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The specific things we must have present in our lives in order

to live positioned as sons and daughters of God who have

Unprecedented Access to the power of His Kingdom. When these

things are present we gain that access, but when they’re absent,

we forfeit our very position

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• We should NOT travel in cars: they cause 20% of fatal accidents

• We may NOT want to stay home: 17% of accidents occur in the home

• NOT wise to walk on streets or sidewalks: 14% of accidents happen to pedestrians

• Best to NOT travel by air, rail, or water: 6% of all accidents happen on these

• ONLY .001% of deaths occur at church And are previous physical disorders

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The Church— God’s people —

becoming a place of refuge for each other and the

hurting of this world

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Luke 7:36–50

This shows a couple of things:

• She came there because she knew that she would be safe with Jesus

• She knew that Jesus had something she needed

• Without Jesus’ presence there this woman would not have been welcome

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So the picture we see here is that where Jesus is,

there’s safety, there’s acceptance, there’s relationship, there’s

deliverance, and there’s forgiveness

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The difference is we SEE SIN—Jesus

SEES PEOPLE!

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LOVING GOD

SERVING PEOPLE

CHANGING LIVES

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“The church is the only army in the world that

buries its wounded.”

A.W. Tozer

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A Place of Refuge…

• Is available to anyone

• Does not judge according to the brokenness of one’s past

• Cares to protect, but not hide

• Loves people into the hope oftheir future

• Does not accuse

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Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,

“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and

the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day

and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love

their lives to the death.

Revelation 12:10,11

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Luke 7:36–54

Jesus Showed Compassion

Compassion should be unconditional

• Not conditioned upon agreeing with the person’s actions

• Not conditioned upon them meeting our approval

• Not conditioned upon them living up to a certain standard

Compassion should see the potential in the other person

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Luke 7:36–54

Jesus Gave Direction

He told her to “go in peace” that her faith had “saved her”

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The safest place to be is at the center

of God’s will

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1 God is our refuge and strength,always ready to help in times of trouble.

7 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress.

Psalms 46:1–7 (NLT)

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