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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>God's Call to Attention</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>A Call to Action Pt 1</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Bud Wrenn 5.1.11</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>Jesus often gets our attention by....</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>1) Preparing us through the impact of our emotions.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>John 21:3 Simon Peter said, "I'm going fishing."
"We'll come, too," they all said. So they went out in the boat, but
they caught nothing all night. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>2) Points out our own <i><u>deficiencies</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>John 21:4-5 At dawn the disciples saw Jesus standing on the
beach, but they couldn't see who he was. He called out, "Friends, have you
caught any fish?" "No," they replied. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>3) Highlights His own <i><u>power</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>John 21:6 Then he said, "Throw out your net on the
right-hand side of the boat, and you'll get plenty of fish!" So they did,
and they couldn't draw in the net because there were so many fish in it. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>Jesus allowed the disciples to experience….</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>a) Confusion about the <i><u>new situation</u></i>. </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>1 Cor. 14:33 God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace.
As is true in all the churches of God's people, (NCV)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>James 3:16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and
every evil thing are there. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>b) Futility from <i><u>losing their purpose</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Psalm 42:11 Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope
in God! I will praise him again - my Savior and my God!</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>c) Fear of an <i><u>uncertain future</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Romans 8:15 So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves.
You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his
family—calling him "Father, dear Father." </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>Jesus allows us to experience...</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>Confusion so we can find <i><u>confidence</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Philip. 1:20 For I live in eager expectation and hope that I will
never do anything that causes me shame, but that I will always be bold for
Christ, as I have been in the past, and that my life will always honor Christ,
whether I live or I die. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>Futility so we can pursue <i><u>fruitfulness</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>2 Cor. 4:8-9 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are
not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. [9] We
are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up
again and keep going. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>Fear so we can develop <i><u>faith</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Matthew 21:21-22 Then Jesus told them, "I assure you, if you
have faith and don't doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can
even say to this mountain, 'May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,'
and it will happen. [22] If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for
in prayer."</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>1 Peter 1:7 These trials are only to test your faith, to show
that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies
gold—and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your
faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much
praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the
whole world. </span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
color:black'>God intends for our past to help <i><u>shape</u></i> our future -
not to <i><u>spoil</u></i> it.</span></b></p>
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