New Heart, New Life
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Introduction:
Introduction:
New Hope to New Word—What has God said to you lately
New Hope to New Word
New Hope to New Word
New Word to New Heart—How has God’s word impacted you lately?
New Word to New Heart
New Heart to New Life—How are you living differently now?
New Heart to New Life
Something stood out to me in devotions this week:
Something stood out to me in devotions this week:
God had a whole new life for them but the people were struggling...
God is Frustrated with His people....
3 Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.”
Exodus
Moses responds...
15 And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”
Exodus 33:
15 Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place. 16 How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”
Big Idea: God never leaves us where he finds us
Big Idea: God never leaves us where he finds us
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
1. Know God
1. Know God
Explain
Explain
AW Tozer said: what we think about God is the most important thing about us
God tells Moses his personal name
Reveals himself throughout the OT/NT and culminates in Jesus
He wants us to know Him
Story: What if I married my wife but never dated her?
Story: What if I married my wife but never dated her?
So what?
So what?
Read your Bible
Go to Church
Get Baptized
2. Get Connected
2. Get Connected
3 Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us. 4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, 5 so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.
Get Connected
Explain:
Explain:
We need one another
Average American: 2 friends
Recent survey: The number of ppl w/ no close friends has tripled
WK 1: I couldn’t put 5 of my closest friends down
Recent survey: The number of ppl w/ no close friends has tripled
Recent survey: The number of ppl w/ no close friends has tripled
Jesus sent the disciples out in Two’s
The early church always gathered together
Story: The church became my family- Harvestlands
Story: The church became my family- Harvestlands
So What?
So What?
Find friends
3. Grow Deep
3. Grow Deep
17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. 18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.
19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power
Ephesia
Explain
Explain
This is where we get challenged
this is where we face pain
This is where we find freedom in Christ
This is where PROCESS matters
Story: My process: I’m a son first!
Story: My process: I’m a son first!
So What?
So What?
Embrace your Process!
Join a small group
Check out the Life Change program
4. Find Purpose
4. Find Purpose
1 Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb.
Matthew 28:
18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:
Explain
Explain
The mission: Love God and Love People
The means: Through your time, talent and treasure
The means: Through your time, talent and treasure
What makes you come alive? How are you using what you have for a greater purpose?
Story: Identity, Calling and Assignment:
Story: Identity, Calling and Assignment:
What’s the difference:
Identity: Child of God—Never Changes
Calling: Mission of God—Never Changes (no matter the context)
Assignment: The present context where identity/calling are expressed
May not ‘FIT’ your gift or passion for a season
So What?
So What?
Attend DESIGN
Do Something
Conclusion: Moses became a friend of God
Conclusion: Moses became a friend of God
11 Inside the Tent of Meeting, the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.
Exodus