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Reflections When asked about your perspectives on God, how do you answer? When you think of God, do you automatically think of 1. God the Father - Creator 2. God the Son - Savior 3. God the Holy Spirit - Comforter

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Reflections• When asked about your perspectives on God,

how do you answer?

• When you think of God, do you automatically think of

1. God the Father - Creator

2. God the Son - Savior

3. God the Holy Spirit - Comforter

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We Worship the Almighty Triune

God

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How we perceive God has a lot to do with how we:

• Think about God.

• Experience God

• Feel about God

• Communicate about God

• Worship God

• Serve God

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Three aspects of God but still one GodThree aspects of God but still one God

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Do you think of God more as CreatorDo you think of God more as Creator

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Or more as the RedeemerOr more as the Redeemer

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Or as indwelling comforter Or as indwelling comforter

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As you grow in your knowledgeAs you grow in your knowledgeabout God, it is good to learnabout God, it is good to learn

about all aspects of Godabout all aspects of God

• You are made in His image – As a Christian, becoming more complete

• You are, as a Christian, being re-fashioned after the likeness of the Son

• You are, as a Christian, growing towards and housing the Spirit

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1 Corinthian 12:4-6

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Colossians 1:9-12

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Eph.4:11 - It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets,

some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to

prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in

the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature,

attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

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Instructions

1. Mark in each row the following values• 2 = this adjective describes you best

• 1 = this adjective describes you second best

• 0 = this adjective describes you least

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2. Mark off the following values

A3 A7 B5 B10 C2 C9

3. Total (add) each column putting total in box at bottom

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77 1313 44

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The Target

Eph 4:12 to prepareto prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built upmay be built up 13 until we all all reach…reach…

(1) - At a personal Spiritual Growth level

(2) - At a Congregational Spiritual Growth level

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One GodThree aspects

One GodThree expressions

One GodThree experiences