Sickness - Health, Death - Life

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sickness sickness health, death health, death life life

Ezekiel 37:1-14 & John Ezekiel 37:1-14 & John 11:1-4511:1-45

Ezekiel 37:1-14Ezekiel 37:1-14

God asks a God asks a question to question to EzekielEzekiel

Son of man, Son of man, can these can these bones live?bones live?

Ezekiel respondsEzekiel responds Sovereign Sovereign LORD, you LORD, you alone knowalone know

John 11:1-45John 11:1-45

DayDay 11 22 33 44 55 66Messenger journeysMessenger journeys 11 22Jesus tarriesJesus tarries 11 22Jesus journeysJesus journeys 11 22Lazarus’ deathLazarus’ death 00Lazarus’ intermentLazarus’ interment 11 22 33 44

John 11:1-45John 11:1-45

Martha’s Martha’s faith:faith:

Jesus could have Jesus could have healed my brotherhealed my brother

God will give God will give whatever Jesus whatever Jesus asksasks

John 11:1-45John 11:1-45

People’s People’s faith:faith:

Couldn’t Jesus Couldn’t Jesus have kept have kept

Lazarus from Lazarus from dying?dying?

John 11:1-45John 11:1-45

Jesus had Jesus had greater plans greater plans than just than just healing healing LazarusLazarus

Application?Application?

PersonalPersonal

SpiritualSpiritual

CongregationalCongregational

Our prayer is that Our prayer is that every congregation every congregation become a healthy become a healthy missional churchmissional church

By By healthy healthy we mean pursuing we mean pursuing Christ.Christ.

By By missional missional we mean pursuing we mean pursuing Christ’s priorities in the world.Christ’s priorities in the world.

Healthy Missional ChurchesHealthy Missional Churches• Centrality of the Centrality of the

word of Godword of God• Life-transforming Life-transforming

walk with Jesuswalk with Jesus• Intentional Intentional

evangelismevangelism

• Transforming Transforming communities communities through through compassion, mercy compassion, mercy & justice& justice

• Global perspective Global perspective and engagementand engagement

Healthy Missional ChurchesHealthy Missional Churches• Compelling Compelling

Christian Christian communitycommunity

• Heartfelt worshipHeartfelt worship• Sacrificial and Sacrificial and

generous livinggenerous living

• Culture of godly Culture of godly leadershipleadership

• Fruitful leadership Fruitful leadership structuresstructures

Four Types of Established Four Types of Established ChurchesChurches

Application?Application?

PersonalPersonal

SpiritualSpiritual

CongregationalCongregational