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1)Begin to build trust with our “enemies” 2)Make time to walk across the room 3)Accept without judgment 4)Ask questions, listen and learn 5)Love and keep on loving

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

The main driving idea: you ________ be born again. Secondary idea: being born again is not something you can control or __________________, instead it is something you must experience and _________________ . The culminating question: what does “born again” mean? It is to be __________________________ ____________, and it means that you are not in control of the ____________ . So what can we do?

Jesus, when he was here on earth, had a mission. He made disciples so that they could continue to make more disciples. We, who follow Jesus, therefore should be “Getting Out There” to share about Jesus to others. For us to be effective, we should invite Jesus to come too. From John 2:1-11, when we invite Jesus to the party: 1. When problems or challenges happen, we can bring them to Jesus. (v. 3)...

GO MAKE DISCIPLES (Why this series?) INTRO GOSPEL OF JOHN • Making disciples is a _____ effort • Don’t give your friend an instant to ______, give them a place to _______. • Without Andrew you wouldn’t have _____. • ___________ Evangelism is friends sharing with friends, and family members sharing with family members. • Jesus is the one person in the world with both the _________ to rename you and...

You need to _________ your life in order to _________ it! Jesus _________ His life so that ________ could be saved! Baptism follows

Risk is something you do that has the possibility of _________ or _______. Some things are __________________ risking for. God does not keep us safe from a ___________ but he does keep us safe from a ________________. At some point we must ask: which is worse, to risk and ____________ or to not risk at all? Challenge: starting tomorrow, do one thing that is "scary but necessary" for Christ. In sho...

Shared Identity: - The bad news. - What God has done. - The good news. - So what?? Shared Identity. - The bad news. - What God has done. - The good news. - So what?? Cosmic Mystery: - Complex. - Hidden until revealed. - Have a custodian. So What? - Pray. - Suffer. - Read and tell the story of God (again).

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

The Questions we dare not ask when it comes to caring for those in need: • What if I am too busy to help someone in need? • What if I don’t have the gift of compassion? • What if the person in need is not starving? (They have a TV at home!) • What if they are ungrateful and entitled? • What if they use their money to feed an addiction? • What if they are in a bad situation because of the poor deci...

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

Note: Towards the end of the message, Pastor Calvin refers to a video. Please go to the CBN website via this url: http://tinyurl.com/hx4jazh . We do not have the copyright to reproduce it on our podcast. Sorry for the inconvenience. Lent is the season when Christians around the world draw closer to God in preparation for Easter. This is a good time to have a DTR with God. DTR = Define the relation...

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

Are you teachable? Proverbs 12:15 - “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.” • Don’t _______ yourself • Be a life-long _______. Proverbs 15:31 - “The ear that listens to ____-_______ reproof will dwell among the wise.” • “Constructive Feedback” • Give others __________ to speak truth into your life. Proverbs 15:22 “Without counsel plans fail but with many ___...

(Within the first few moments of the message, Pastor Andrew will refer to a video. To hear it go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgRoiTWkBHU.) You become like the people you are closest to so choose your friends wisely. “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” Proverbs 13:20 “The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them...

Conversations take place everyday of our lives. At home, at school, at work. These talks happen over tables in kitchens, restaurants and lunchrooms. How we treat one another can be demonstrated by how we speak to one another. The Book of Proverbs has some wise instructions for us: A. Talk to heal, not hurt. (Proverbs 12:18) B. Talk truth lovingly. (Proverbs18:21a, Ephesians 4:15) C. Talk with disc...

OUR CHURCH'S GREATEST PROBLEM: __ ____ _____ ___. How can we change this? 1. We can't, but ___ ___ . Therefore we need to ___ ___ it. 2. A huge resource that God has given us to enjoy Him by is the _____. "This is a..." One method that that three spiritual giants and one pastor all agree is effective... _____________________________________ Here's a good way to do it! (adapted from Andrew Davis):...

(If reading option is desired, download the pdf file for additional notes and links.) This seminar is part of the Home Base collective at CLC. Home Base offers encouraging practical insights and supportive community to deepen your family's faith in Jesus.

(If reading option is desired, download the pdf file for additional notes and links.) This seminar is part of the Home Base collective at CLC. Home Base offers encouraging practical insights and supportive community to deepen your family's faith in Jesus.

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

There are videos associated with this podcast that are best communicated visually. Please go to the following websites to find them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JPu7VJJuhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWRag1QKwTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNPUpkbxT38

What do we mean when we say that God is *sovereign? • He is B_____ all things (Ps. 90:2; Col. 1:17) • He CREATED all things (Gen. 1:1; John 1:3) • He U______ all things (Col 1:17; and Heb. 1:3) • He KNOWS all things (Ps. 4, 6; Isa. 46:10) • He CAN DO all things (Jer. 32:27; Luke 1:37) • He ACCOMPLISHES all things (Isa. 14:24; 46:10) • He R____ all things (1 Chron. 29:11-12; Dan. 4:34-35) • He is I...