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-a small grp of followers experienced the cross and resecuration of Jesus formed a community and they couldn't stop taking abt Jesus although they knew that they will be persecuted

-the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit

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-they came tgt to form a community, and the Holy Spirit came

   -community is now known as a church

-the lifeblood of a chrcuh is friendship

-the disciples know their message

-the disciples told their own story

-the disciples could not stop talking about Jesus

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-the disciples knew they would suffer persecution

   -in the mist of all the chaos, God will not let us go

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mission foundation union

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-mission --- serving the mission of God

   -love and mission cannot be separated

   -mission of Jesus.. build the church where all people can come in

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-sharing the love of Jesus to people

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-and it's more important 

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-we need to go deeper.. from mission to foundation to love

-union with God

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-love is the measure of your union with God

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-the mother go against odds and protected the child

-the adoptive mother go against the law set by her father to protect the child

-Naomi

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-like Hagar, God is with us in our situation

-though she was overwhelmed with 19children, she still make time to pray

-couple who are righteous and upright

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-Nicodemus is a teacher but he don't understand able reborn

-he prioritize control the nature of the relationship with God

Paul

-faultless.. Paul has never ever broken any commandment

-Paul has given up a relationship with God that was based on his own control.. now his relationship with God is through faith in Christ

-if everything is within our control, something is wrong

How to give God our control

1. be born again

2. faith in Christ

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3. walk in Christ's love

-it is the coming to the Lord, giving God the control to our relationship with God