2. add video “Blur”

3. If Crossroads had to eliminate all ministries but one, what would you keep?

5. Seeing Clearly

6. Week 1 - The Plan:

7. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
and you will be my witnesses
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

8. Week 1 - The Plan: witness

9. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
and you will be my witnesses
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

10. Week 1 - The Plan: witness
Week 2 - The Blur of favortism/cliques

11. Week 1 - The Plan: witness
Week 2 - The Blur of favortism/cliques
Acts 7: Stephen

12. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
Acts 8:1

13. Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
Acts 8:4

14. Simon the Sorcerer

15. Simon the Sorcerer
the Ethiopian Eunuch

16. How are these people like us?

17. How are these people like us?
Back to Simon...

18. Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.” They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.

19. But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
Acts 8:9-13

20. and there was still work to be done

21. When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 8:18-19

22. Peter’s Response

23. Week 1 - The Plan: witness
Week 2 - The Blur of favortism/cliques
Today - The blur of self interest

24. The Discipleship Journey
Commitment
Conviction
Crisis
Consistent
Curious

25. Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
Acts 8:24

26. Week 1 - The Plan: witness Week 2 - The Blur of favortism/cliques
Today - The blur of self interest
clearing our vision and helping
others see themselves clearly

27. What's got your vision blurred?
Call to Faith
What's got your vision blurred?

28. What's got your vision blurred?
Call to Faith
What's got your vision blurred?
What will you do this week to clear it up?
Who needs you to clarify their vision?