May 16, 2015
….. glass eyes & wooden legs !
quiet time…… !
sensitive…..
ALLOWS
ORDAINS
ALL EVENTSSPECIFIC DIVINE REASON
BLUEPRINT MODEL
“The dark threads are as neededIn the Weaver’s skillful hand As the threads of gold and silverIn the pattern He has planned.”
–Benjamin Malachi Franklin
Q. 27. What do you understand by the providence of God? A. The almighty and ever-present power of God whereby he still upholds, as it were by his own hand, heaven and earth together with all creatures, and rules in such a way that leaves and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and unfruitful years, food and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, and everything else, come to us not by chance but by his fatherly hand.
ALLOWS
ORDAINS
Suffering & Evil
SPECIFIC DIVINE REASON
BLUEPRINT MODEL
KINGDOM WARfARE MODELMatthew 6:9–10 (TNIV) “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
John 12:31 also 14:30, 16:11 !
Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. !
ENEMY
Ephesians 6:12 (TNIV) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
ENEMY
!2 Corinthians 4:4 (TNIV) The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
ENEMY
!1 John 5:19 (TNIV) 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
ENEMY
KINGDOM WARfARE MODELMatthew 6:9–10 (TNIV) 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
KINGDOM WARfARE PRAYERResignation to Revolt Call to Arms Apathy to Passion Personal & Missional
KINGDOM WARfARE & The CHuRCH
“While Women weep, as they do now, I’ll fight; while children go hungry, as they do now I’ll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I’ll fight; while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll fight, I’ll fight to the very end!” William Booth, 1912