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Spiritual Depth
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7 Processes of Life
Nutrition
Movement
Reproduction
Excretion
Respiration
Sensitivity
Growth
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Movement…
Movement takes place in response to stimuli
Jesus said “Go…”
It is impossible to be a disciple and not be on the move.
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Respiration…
The work of the Holy Spirit is always spoken of as BREATH:
Ruach in Hebrew
Pnuema in Greek
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Sensitivity…
Do we have sensitive hearts or hardened hearts?
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Growth…
If something is alive… it GROWS!!!
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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
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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.”
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Nutrition...
John 6: 48
“I am the bread of life.”
We need to be fed by Jesus every day!!!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jesus and Respiration
Luke 5 : 16
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
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Jesus and Respiration
John 20 :   
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.”
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Jesus and Sensitivity
Luke 5:
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.”
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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.”
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Jesus and Growth
Luke 2 : 52
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
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Jesus and Growth
Luke: 13:
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.
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19. 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.
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20. 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.”
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Jesus and Excretion
Luke 10 :
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…
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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.
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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.
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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.’”
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Jesus and Nutrition
Luke : 22 –
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.
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