1 Timothy 4: 12, Proverbs 18: 16, Ezekiel 22: 30, Luke 23: 32, 1 Sam 17, Acts 2, Colossians 3: 4, Genesis 1: 26



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* David had that attitude in the Bible when He fought Goliath ( See 1 Sam 17). He said to Goliath, 'I may be small, BUT I'll ave you' (Perhaps David was British!)

* When the power of God (see Acts 2) meets a young person who is ready to be used by God, the effects are incredible. Literally you have an attitude that says, 'I may be small but I'll ave you'. Your school, college, or university is no longer too big to reach for God. Your village, town or city is no longer unreachable with the Gospel. Your huge problems are now not going to stop you any more....WHY...two reasons....(1) Your British (2) The Power of God is within you and so.......You may be small, but you can have a massive influence!

6. Life is about making CHRIST YOUR ALL!

* In Colossians 3: 4, Paul says, 'When Jesus, who is your life, appears..' I love that statement. Jesus is not just an added extra to life, a little bonus to help us get through. He's not the buy 1 get 1 free kind of deal you get at ASDA, he is your life!

* Often in church, we can get caught up with stuff. In fact, life becomes full of stuff! We leave home to go to university or we get married and get a little house and we buy stuff to fit in it. Soon, we have more than enough stuff, and we buy a shed and fill it and the attic with stuff. We then buy a bigger house and realise, we haven't got enough stuff to fill it, so we buy more, then build another shed and fill that attic. Some people even pay to store their stuff in warehouses - life gets so full of stuff, it gets stuffed.

* Often our Christianity becomes a focus on stuff! The style, the program, the people, the songs, the pastor, blah blah blah and we often lose sight of the main attraction which is Jesus, who incidentally isn't a side attraction, he is the main attraction.

* Don't just fall in love with going to church, fall in love again with the person who died to make the church possible..Jesus. If life becomes centred on church, you'll get disappointed, because people are in church and they disappoint. But if you centre your life of JESUS, then you can cope with difficulties and problems at church, because you have learnt to get your life source from Jesus who NEVER disappoints!

7. Life is about HAVING FUN!

* Who wants to be boring? (I can't see many hands going up).

* I think God has an image problem! There is nothing wrong with God, it's his image that has a problem. The Bible says in Genesis 1: 26 that man is created in God's image. The Christian's "job" is to represent God to a lost and dying world who is looking for answers but only finding a temporary fill for an eternal problem...the need for a Saviour.

* The nation has an image of Jesus that is a far cry from the real Jesus of the Bible. For the Christian, people who don't know God should be saying to them..'I don't know what you are smoking, drinking, chewing or injecting, BUT I have got to get some of that'

* The Bible calls the gospel 'GOOD NEWS'. Notice it is good news and not bad news. Some churches and Christians look like bad news, but the gospel is good news.

* The good news is that it is ok to have fun. Enjoy life and the secret is out .....'God's way is best!'

* I love doing life with God - IT IS FLIPPIN BRILLIANT

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