Wild, Week One: Into The Wild

Published: April 2, 2017, 4 p.m.

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His wisdom\\u202fis profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted\\u202fhim and come out unscathed? He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger. He shakes the earth\\u202ffrom its place and makes its pillars tremble. Job 9:4-10 (NIV)\\xa0

He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars. He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. He is the Maker\\u202fof the Bear\\u202fand Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south. Job 9:4-10 (NIV)\\xa0

He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.\\xa0 Job 9:4-10 (NIV)\\xa0

My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,\\u201d says the\\u202fLord. \\u201cAnd my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT)\\xa0

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,\\u202fand have it to the full. John 10:10 (NIV)\\xa0

\\u201cThe glory of God is man fully alive.\\u201d \\u2013 St. Irenaeus\\xa0\\xa0

They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that! 2 Timothy 3:5 (NLT)\\xa0

Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus\\u202fwho was a member of the Jewish ruling council.\\u202fHe came to Jesus at night and said, \\u201cRabbi,\\u202fwe know\\u202fthat you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.\\u201d John 3:1-17 (NIV)\\xa0

  1. Discover Him for yourself\\u2026\\xa0

Jesus replied,\\u202f\\u201cVery truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.\\u201d \\u201cHow can someone be born when they are old?\\u201d Nicodemus asked. \\u201cSurely they cannot enter a second time into their mother\\u2019s womb to be born!\\u201d John 3:1-17 (NIV)\\xa0

Jesus answered,\\u202f\\u201cVery truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.\\u202f\\u202fFlesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit\\u202fgives birth to spirit.\\u202fYou should not be surprised at my saying, \\u2018You\\u202fmust be born again.\\u2019\\u202fThe wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.\\u201d John 3:1-17 (NIV)\\xa0

\\u201cHow can this be?\\u201d\\u202fNicodemus asked\\u2026\\xa0 John 3:1-17 (NIV)\\xa0

  1. Approach Him with your doubt\\u2026\\xa0

For God so loved\\u202fthe world that he gave\\u202fhis one and only Son,\\u202fthat whoever believes\\u202fin him shall not perish but have eternal life.\\u202f\\u202fFor God did not send his Son into the world\\u202fto condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:1-17 (NIV)\\xa0

  1. Dare to believe...\\xa0

The life we want is on the other side of our\\u202finhibitions with God.\\u202f\\xa0

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