1. Celebration
Celbrating that God is faithful and we have nothing to fear
Not in nation / not in our families / not in our hearts – if we will DEPEND ON HIM
Look at good news – of what it means to know Jesus

2. Salvation and being a Christian isn’t just about getting to Heaven
Salvation and being a Christian isn’t just about getting to Heaven. It’s about your story changing from alone to adopted!
Look at sheet
Orphans from God – the one who made us
What is an orphan – first blank - SACRIFICE
Live alone in a different world – around people – but alone – no one to sacrifice for you / watch over you
You speak a different language – Romans 8 – fear / fear always sounds like complaining, accusing
You learn to survive – no one else – have to do it yourself –how you live –SELFISH
You have a different name than you should
God created you to be loved – you call yourself unlovable
To be importabt – you call yourself worthless
To strong and filled with joy – you are empty and feel weak
[testimonies] Call yourself an atheist, hopeless, failure – God calls believer, healed and sucess
Story of the Bible – as
Everything changes when you realize that God loved you so much – sent his son to adopt you
Never thought about it – we have – our story - video

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4. 1. You live with Him always
God in Heaven wants to adopt you into His family through the sacrifice of Jesus
1. You live with Him always
2. You speak love & forgiveness
He is living with you now – in your world and bringing you to his
Sara and I flew 7,000 place we didn’t belong to bring Kaleb with us
Willing to live with him – but goal was for him to come back and live with us
2. Brokeness happened – its done
But so is the cross – all your sins – cancelled there & all the sins against you (important for #4)
Kaleb learned English – being with a family / you have to

5. When you were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self, God made you alive with Christ, and he forgave all our sins. He canceled your debt, which listed all the rules we failed to follow. He took away that record with its rules and nailed it to the cross. God stripped evil’s power over you. With the cross, he won the victory and showed the world that evil is powerless compared to Christ. (Col 2:13–15).
The past is nailed to the cross – it died with Christ
It doesn’t define you – no power over you
If in family – you would remember
Keep teaching Kaleb – this is how you do this
We forget on our own

6. 3. You learn a life of peace (security)
God in Heaven wants to adopt you into His family through the sacrifice of Jesus
3. You learn a life of peace (security)
4. You have a NEW name
3. Life of peace – instead of fear like Romans 8 says
Kaleb orphanage story – selfish to survive – take from others
You have a father and family!!!!!!
4. New name – Geremew to Kaleb
From weak, poor, wasted, has been, alone, unimportant, trash, messed up, hated, uncared for To
Strong, provided for, overcomer, needed, important, healed,
Learned it by being part of a family
Kaleb stop, don’t eat, put down

7. Baptism is our adoption celebration!!!
Repentance of sin & old life
Decision to follow Jesus
Acceptance of a new identity in Jesus
Agreement to belong to a new family
I’m not alone – with sin keeping me alone
My new heart has something new to say that will bring love
I don’t live and react in fear or selfishness – peace
I’m part of the family!!!

8. Baptism is our adoption celebration!!!
“We were all baptized into one body through one Spirit. And we were all made to share in the one Spirit.” (1 Co 12:13)
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