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Can Dead bones Live?

Can Dead bones Live?. Dr. Michael Lewis Executive Director, Pastor Relations. Almost four out of five SBC churches have stopped growing . Almost four out of five SBC churches have stopped growing 900 of our churches are closing a year.

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Can Dead bones Live?

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  1. Can Dead bones Live? Dr. Michael Lewis Executive Director, Pastor Relations

  2. Almost four out of five SBC churches have stopped growing

  3. Almost four out of five SBC churches have stopped growing • 900 of our churches are closing a year

  4. Almost four out of five SBC churches have stopped growing • 900 of our churches are closing a year • 53% of our SBC churches baptized no teenagers last year

  5. Ezekiel 37:1-3 1The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”

  6. Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision, the people perish”

  7. Survey the life-devastating mess “the hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley…”

  8. Survey the life-devastating mess a. Dead bones vs.1c

  9. Survey the life-devastating mess a. Dead bones vs.1c b. Dry bones vs.2

  10. Survey the life-devastating mess a. Dead bones vs.1c b. Dry bones vs.2 c. Depressed bones

  11. Survey the life-devastating mess d. Disjointed bones

  12. 2. Share the life-giving message

  13. 2. Share the life-giving message a. Proclaimed with Urgency

  14. 2. Share the life-giving message a. Proclaimed with Urgency vs. 4-6 b. Prayed for with Fervency vs. 9

  15. 2. Share the life-giving message a. Proclaimed with Urgency vs. 4-6 b. Prayed for with Fervency vs. 9 c. Preceded with Expectancy “Son of Man, Can these bones –dead, dry, depressed – live?”

  16. 3. Seek a life-transforming miracle

  17. 3. Seek a life-transforming miracle a.Vitalized vs.10a

  18. 3. Seek a life-transforming miracle a. Vitalized vs.10a b. Energized vs.10b

  19. 3. Seek a life-transforming miracle a. Vitalized vs.10a b. Energized vs.10b c. Mobilized vs.10c

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