February 16th, 2025 - Our World Belongs to God
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Stewardship: Your Great Big Mission Budget
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1. Time
2. Talents
3. Trees/Treaties
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Creative Creatures
Cultivating Culture
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Culture
A Tale of Two Cities
City of God, City of Man
Babylon, Jerusalem
Empire, Shalom
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1. Music/Arts
22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
will never be heard in you again.
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2. Labour
No worker of any trade
will ever be found in you again.
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3. Food Production
The sound of a millstone
will never be heard in you again
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4. Utilities
23 The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again
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5. Relationship Systems
The voice of bridegroom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
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6. Commerce
Your merchants were the world’s important people
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7. Power, religion, politics
By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,
of all who have been slaughtered on the earth
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The other, finely-cultured city
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
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The Difference-Maker
3 ... “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God."
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Shalom
4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
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Culture carrying life
22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city.
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Agri-culture of health
On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
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Your mission budget includes:
Every aspect and activity,
being transformed by God,
and helping/healing others.
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What keeps you busy?
What does it mean for God to be present in that activity?
Who ends up helped and healed?