Perspective Job 42 3 You asked Who is

Perspective

Job 42: 3 You asked, 'Who is that obscures my counsel without knowledge? ' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

The Bigger Picture ? 2 Peter 3: 8 -11 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?

The Church l What is our focus? What is our target? l To carry out Church Traditions? l Finances? l Church Personalities?

Acts 2: 42 -43 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.

Acts 2: 44 -46 All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts

Epping Cell group series "Journey of Hope“ Start date Friday May 7 - week 1 May 14 - week 2 May 21 - Agape Feast May 28 - week 3 June 4 - week 4 June 11 - Long Weekend June 18 - week 5 Four Groups / Venues 1. Stephen and Rochelle Baxter 2. Henry and Belle Tung 3. Arthur and Zorana Wong 4. Youth group

As Individuals l What is our focus? l What we do, what we think, our priorities – where is it directed?

Where should we focus? l Focus on the right things, to get the bigger picture right

Ephesians 1: 15 -23 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.