1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

3. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Colossians1:13b “…into the kingdom of His dear Son.” (KJV) The need to live as spiritual people Understanding the power and the principles of the invisible dimension We are born of the Spirit… John 3:8 We walk in the Spirit… Galatians 5:16

4. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Ephesians 6:12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (NKJV) 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” (NKJV)

5. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 First Thought We are Bible Believers “Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent” – Thomas Campbell (1763-1854) Engaging our culture Zechariah 4:6b 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.

6. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 First Thought We are Bible Believers John 7:38 ‘Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. ’ By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. Not just an abiding presence but He is an overflowing presence

7. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 First Thought We are Bible Believers Do you seek to experience what you believe to be true in the scriptures? What is birthed by God, can only continued by God The unsaved world could not care less about what we believe

8. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 First Thought We are Bible Believers Acts1:4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me.” Ephesians 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit. (AMP)

9. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 First Thought We are Bible Believers Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). (AMP) Galatians 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

10. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 First Thought We are Bible Believers Righteousness, peace, gladness and joy come from the Holy Spirit… (Romans 14:17; Isaiah 51:11; Psalms 4:7) The body of Christ is not the showroom of Christian gifts, it’s the workshop of Christian gifts

11. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Second Thought Spiritual Life Skills Stepping out of your comfort zone John 10:10b “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (NKJV) We have to follow Romans 8:14 “All who follow the leading of God’s Spirit are God’s own sons and daughters.” (Phillips)

12. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Second Thought Spiritual Life Skills South Australian Police Department Letter – ‘People over 25 should be dead’ http://www.sapolicehistory.org/July04.html Taking risks Refresh your vision Isaiah 59:1 “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.” (NKJV)

13. Ephesians 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Second Thought Spiritual Life Skills 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 “And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” Contending for the intervening power of Jesus Christ Spiritual people rely on spiritual means

15. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.