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This week at empower church we're so excited to be kicking off the brand new 'Fulfil Your Destiny' series. In this exciting first instalment we journey with Pastor Luke Harris as we unveil what destiny really means to the believer.

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DISCOVER Jesus

Grow in DISCIPLESHIP

Fulfil your DESTINY

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dF u l f i l y o u r

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Our  Des(ny  is  a  course  or  path  in  life  that  includes  both  the  God-­‐given  des(na(on  you  are  seeking  at  life’s  end  and  your  own  faith-­‐filled  journey  toward  that  des(na(on.  

 -­‐  Casey  Treat    (Fulfilling  your  God-­‐given  Des(ny)  

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Ephesians  2:10    For  we  are  God’s  handiwork,  created  in  Christ  Jesus  to  do  good  works,  which  God  prepared  in  advance  for  us  to  do.  

Jeremiah  29:11  For  I  know  the  plans  I  have  for  you,”  declares  the  Lord,  “plans  to  prosper  you  and  not  to  harm  you,  plans  to  give  you  hope  and  a  future.  

Jeremiah  1:5    “Before   I   formed   you   in   the  womb   I   knew   you,   before   you  were   born   I   set   you  apart;    I  appointed  you...”  

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Psalm  139:16    …all  the  days  ordained  for  me  were  wriYen  in  your  book  before  one  of  them  came  to  be.  

John  15:8    This  is  to  my  Father’s  glory,  that  you  bear  much  fruit,  showing  yourselves  to  be  my  disciples.  

Proverbs  16:9    A  man’s  heart  plans  his  way,  but  the  Lord  directs  his  steps.  

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Eph  1:4-­‐6  4  For  he  chose  us  in  him  before  the  crea(on  of  the  world  to  be  holy  and  blameless  in  his  sight.  In  love  5  he[b]  predes(ned  us  for  adop(on  to  sonship[c]  through  Jesus  Christ,   in   accordance  with  his   pleasure  and  will—  6   to   the  praise  of   his   glorious  grace,  which  he  has  freely  given  us  in  the  One  he  loves.  

D is for DIVINE

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Psalm  139  13  For  you  created  my  inmost  being;          you  knit  me  together  in  my  mother’s  womb.  14  I  praise  you  because  I  am  fearfully  and  wonderfully  made;          your  works  are  wonderful,          I  know  that  full  well.  15  My  frame  was  not  hidden  from  you          when  I  was  made  in  the  secret  place,          when  I  was  woven  together  in  the  depths  of  the  earth.  

D is for Design

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Psalm  37:4  (NKJV)  Delight  yourself  also  in  the  Lord,  And  He  shall  give  you  the  desires  of  your  heart.  

D is for Desire

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There  is  a  desire  within  each  of  us,  in  the  deep  center  of  ourselves  that  we  call  our  heart.    We  were  born  with  it,  it  is  never  completely  sa(sfied,  and  it  never  dies.    We  are  ogen  unaware  of  it,  but  it  is  always  awake…  Our  true  iden(ty,  our  reason  for  being,  is  to  be  found  in  this  desire.  

Gerald  May  (The  Awakened  Heart)  

Prayer  is  the  language  of  desire                                                                                                                                –  John  Eldredge    

Desire  gives  fervor  to  prayer.    The  soul  cannot  be  listless  when  some  great  desire  fixes  it  and  inflames  it…  Strong  desires  make  strong  prayers…  the  neglect  of  prayer  is  the  fearful  token  of  dead  spiritual  desires…  there  can  be  no  true  praying  without  desire.  (E.M  Bounds:  Man  of  Prayer)  

D is for Desire

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1.  What  is  the  deepest  desire  of  your  heart?  

2.  What  s4rs  your  passion?  

3.  What   thoughts,   visions,   or   dreams   are   impossible   to   put   out   of   your  mind?  

4.  To  what  can  you  give  100%  of  yourself  for  your  whole  life?  

D is for Desire

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Hebrews  11  13  All   these  people  were   s(ll   living  by   faith  when   they  died.  They  did  not  receive  the  things  promised;  they  only  saw  them  and  welcomed  them  from  a  distance,  admilng  that  they  were  foreigners  and  strangers  on  earth.  14  People  who  say  such  things  show  that  they  are  looking  for  a  country  of  their  own.  15  If  they  had  been  thinking  of  the  country  they  had  leg,  they  would  have  had  opportunity  to  return.  16  Instead,  they  were  longing  for  a  beYer  country—a  heavenly  one.  Therefore  God  is  not  ashamed  to  be  called  their  God,  for  he  has  prepared  a  city  for  them.  

D is for Destination

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