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    The document contains announcements for various church events in the first week of December, including a men's Christmas dinner, water baptism, and play practice. It then discusses living in the paradox of two worlds - the present world and God's kingdom. It explains that a paradox is a seemingly contradictory statement that may be true, and that Christians are called to live in both the present world and God's kingdom simultaneously. The document urges building God's kingdom instead of our own and needing servants instead of just converts in order to experience a true revival through reconstruction and reinvention.

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    The document contains announcements for various church events in the first week of December, including a men's Christmas dinner, water baptism, and play practice. It then discusses living in the paradox of two worlds - the present world and God's kingdom. It explains that a paradox is a seemingly contradictory statement that may be true, and that Christians are called to live in both the present world and God's kingdom simultaneously. The document urges building God's kingdom instead of our own and needing servants instead of just converts in order to experience a true revival through reconstruction and reinvention.

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    Paradox and Paradigms

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    City Point Church
    The document contains announcements for various church events in the first week of December, including a men's Christmas dinner, water baptism, and play practice. It then discusses living in the paradox of two worlds - the present world and God's kingdom. It explains that a paradox is a seemingly contradictory statement that may be true, and that Christians are called to live in both the present world and God's kingdom simultaneously. The document urges building God's kingdom instead of our own and needing servants instead of just converts in order to experience a true revival through reconstruction and reinvention.

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    Announcements Week 1 of December

    Mens Christmas Dinner Sat. at 5pm Bring a dish, bring a friend Sunday Water Baptism at 1 pm bring a towel and a change of clothes Sunday Play Practice 5pm singers 6pm all Saturday Dec. 10 Women- Chicago All Day Trip Beauty For Ashes Thursday December8th,7pm Third Degree Youth shirts for $15 ORDER NOW!

    Living In The Paradox


    3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God Matt.5

    A paradox is

    a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true

    We are called to live in BOTH worlds. To live in just one means we are living in the wrong paradigm. A paradigm is a certain pattern of thinking. Jesus came to this earth to introduce a whole new paradigm. We live in the conflict of two worldsin but not ofwe live in a kingdom which is and is to come we operate in a tension.

    Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Mt.6:10 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him. Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Jn.3:2-3

    You cant receive what you cant perceive What we need to perceive is invisible, yet God requires we see it. You must be born again, which makes the way for a whole new paradigm. The church has been busy building according to our own paradigms.

    We fashion a church in which we make way for our ministry and not His. We build OUR kingdom and not His We need servants God is looking for SONS Many are even crying for revival because in there definition that means God is going to send us hundreds of new souls

    But if we are not willing to father and mother these then we are just bringing converts in to only make them orphans Revival that we need is going to bring reconstruction and reinvention Our call is to create and ENVIRONMENT where God can release His blessing and anointing.

    This is going to mean NEW methods, NEW ministries, NEW means, NEW men

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