Desire Part 3 1 John 4:18

1. Sony Pictures “The Walk” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Philippe Petit

2. fear of
HEIGHTS
fear of
FALLING

3. What do we want? ||

4. We want never to fall{ }

5. We want never to fail{ }

6. Precipice
of Hope
grace

7. “Grace is not only needed for the
occasion of conversion…Grace is
also required for the long season
of cultivated growth that follows
that rebirth. By grace we set out. By
grace we are also sustained. Grace
has as much to say about endings
as it has to say about beginnings.”
grace

8. “Grace is the freedom to admit our
failure to be linear and plot a
direct course to God…[G]race is our
homing instinct, provided for the
protection we don’t know that we
need, ensuring that we don’t ever
wander too far.”
grace

9. No Fear in Love
1 John 4:18 There is no
fear in love. But perfect
love drives out fear,
because fear has to do
with punishment. The
one who fears is not made
perfect in love.
yet
Wheee!

10. Grace is
constantly
at work,
interrupting
each of our
cycles of self-
destruction.
fall
fail

11. We want never to relapse{ }

12. Brennan Manning
April 27, 1934 – April 12, 2013
“My deepest awareness of
myself is that I am deeply
loved by Jesus Christ and I
have done nothing to earn
it or deserve it.”
The Ragamuffin Gospel

14. Do you really believe that
Jesus loves you?
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