How can we have PEACE in our lives? Luke 19:36-42 NLT

The Happiness Hypothesis “It is worth striving to get the right relationships between yourself and others, between yourself and work, and between yourself and something larger than yourself. If you get these relationships right, a sense of purpose and meaning will emerge.” Jonathan Haidt

LIFE with Jesus is marked by peace. Mark 12:29-31 NLT

Jesus is either the KING of our lives or nothing. 1 Samuel 8:5-9 NLT

Who ELSE is worthy? Isaiah 53:3-6 NLT

Everyone has a next step to take:

• SHARE YOUR FAITH
  • Sharing your faith with others as you lead them to Jesus transforms your life.

The Big Questions:

• Does conversation about religion fit in today’s world?
• What if someone asks me a question that I can’t answer?

THE COST OF SHARING < THE COST OF STAYING SILENT 1 Peter 3:13-17 NLT

POLITICS ≠ GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 NLT

THE GOSPEL IS ACTIVATED BY DECLARATION Romans 10:9-15 NLT

• Join the Family
  • Joining this family makes an official declaration that FLC is your church.

The Big Questions: Why would I become a member? What good does it do?

Church Membership is NOT:

• a new set of “perks”
• joining the voting-base
• getting a preferential voice
• a heightened status
• a salvation guarantee
• a covenantal commitment

• to sacrifice for the vision
• to serve in the mission
• to submit to the leadership

GOD DESIGNED SUBMISSION FOR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT CONTROL Hebrews 13:14-17 NLT

Submission Flowchart:

GOD

SPIRITUAL LEADERS

HUSBAND/FATHER/MAN

WIFE/MOTHER/WOMAN

CHILD

HUMILITY IS A HEART ISSUE 1 Peter 5:1-6 NLT

EMBRACING AUTHORITY IS WISE AND HONORING TO GOD Ephesians 5:15-21 NLT

The Big Questions: Why is the church always asking for volunteers?

THE FATE OF THE WORLD RESTS ON THE USE OF YOUR GOD-GIVEN GIFTS 1 Peter 4:7-11 NLT

DISTRACTION IS THE PATHWAY OF DESTRUCTION Luke 17:26-30 NLT

SERVANTHOOD REVEALS THE VITALITY OF THE SPIRIT WITHIN US Galatians 5:13-17 NLT

Everyone has a next step to take:

• GET BAPTIZED
  • Declaring your faith publicly is an outward expression of dying to yourself

The Big Questions:

• Baptism & Salvation
• Public Baptism
• Who gets baptized
• When to get baptized
• Can you do it again?

WE DECLARE REPENTANCE THROUGH BAPTISM Mark 1:1-5 NLT

DEATH AND RESURRECTION ARE IN THE WATER Romans 6:1-4 NLT

GOD GAVE US A SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR A COMPLEX DISEASE 2 Kings 5:10-14 NLT

Everyone has a next step to take:

• Say Yes to The Holy Spirit
  • A life directed by the Holy Spirit benefits you and the Mission to save the lost.

The Elephant in the Room:

I believe in the Holy Spirit, but I’m not sure how I feel about his role in Christian’s lives today and the function of Spiritual Gifts.

JESUS EMBOIES LIFE IN THE SPIRIT Isaiah 11:1-5 NLT

GOD’S SPIRIT GIVES US FULLNESS OF LIFE AND POWER Ephesians 3:16-20 NLT

The Elephant in the Room:

Are the Gifts of the Spirit for us today or did they cease once the Church was fully established? 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 ESV

The Fruit of the Spirit:

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, and Self-Control.

The Gifts of the Spirit:

Wisdom, Knowledge, Special Faith, Healing, Miracles, Prophecy, Discernment, Tongues, Interpretation, Serving, Teaching, Encouraging, Giving, Leadership & Mercy

THE SPIRIT GIVES US REBIRTH AND RENEWAL THROUGH JESUS Titus 3:4-7 NLT

Everyone has a next step to take:

• Gather with the family
• Get in a GROUP
• Grow your faith
• Give to the Mission
• Go to those in NEED
• Say YES to Jesus
  • Surrendering your Life to Jesus is a commitment to deny yourself daily.

The “I Am” Statements:

• Bread of Life – John 6
• Light of the World – John 8
• Gate & Good Shepherd – John 10
• Resurrection & Life – John 11
• Way, Truth & Life – John 14
• True Vine – John 15

ACKNOWLEDGING GOD IS AN ACTION NOT A THOUGHT John 8:23-30 NLT

“Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.” -C.S. Lewis

JESUS’ MINISTRY SAVES FOLLOWERS NOT FANS Matthew 16:24-26 NLT

ETERNAL JOY AND SORROW ARE ONLY 18 INCHES APART Matthew 7:21-23 NLT

Everyone has a next step to take:

• Gather with the family
• get in a GROUP
• Grow your faith
• Give to the Mission
• Go to those in Need

WE ARE CALLED TO THE ELEVATION OF OTHERS OVER SELF Matthew 20:24-28 NLT

THE CHURCH IS A MOVEMENT NOT A LOCATION Luke 9:1-6 NLT

Missional Creeds:

• Unashamed Gospel - Rom 1:16
• Never Hearing – Rom 10:13-15
• All Things to All – 1 Cor 9:19-23
• Compelled by Love – 2 Cor 5:14
• Christ’s Ambassadors – 2 Cor 5:18-20
• Missional Readiness – Eph 6:15

THE HOLY SPIRIT EMPOWERS US TO BE A CHURCH ON MISSION Matt 28:18-20; NLT

THE SPIRIT OF THE SOVEREIGN LORD IS UPON YOU Isaiah 61:1-3 NLT

GO TO THOSE IN NEED Expressing the Love of Jesus locally and around the world stretches your Faith.