Washington Profile
> About 3.5 million US residents are homeless
(about 1% of the population)
> 1.35 million children sleep on the streets
> 59% homeless slept in automobiles
> 24% refuge in cardboard boxes, tents, caves or railcars
> 40% of homeless men have served in the US armed forces
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+ When > Ted Hayes founded Dome Village 13 years ago in downtown LA,
> He built temporary domes for 30 homeless people
- Most of the domes were homes for individuals or families, while others served community purposes such as men’s and women’s washrooms..
> Families and singles alike planted gardens, on the 1.25-acre lot holding 20 domes
- About 450 people have lived in the village since 1993.
- They cost $3,000 per structure and weigh only 1,500 pounds, which are made up of 21 fiberglass panels that will fit in the back of a pickup truck ,
- It takes two adults four hours using simple hand tools to erect the watertight, weatherproof and maintenance-free sphere that bolt together with 150 teflon bolts.
> Each dome is 20 feet in diameter, 12 feet tall
- Rent is $70 a month
- How did the homeless get to that state in the first place?
- Abuse, personal misfortune, despair, or illness
- Dome Village - moving from a bitter environment into a tiny cubical
+ We all need shelter for the soul
- We are made for more than just living in a dome
- Don’t stay in your dome (shell, cocoon)
+ ❶ My Dome On the Range
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- We settle for a dome on the range
- A measure of security & protection
- Holding on to our sq. meter
- Not having all that can be ours
> Ezk 14:4-5 There Idols of the Heart and stumbling blocks hindering potential- Denying His claims
+ Jn 7:37-43 Denied his claims
- Have a portions of Jesus
- Or admit His claims but neglect to follow through
+ ❷ Life In My Dome
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> In Opinion - Who is Jesus?
> In Trust - Focus on self
> In Love- Different aims & pleasures
> In Obedience & Character - When it suites & is convenient
> In Development - Growth is stunted – Tendency is weak
> In Destiny - As to where the end of this journey is
> Ezk 14:7 Separated from me
- We can talk the talk but are we walking the walk
- Be the walk & talk inside
+ ❸ Problem With My Dome
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- It’s my place – I live without Christ
> Bowing to idols (word idols, found 6x)
> Pride,
> Worry,
> Greed,
> Ease
> Lust,
> Self-pity,
> Unbelief,
> Disobedience
- I hold unto my Idol Passions & Influences
- Seeking self serving gods
- Not daring to step out of my security
+ ❹ Moving Out of the Dome
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x Ezk 14:6 - Repent – Turn yourself from your idols
> Following Jesus means I give my life to someone else
> Pleasing Him takes president over anything else
> Lordship means He is the source of everything I need
> Lordship means when I learn that difficulties & hardships are opportunities for Him to work
> Lordship means He is the obsession of my life
- Riding our lives f what seems OK but is not
- Living Above the Level of Mediocrity P. 236 ( Mexican river Rat thought to be a Chihuahua)
+ ❺ Living Beyond the Dome
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x Ezk 14:1-3
- Seeking the Lord
- Something wrong if you want to stay in poverty
> It starts with the mind - The way I think
- What I think about Christ, Others,
- Grows in the way I act toward my family, work, money, marriage, attitudes, my world that I live in
> It Calls for Strong Discipline
- The way I act
- This has to do with the will
- Keeping moral tabs on ourselves
- Our eyes, ears, hands, and feet
- Refusing to let down the standards
+ Ronald Reagan - 1987 - Brandenburg Gate symbol of Berlin, Germany.
- “Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall
> God calls us to tare down the idols of the heart
- When God wants to do an impossible task, He takes an impossible person (Peter or Paul) & crusher him.
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