Loving Christ onward and upward call

9I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Philippians 3:10 NIV
http://bible.com/111/php.3.10.NIV

Pursuing Christ
Relationship with Christ is a surrender of self and submission to his purpose in our life.
To know him is to love him.
By loving him we are transformed like him in the end.

Why loving Christ is a pursue
1. The race of life is a journey.
2. Finish the race and testifying good news.
3. The goal of Christian life is to be transformed in his image.
4. To take hold of that which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Pursue Christ.

Finding Dory - keep swimming

Keep pressing on.

To know his Jean
To obey. To learn. To believe

As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
Philippians 1:13 NIV
http://bible.com/111/php.1.13.NIV

How
1. Experience resurrection Power
2. The power is given to us so that we can live in the way for Call us to live.
3. Experiencing Christ through difficult and challenging time.
4. Suffering is a part of our journey to what it mean to know Christ.
5. The pursue of goal is a process moving forward.

Pressing on.

Different type of journey
1. Journey of faith.
2. Journey of true worship.
3. Journey of prayer.
4. Journey of obedience.
5. Journey of suffering.

The overflow of the love

1. To know Christ. Keep the gospel Central.
2. To know Christ. Relationship through intimacy with God.
3. To make Christ know. Evangelism Primary activity.
4. To make Christ known. To be radical for Christ.
5. To know and make Christ known. We duplicate and reproduce through the apostolic anointing.

Conclusion.
1. In order To go far with God for the long run in the journey of life we must go deep with him.
2. God give us the race and aksonsuopkies us the mean to sustain.
3. Goal to become more like him.
4. Draw closer to God and blessing to other by witnessing and discipline people.
5 Antioch Church Vision.

Biblical Manhood

Biblical Manhood

1. Key reminder
1. Men were created by God to be socialised and spiritual leader

When thisnpurusit is take away from them ...caos..

Isaiah 3
Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
Isaiah 3:12 NIV
http://bible.com/111/isa.3.12.NIV

We see that today...
Is my dad going to leave my mum.

Men become confused
Women suffer
Society become troubled

As Man goes so go the society.

2. The make leadership of genesis is not natural but supernstural with specific responsibilities.

Real man will step forward. ...with God help

Will to obey
Work to do
woman to  love and are for

Some.key objections
1. Male leadership is   culture not creational.
2. Male leadership is a result  ..of the fall  not a result of God design

1 Corinthian 11:3

Galatians 3.28

Two masculine identities

These men are leaders of two distinct. ...spiritual.. Destined for all humanity

These mean are also leaders of distinct masculine ....destinies

Roman 5.17

1 corrintihan 15

The first Adam represent a manhood..
Set in a natural ...course...

Base on personal .Instint ..human....and .Reason ..not ...revelations

That draws life from...othees

Without..transcendent .meaning

A living ...soul nothing more

Second Adam

Set on heavenly ...course

Yielded to revelation not persons Instant   human reason or reaction

That empower others

Full of ...transcendent.. meaning

A life giving spirit

Adam manhood - conventional manhood
1. What a man does
2. ...comoetotion with other man
3. ....tenporak power
4.  ....personal rewards
5 ..self
6. ..Success

Jesus manhood
1.  What a man ...is..
2.  .community ..with other man
3. ..transcendent .power
4.  .eternal.rewards
5....others
6....singnaficant

First Adam fell into ..passivity..the second Adam -Jesus - ..rejected passivity

Genesis 3.6
Philippians 2.6

Real men ...reject social passivity

Cathcing the thief " worry"

Thought stopping tool

1. The science of stress

Book - why zebra don't get uncler

Zebra being chased by Lion
- stress
- all energy focus on running
- not a time to digest food

Stress can cause food indigestion.

Salmon. Make their way upstream to pay egg then die. The reason is stress lead to the death.

Cortisol- when stress

Natural tranquilizer are blocked by cortisol

How counter this ?

1.. sleep. Sleep hygiene.
2. Exercise.
3. Laugh.

Ratio of women vs Man   2 to 1.

3 Things women are more to stress.
1. Monthly Cycle
2. Deliver baby
3. Menopause

2. The antidotes

Toxic thought.
Dr Caroline Leuf

2corinthians 10.5

Roman 12.2

1. Renovate your mind. Change your

Best arsenal combat worry

1. Attacked worry Truth. Lord will love me.
2. Action vs avoidance

Self talk
Psalm 42.5

Turn "what if to "even if".

Learn to argue effectively with yourself
Example
GOD HAS LEFT ME?
Why you think so ?

Toxic thought
Self talk
Even if ..
Truth. GOD love me.

Action vs avoidance.
Avoidance feed anxiety
Action reduces anxiety

Luke 16: 3-4
Luke 16: 8-9

Brain is nagging you until you do something. .

Write it down
Pray about it

Combat avoidance.
1 extrernalised  your worry
2. Pray andcmobilisee prayer request
3.

Daring live in the edge by Loren Cunningham

Part 3.  Jesus under stress
Mathew 6:34
Luke 22: 14-16

The power of the powerless by Fred Rogers
How you do it for 32 years
Just one day at a time.

Mathew 26: 30
Jesus sung.

Mathew 26::36-38
Luke 22: 42-44
Jesus needed Support from his disciples.

Song - the servant Song

When you Learning something new. Your brain will build the new branches. Sound you Share this thought with someone. It will strengthen the branches and you will remember it.  But if you did not strengthen it . After 24 hours when you sleep at night it will be get cleared.

One by one

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Matthew 19:14 NIV
http://bible.com/111/mat.19.14.NIV

Why Children?

Not about the age group .