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Introduction
ILLUSTRATION — Even the mightiest tree can only stand if it is rooted in stable soil.
A visitor from Minnesota was killed by a falling redwood in California’s famed Muir Woods National Monument.
The tree that killed the 28-year-old hiker was one of five that suddenly toppled in the wet park.
The hiker was walking along a dirt path with two other people when he was pinned by the 200-foot tree late Tuesday afternoon in what a park official called a “very rare” accident.
The trunk of the tree that crushed Dutta measured four feet in diameter.
The hiker suffered traumatic injuries and was declared dead at the scene.
He had been hiking with his sister, and her boyfriend, whom he was visiting for the holidays.
His sister said that the three hikers scrambled to get out of the way as the tree came crashing down in seconds.
Duthu said she spotted “his shoe, my brother, and I noticed something was very wrong.”
She described her bother as happy and cheerful.
“We just happened to be at the wrong time at the wrong place.”
Heavy rainstorms have pelted the area in recent weeks, softening the earth around the roots of the park’s towering redwoods.
“These were visitors exactly where they are allowed to be,” the National Park Service spokesman said.
“It just seems to be an unfortunate, tragic event.”
He called it a “very rare ... isolated event that may have occurred due to wet ground from recent winter storms, around the roots of the tree.
What are you rooted and grounded in?
What provides stability and strength to your life?
What is our church settled on?
Is it the people?
They come and go?
Is it the building?
They change and move?
Is it the community?
It rapidly transforms
Is it the culture?
It’s always moving and changing
This year, God is calling us to get back to our roots, to shore up the foundation, to test the soil we’ve settled into and fortify our faith in Him.
In a sort of brief overview, consider six ways in which we can be properly and Biblically Rooted & Grounded.
In Love
eph 3 16-
STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT BY HIS SPIRIT
CHRIST DWELLS IN OUR HEARTS BY FAITH
ABLE TO COMPREHEND THE LOVE OF CHRIST
FILLED WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD
(In Love)
In Him
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WALKING IN HIM
AS A SPIRITUAL HOUSE BUILT ON HIM AS THE FOUNDATION
STABLISHED IN THE FAITH
STAYING TRUE TO WHAT YOU’VE BEEN TAUGHT
ABOUNDING IN GRATITUDE
(In Love)
(In Him)
In the Faith
col 1 21-
RECONCILED TO GOD THROUGH HIS DEATH
HOLY, UNBLAMEABLE, AND UNREPROVABLE
SETTLED, UNMOVING, UNWAVERING FROM THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL WHICH WAS PREACHED TO US
(In Love)
(In Him)
(In the Faith)
On the Rock
WE HEAR THE WORD
WE OBEY THE WORD
WE STAND IN THE MIDST OF THE STORMS BECAUSE WE ARE FOUNDED AND GROUNDED IN HIS WORD
(In Love)
(In Him)
(In the Faith)
(On the Rock)
In Sound Doctrine
NOT CARRIED AWAY BY FALSE AND STRANGE DOCTRINES
ESTABLISHED IN OUR HEARTS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH FAITH
(In Love)
(In Him)
(In the Faith)
(On the Rock)
(In Sound Doctrine)
In Trials
BY GOD’S GRACE AND PURPOSE
FOR HIS ETERNAL GLORY BY THE WORK OF CHRIST
USE SUFFERINGS AND TRIALS TO PERFECT US, STABLISH US, STRENGTHEN US, AND SETTLE US, FOR HIS GLORY
CONCLUSION & ILLUSTRATION:
The tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, rises more than 2,700 feet—over half a mile tall.
It has 160 floors and is twice as tall as the Empire State Building in New York City.
It is home to the world’s fastest elevator that travels at 40 miles per hour.
The Burj Khalifa also hosts the world’s highest outdoor observation deck (on the 124th floor) and the world’s highest swimming pool (on the 76th floor).
But the secret to the stability of this massive building is found underground.
Before construction began to rise up, workers spent a year digging and pouring the massive foundation that supports the building.
The foundation contains some 58,900 cubic yards of concrete weighing more than 110,000 tons.
The building is safe because the foundation is solid.
This year, I look forward to reaching down deep into the soil of God’s Word with you, to discover together the strength, stability, and satisfaction that being Biblically rooted and grounded in Christ can provide.
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