Game Time #5 - LEADING people to do likewise.
At Grace Church The Game presents an understandable picture of who Jesus is and how our relationship with Him should impact our lives and influence others.
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This month our series is entitled: Game Time
Here at Grace Church we use a Baseball Diamond to illustrate the process of how to be a disciple who in turn makes disciples (also known as a follower of Jesus). The bases and basepaths help us to identify, evaluate, and measure our progress.
2 Corinthians 13:5 [NLV]
Put yourselves through a test. See if you belong to Christ. Then you will know you belong to Christ, unless you do not pass the test.
Here at Grace Church we use a Baseball Diamond to illustrate the process of how to be a disciple who in turn makes disciples (also known as a follower of Jesus). The bases and basepaths help us to identify, evaluate, and measure our progress.
2 Corinthians 13:5 [NLV]
Put yourselves through a test. See if you belong to Christ. Then you will know you belong to Christ, unless you do not pass the test.
2 Corinthians 13:5
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5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
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We use four core character qualities that summarize the life of Jesus and the early church.
These qualities are the foundation on which all of one's Christian faith should be established.
1. Loving - God and people wholeheartedly
2. Learning - About Him and His will for your life
3. Living - Purposefully and passionately according to a Kingdom agenda
4. Leading - Others to do likewise
These qualities are the foundation on which all of one's Christian faith should be established.
1. Loving - God and people wholeheartedly
2. Learning - About Him and His will for your life
3. Living - Purposefully and passionately according to a Kingdom agenda
4. Leading - Others to do likewise
So far this month we've looked at an overview of the disciple making process and an explanation of the first three character qualities have been given.
As a person matures in their relationship with God, their growing commitment to Him and concern for others leads them to begin to re-direct their priorities around those of God.
As a result they intentionally look for opportunities to minister which is different than serving. Ministry is using your life to make a spiritual difference in the life of another person.
Serving - person's motivation is personal and the task is something even a lost person can do.
Ministry - a person's motivation is always for the Glory of God and the good of man and is often carried out through an action of service.
As a person matures in their relationship with God, their growing commitment to Him and concern for others leads them to begin to re-direct their priorities around those of God.
As a result they intentionally look for opportunities to minister which is different than serving. Ministry is using your life to make a spiritual difference in the life of another person.
Serving - person's motivation is personal and the task is something even a lost person can do.
Ministry - a person's motivation is always for the Glory of God and the good of man and is often carried out through an action of service.
Third Base to Dug Out
A maturing Christian will begin to use the opportunities the Lord provides them in their Church and Community to influence the lives of others.
Paul used the concept of spiritual parenting to describe those who were at what we are calling Third Base.
1 Thessalonians 2:7b-8, 11-12 [CEV]
A maturing Christian will begin to use the opportunities the Lord provides them in their Church and Community to influence the lives of others.
Paul used the concept of spiritual parenting to describe those who were at what we are calling Third Base.
1 Thessalonians 2:7b-8, 11-12 [CEV]
1 Thessalonians 2:7-8, 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
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7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
8 We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
8 We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
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In this text, we see that Spiritual Parents have a definite goal in mind..."live in a way that would honor God.
Spiritual parenting may take place in several ways:
- Bringing people to faith and reproducing your spiritual growth in them
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- Nurturing a believer who is struggling, stagnant, or simply a new convert and you are helping them move forward in their faith
Spiritual parenting may take place in several ways:
- Bringing people to faith and reproducing your spiritual growth in them
or
- Nurturing a believer who is struggling, stagnant, or simply a new convert and you are helping them move forward in their faith
The journey from 2nd Base to 3rd Base is evidenced by a growing commitment to re-direct one's priorities to allow greater connections with those in their church and community. Time is the key priority - it indicates Jesus' Lordship!
As we continue to minister there will be fruit. We'll help people get into The Game and begin to make spiritual progress. We must be willing to LEAD.
Colossians 1:28 [NET]
As we continue to minister there will be fruit. We'll help people get into The Game and begin to make spiritual progress. We must be willing to LEAD.
Colossians 1:28 [NET]
Colossians 1:28
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28 We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.
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Today we'll use the letters from the word LEAD to identify four necessary actions in spiritual parenting:
L - LIVE Authentically
John 1:39, 43
1 Corinthians 11:1
Authentic relationships are critical to impacting the lives of people. What a person does with what they see and hear is on them. What we do with the opportunities to influence others is on us.
L - LIVE Authentically
John 1:39, 43
1 Corinthians 11:1
Authentic relationships are critical to impacting the lives of people. What a person does with what they see and hear is on them. What we do with the opportunities to influence others is on us.
John 1:39, John 1:43
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39 “Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
43 The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
43 The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
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1 Corinthians 11:1
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1 You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
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E - ENCOURAGE Regularly
John 16:33
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Regular encouragement provides critique, advice, and hope.
John 16:33
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Regular encouragement provides critique, advice, and hope.
John 16:33
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33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
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1 Thessalonians 5:11
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11 Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
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A - ACT Strategically
Mark 1:35-39
Judges 21:25
Here at Grace Church we use a comprehensive mentoring program and other resources that teach the core truths of who Jesus is, what He taught, how we are to live, and thereby impact our world.
Mark 1:35-39
Judges 21:25
Here at Grace Church we use a comprehensive mentoring program and other resources that teach the core truths of who Jesus is, what He taught, how we are to live, and thereby impact our world.
Mark 1:35-39
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35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
36 Simon and his companions went to look for Him,
37 and when they found Him, they said, “Everyone is looking for You!”
38 But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns so I can preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”
39 So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
36 Simon and his companions went to look for Him,
37 and when they found Him, they said, “Everyone is looking for You!”
38 But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns so I can preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”
39 So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
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Judges 21:25
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25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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D - DISCIPLE Holistically
1 John 2:6
Disciple making takes an interest in the whole life of a person and involves much more than Bible studies and sin management. It involves care, growth, and transformation of the entirety of one's life.
1 John 2:6
Disciple making takes an interest in the whole life of a person and involves much more than Bible studies and sin management. It involves care, growth, and transformation of the entirety of one's life.
1 John 2:6
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6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
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Jesus reproduced His life into others and expects us to do the same.
The quality of LEADING others to do likewise is the key to the movement of disciple making.
It...
- brings the blessing of God on one's life
- fills us with joy as we see the lives of people change
- stirs our heart to great levels of faith and worship as we experience God working in and through us
- communicates the reality of our faith
It comes from your obedient love for God and your desire to hear the words uttered by the Lord in Matthew 25:23 [NLT]
It's GAME TIME...Let's make our coach proud!
The quality of LEADING others to do likewise is the key to the movement of disciple making.
It...
- brings the blessing of God on one's life
- fills us with joy as we see the lives of people change
- stirs our heart to great levels of faith and worship as we experience God working in and through us
- communicates the reality of our faith
It comes from your obedient love for God and your desire to hear the words uttered by the Lord in Matthew 25:23 [NLT]
It's GAME TIME...Let's make our coach proud!
Matthew 25:23
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23 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
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