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Recognize That You Are Not God
Recognize that you are not God. Philippians 2:5-7 We need to give up: 1. Keeping up 2. Trying to fit in 3. Control Call to action: 1. Turn your life over to God 2. Pray for knowledge of His will. 3. Be guided by His word. Realize that you must lead a dying life, the more a man dies to himself, the more he begins to live unto God. Thomas Kempis
Do Your Part
Acts 3:1-10 God has an expectation that I would become a disciple first. And eventually become a spiritual parent and go out and make more disciples. Disciples of folks in our home or folks we come in contact with. That means that even when you can’t see it, God is up to something. God may not have what you want, but He will give you what you need. God’s Part v16 By his name (Jesus) Our Part v10 Our part…
Receive. Believe. Become.
Luke 1:16-20 What’s about to come through you will be so powerful that it will change the entire world. He will be the precursor. John 1:6-13 Through John’s story we get to know who we are in Christ. 1. Receive. We have to receive Him. v 12: but to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. Love, grace and forgiveness of God. We get access to them by…
Grace
Luke 2:8-22 Grace – this has to be a season of grace. If God has been so gracious to me, then I ought make sure I extend the same grace to others. Grace means you get what you don’t deserve.
Discipleship Stages
A disciple is one who follows Jesus, is being changed by Jesus, and is committed to being on a mission for Jesus. As a result a disciple is someone who loves God, loves others and serves the world. Phases: Spiritually dead Spiritual infant Spiritual child Spiritual young adult Spiritual parent With God With the church Within the home With the world If we are going to grow: Intentionality Relational environments Reproducible process Share With the spiritually dead, it is important…
Purpose of the Church
Purpose of the Church Loving the family of God Conflict resolution Gifts/Abilities Paul Ephesians 4:1-6 Singleness Spouse Parent Child Ephesians 5:21-33 Paul talks about relationship with spouse Ephesians 6:1-4 Paul talks about families Community Friends Ethics Employee Employer Relationship with the world Ephesians 6:5-9
The Armor of God (Text Only)
In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram. Propterea sicut per unum hominem in hunc mundum peccatum intravit et per peccatum mors et ita in omnes homines mors pertransiit in quo omnes peccaverunt. Sic enim dilexit Deus mundum ut Filium suum unigenitum daret ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam. Quoting Scripture Omnes enim peccaverunt et egent gloriam Dei. In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram. Let’s try a blockquote. For it is by grace you have…
Where Do We Begin?
We exist to honor God by making more disciples of Jesus Christ. A disciple follows Christ (loves God). A disciple is changed by Christ (loves others) A disciple is on mission for Christ (serves the world). Matthew 4:19 Matthew 28:19-20 Ephesians 4:11-16 Circle of life for believer 12:00 – begins as a person spiritually dead 1:00 – spiritual infant 3:00 – spiritual child 6:00 – spiritual young adult 9:00 – spiritual parent Spiritually dead: Everyone begins here. The spiritually dead…
Mission- Ready: Fit for the Master’s Use
Gen 45:4-11 There is a Hope shortage. Our mission is to be deliverers of hope. You don’t have to look far to see that it’s a crisis. Depressed, destressed and decaying to describe these communities. Hope crisis is not limited to low income neighborhoods. God has created each of us for his mission and only he can prepare us for it. 1. God has created each of us with a unique purpose. He has designed you for a specific role…