Sermon June 27th 2010 Part 3.mpg

When I student taught to be a high school teacher, after stints in classrooms of Math and Biology and Physiology, at the end of the day they had me help the football coach in a weightlifting class for kids who wanted to play football. One of the things I immediately noticed was that the coach allowed the kids to "cheat" with an exercise called "squats" so that these kids were seemingly lifting enormous amounts of weight for their size, when really they were just fooling themselves. When I approached the Coach he said to me, "I know. But I want them to have the vision that they can compete with bigger and stronger guys." And sure enough, they had a pretty good season against teams that, honestly, were bigger and stronger than they were.

Perception.Vision. Its critical to how we live our life. Tell me, if you won the lottery tomorrow, would your perception be different as to how much you can help others who are less fortunate than you?

In the resurrected Christ, we have complete and total victory over death, sin, and the demons of hell. In Christ, we win. This is just not perception, it is truth! And it is through this vision of truth that God would open our eyes to see the harvest and our place as workers in the harvest. Against every fear as He sends us out, His Spirit would show the victory of the empty tomb as he says to you and to me, "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." God, the Holy Spirit, empowers us to receive-and live in- the vision of victory of the empty tomb as we go out into the harvest fields. What will you do?

Dilemma= a place to connect with the hurting and lost!

Deliverance= a good Word to share with all!

Delight= a wondrous gift in which to live right now, available to all!

Destiny= a wondrous and certain hope for eternity, offered to all!

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