<b>TEXT: </b><b>JEREMIAH 1:4-19</b>

<b>TITLE: </b> <b>HAS GOD TOUCHED YOU?</b>

<b> </b><b>I WANT MY LIFE TO BE </b><b>THE EVIDENCE</b><b> OF GOD’S TOUCH</b>

<b>INTRODUCTION</b>
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	<li>Some things are not what they appear to be…</li>
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	<li>It appears that we have an intimate relationship with God…</li>
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	<li>But, do we really have an intimate relationship with God?</li>
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	<li>The evidence is in my actions</li>
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<b>CONVERSATION, WITH </b><b>HESITATION</b>
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	<li>Talking does not mean intimacy</li>
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	<li>Jeremiah was making excuses</li>
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	<li>Jeremiah focused on what he could not do</li>
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	<li>This is the type of conversation many of us have had with God</li>
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	<li>Jeremiah was making excuses</li>
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	<li>Jeremiah focused on what he could not do</li>
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	<li>Talking to God is not intimacy with God</li>
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<b>GOD’</b><b>S TOUCH…</b>
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	<li>God’s touch is intimate</li>
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	<li>God touched Jeremiah’s mouth</li>
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	<li>Who has touched your mouth? / Whose mouth have you touched?</li>
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	<li>God’s touch is intentional</li>
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	<li>Jeremiah identified his weakness/problem/issue/challenge/?</li>
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	<li>What is your weakness/problem/issue/challenge/?</li>
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	<li>God desires to touch that area of your life</li>
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<b>THE BLESSING OF GOD’S TOUCH</b>
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	<li>Provision: God, “I have put My words in your mouth</li>
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	<li>Promotion:  God, “I have set you over the nations and kingdoms</li>
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	<li>Protection:  God, “I am watching to see that My Word is fulfilled”</li>
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<b>THE </b><b>BURDEN OF GOD’S TOUCH</b>
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	<li>Speaking truth that people do not want to hear</li>
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	<li>Jeremiah called out sin</li>
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	<li>Jeremiah proclaimed God’s impending judgment</li>
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	<li>Jeremiah is persecuted and imprisoned</li>
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	<li>However,</li>
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	<li><b>I have made you a fortified city, iron pillar and bronze walls  </b></li>
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	<li>Against the kings, its princes, its priests and the people of the land</li>
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	<li>They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you.</li>
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	<li>For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><b>CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: </b> <b>THAT </b><b>MY LIFE WILL BE THE EVIDENCE OF GOD’S TOUCH</b></p>