 150:6
