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© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com 7 Processes of Life Nutrition Movement Reproduction Excretion Respiration Sensitivity Growth © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com 7 Processes of Life Movement… Movement takes place in response to stimuli Jesus said “Go…” It is impossible to be a disciple and not be on the move. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com 7 Processes of Life Respiration… The work of the Holy Spirit is always spoken of as BREATH: Ruach in Hebrew Pnuema in Greek © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com 7 Processes of Life Sensitivity… Do we have sensitive hearts or hardened hearts? © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com 7 Processes of Life Growth… If something is alive… it GROWS!!! © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com 7 Processes of Life Reproduction… Reproduction is a basic sign of life Everything in every species is sacrificed for the next generation Our next generation: The young and new Christians © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com 7 Processes of Life Excretion… Dealing with the toxins of life Matthew 18 : 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you.” © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com 7 Processes of Life Nutrition... John 6: 48 “I am the bread of life.” We need to be fed by Jesus every day!!! © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Movement Luke 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Movement Luke 9:1 - 2 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Respiration Luke 4 : 14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Respiration Luke 5 : 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Respiration John 20 : 21 - 22 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Sensitivity Luke 5: 22 - 24 Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins....” He said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Sensitivity John 5: 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Growth Luke 2 : 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Growth Luke: 13:18 - 19 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? 19It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
Jesus and Reproduction Luke 1:35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
Jesus and Reproduction The Parable of the Sower Mark 4 : 1 – 8, 13 – 20 Mark 4 : 20 “Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop–thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown.” © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Excretion Luke 10 : 13 - 15 Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes… © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Excretion Luke 10 : 13 – 15 …But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Excretion Luke 11 : 2 , 4 He said to them, “When you pray, say: …Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Nutrition Matthew 4 : 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
© Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com Jesus and Nutrition Luke : 22 – 19 - 20 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. © Mike Breen www.weare3dm.com
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