1. GrowthDepthStrength Radical Living

2. GrowthDepthStrength Isaiah 29:13 (NIVUK) The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.”

3. GrowthDepthStrength 3 Criticisms  Christianity is for wimps

4. GrowthDepthStrength What Jesus said  Anger = murder  Forgive and be reconciled  Lust = adultery  Be faithful in marriage  Keep your word  Don’t retaliate or take revenge  Love your enemies  Pray for your persecutors  Go the extra mile  Do more than is required  Demonstrate who you really are  Imitate God – be perfect

5. GrowthDepthStrength 3 Criticisms  Christianity is for wimps  Christians don’t really believe the Bible

6. GrowthDepthStrength 3 Criticisms  Christianity is for wimps  Christians don’t really believe the Bible  Christians are hypocrites

7. GrowthDepthStrength Being perfect  Setting the agenda in integrity, faithfulness, equality, grace and mercy  Defining culture and upholding morality  Defending the vulnerable and standing up for those treated unjustly

8. GrowthDepthStrength Micah 6:8 He has shown all you people what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God (TNIV) But he's already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It's quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbour, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don't take yourself too seriously – take God seriously (Message)

9. GrowthDepthStrength Fundamental questions  Who will show the world what God’s ways are?  Who will intercede for people who have no faith?  Who will cry out to God for mercy on a world that’s turned its back on Him?  Who will pray for the peace and prosperity of our community?  Who will seek God’s blessing on world leaders so that we can live peaceful lives?  Who will love the unlovable and the disenfranchised?

10. GrowthDepthStrength The Challenge  We need to understand how much God the Father loves us  We need to make Jesus not just our Saviour but our Lord  We need the power of the Holy Spirit living in us – on a daily basis