Leader Training - 'What Now? A Pattern for Life with Jesus' (Jan-Mar 2023)
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Grace Christian Church Buderim
Leader Training
7.00pm - 9.00pm, 25 January 2023
Imagine
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Interactivity #1
1. With the people around you, I’d like you to take a few minutes to make
a list of all the different things that you can think of that God has given
us to help us flourish as followers of Jesus.
2. Pick one or two of the things you listed, and talk about why those
things can help you flourish as a Christian.
The means of grace
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1. The Word (2 Timothy 3:14-17)
2. Prayer (Luke 11:1-13)
3. Fellowship (Ephesians 4:15-16)
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Reasons we neglect the means
1. We want to have vitality in our Christian lives
2. We want to maintain a sense of personal freedom in our Christian lives
A final danger - trusting the gifts, not the Giver
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Interactivity #2
1. Write a short, one- or two-sentence summary of the gospel.
Conclusion
“The means of grace, and their many good expressions, will serve to make us
more like him, but only as our focus returns continually to Christ himself, not
our own Christlikeness. It is in “beholding the glory of the Lord” that we “are
being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another”
(2 Cor. 3:18). Spiritual growth is a marvelous effect of such practices, but in a
sense it is only a side effect. The heart is knowing and enjoying Jesus.”
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Habits of Grace, by David Mathis © 2016 (Crossway)
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Series Plan
Date
Topic
29-Jan
1. Baptism
05-Feb
2. Bible
12-Feb
3. Prayer
19-Feb
4. Church
26-Feb
5. Lord’s Supper
05-Mar
6. Devotion
12-Mar
7. Sin
19-Mar
8. Serving
26-Mar
9. Evangelism
Suggested Resources
● The Westminster Confession of Faith
● Concise Theology, by J.I. Packer (2001, Tyndale)
● Salvation Belongs to the Lord, by John Frame (2006, P&R)
● Know the Truth, by Bruce Milne (2014, IVP)
● Habits of Grace, by David Mathis (2016, Crossway)
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