Half Year Overview• Majoring on Jesus• Word | Truth | Way | Life | Light

• Jesus is The Way• Why Jesus came to earth• Represent the Father• Demonstrate God’s power• Provide for our salvation• Set up the Kingdom on earth• Fulfil the ultimate plan – release the

Holy Spirit• Jesus ‘Teaching• Come to me | Believe in me• Follow me | Obey me• Make disciples | baptise | teach

Half Year Overview• Journeying with Jesus• We are now the Way• Called to community• Called to communicate• Called to compete and complete

• Representatives of Jesus• His earthly “sales force”• Witnesses• Imitators• Salvation is an event – mission is a

process• Believers• Baptism in water and spirit• Local congregation involvement

Half Year Overview• Hard words of Jesus• Take up your cross• Deny yourself• Lose your life• Give up homes and possessions

• Easter | Resurrection | Ascension• 40 Days with Jesus

• The Work of the Holy Spirit• Eternal destiny• Born | Baptised | Filled

• Outcomes?• How have we been impacted?• What has changed?

“Holiness not happiness is the chief end of man”

New Theme• Understanding & Seeing

what God is doing• Big Question• How do I hear God?• Role of the Bible today• Quiet time• Prayer

• 3 Misconceptions

3 Misconceptions• #1 – if it is contrary to my hopes

it must be God’s will• We want to do what He wants• Obedience – whatever the cost• Truly believing He has the best for us

• #2 – if it makes us happy it must be God’s will• Faith and feelings can get mixed up• Faith is not opposite to feelings but

often overrides them• #3 – preconceptions are the norm• Doomed to failure or destined to

success?• Positive or negative mindset?

‘Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart’ Psalm 37:4 (NIVUK)‘Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see’Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)

‘With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine’Ephesians 3:20 (NCV)

Psalm 37 – 6 Clues for Hearing God

1. Trust in the Lord and do good (v3)

2. Take delight in Lord (v4)3. Commit your way to the

Lord (v5)

4. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him (v7)• Too busy – other priorities• Too noisy• Too lazyPatience is a fruit of the SpiritTrust and Timing are interlinkedWaiting develops growth

‘The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him’Psalm 37:23NLT:‘He delights in every detail of their lives’

‘Reverence for God adds hours to each day’ Proverbs 10:27 (The Message)

Psalm 37 – 6 Clues for Hearing God

1. Trust in the Lord and do good (v3)

2. Take delight in Lord (v4)3. Commit your way to the

Lord (v5)4. Be still before the Lord

and wait patiently for Him (v7)

5. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret (v8)

6. Hope in the Lord and keep His way (v37)

‘Wait passionately’Psalm 37:37 (The Message)

The Challenge• What holds us back?• Past | Future• Confidence• Obedience• Priorities | Time• Unbelief or Disbelief• Disappointment• Insert your own here __________________________

“Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work”