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CAN’T STOP SMILING

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CAN’T STOP SMILING

Best. Year. Ever. Part 5 | February 2, 2025

Gabe Kolstad | @gabekolstad

“But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.    -John 4:14 (NLT)

A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect —life in its fullness until you overflow!     -John 10:10 (TPT)

3 Gifts to Keep You Smiling

1. The CROSS

Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved…I am the Good Shepherd.”    -John 10:9, 11 (NLT)

The Good Shepherd Gives:

Provision, Protection, Peace

2. A CREW

Their hearts were mutually linked to one another, sharing communion and coming together regularly for prayer…All the believers were in fellowship as one body, and they shared with one another whatever they had…And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were coming to life.    -Acts 2:42-47 (TPT)

4 Signs You’re in Community:

Engagement, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Responsibility

3. Your CALLING

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”    -2 Corinthians 5:18-20 (NLT)

2 Parts to Your Calling:

Your Universal Calling and Your Unique Calling

Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!

-2 Corinthians 9:5 (NLT)

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