Christ Church Bartlett

Living in the Spirit Acts 2:1-12 1. Living in the Spirit requires me to wait and seek 2. Living in the Spirit requires me to be filled 3. Living in the Spirit should move me to proclaim Jesus with confidence

Encounters with Jesus — A New Creation in Christ — John 3 •No one can enter the Kingdom of heaven unless he first is spiritually reborn. [John 3:1-7] •Our spiritual rebirth is just the beginning of a new life in Christ. [John 3:8-15] •Our spiritual health, growth, and strength is directly connected to our relationship with Holy Spirit. [John 3:8-15] As We Go … Ask the Holy Spirit to convict you of sin. Confess your sins, be cleansed and rekindle your spiritual fire for Christ!

Encounters with Jesus — Jesus Runs with a Rough Crowd — Luke 5:27-31 •Jesus didn’t wait for the lost to come to Him but intentionally initiated relationships with the rough crowd. [Luke 5:27-28] •Jesus sat with sinners, but He didn’t sin with them. Know the difference. [Luke 5:29-30] •Jesus spent most of His time pursuing the poor in spirit instead of wasting time on the proud and self righteous. [Luke 5:31] • As We Go … Be willing to reach the rough crowd by initiating relationships and consistently demonstrating the love of Christ in practical ways.

Encounters with Jesus — Love Changes Everything • Jesus knows everything about us and loves us anyway. [John 1:43-51] • Jesus loves us too much to leave us where we are. [Luke 5:7-11] • Jesus calls us to follow Him as fishers of men. [Luke 5:7-11] As We Go … Come to Jesus and allow His perfect love to set you free from shame and condemnation and change your life forever.

God Gave Everything Genesis 22 The Father was willing to give everything for you and me. [Genesis 22:1-5] Jesus was willing to lay down His life for sinners like you and me. [Genesis 22:6-10] We can trust the Living God to continue to provide for us both now and forevermore. [Genesis 22:11-19] As We Go… God has already given you everything. Trust Him to provide everything you need both now and forever.

Leave the World Behind and Never Look Back — Genesis 19 • Like Lot, we live in the midst of a perverse and wicked generation. • Like Lot, God is calling us to come out of this wicked world system and be set apart as His people. • God always provides a way of escape when we face the various temptations of life. • Once we choose to take hold of Christ, we must be willing to leave the world behind and never look back! As We Go… Leave the past behind, take hold of Christ today, and never look back!

Walking Through Your Valley Psalm 143 1. PAIN IN YOUR VALLEY • Darkness (v. 3) • Distress (v. 4) / • Despair (v. 7) 2. PURPOSE OF YOUR VALLEY • repentance (v. 2) • Remembrance (v. 5) • Reliance (v. 6) 3. PRAYER IN YOUR VALLEY • ATTRIBUTES of My God > Faithfulness (v. 1) > Righteousness (v. 1) > Lovingkindness (v.8) > Protection (v. 9) > Mercy (v. 12) • ATTITUDE of My Heart > Longing for my God (v. 6) > Trust in my God (v. 8) > Serving my god (v.12) > Protection (v. 9) • ASKING My God to . . . > “Deliver Me” (v. 9) > “Teach Me” (v. 10) > “Lead Me” (v. 10) > “Revive Me” (v. 11)

The Judge of All the Earth Will Do Right — Genesis 18 • All must stand before the Judge of the earth and give an account of their lives. • God is a righteous Judge who cannot allow sin to go unpunished. • Only God could find a way to punish Jesus for our sin and extend grace and mercy to those who trust in His work on the cross. As We Go… No matter what you have done or how far you have run or how hard you have fallen, your Heavenly Father is waiting to receive you back with open arms and restore you as His precious child.

Traces of the Chosen one Born in the Shadow of the Cross Isaiah 53 1. Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2. He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. 3. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. 3. Like one from whom people hide their face he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 4. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his

Traces of the Chosen One, Part 2 Jesus our Servant King • The Chosen One would be a greater prophet than Moses. [Deut. 18:15-19, John 5:39-47, Hebrews 3:1-6] • The Chosen One would be the Lion of the tribe of Judah. [Genesis 49:8-12, Revelation 5:1-10] • The Chosen One would be the root of Jesse, the righteous Branch. [Isaiah 11:1-13, Jer. 33:14-16, Romans 15:8-12, Rev. 22:16] • The Chosen One would be the promised son of David and the servant King of Israel. [2 Samuel 7:10-16, Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 1:26-33, Mt. 22:41-46] As We Go … Let your light shine this Christmas by serving others in the name of Jesus and bring glory to our Father in Heaven.

Traces of the Chosen One The Chosen One would be the son of man and the seed of the woman. [Genesis 3:15, Luke 1:26-35] The Chosen One would be the promised son of Abraham. [Genesis 12:1-7, Galatians 3] The Chosen One would be a Star from Jacob. [Numbers 24:15-19] As We Go … Rejoice in the coming of Christ the King and proclaim the good news of His salvation to all nations until He returns.

Gratitude in Fellowship Colossians 1 1. Prayer of Gratitude • Filled with Knowledge of God's Will (v. 9) • Fully pleasing Godl (v. 10) • Fruitful in God's work (v. 11) 2 Power of Gratitude • All might • All patience and longsuffering • With joy 3. Partakers of Gratitude • Qualified • Delivered • Conveyed • Redemption • Forgiveness 4. Person of Gratitude: Jesus • Preeminent over the Univerese (v.15,18) • Creator of the Universe (v. 16) • Sustainer of the Universe (v. 17)

Give Thanks to the Lord — Psalm 100 I. Give thanks for the goodness of God. II. Give thanks for the presence of God. III. Give thanks for the provision of God. IV. Give thanks for the faithfulness of God. As We Go … Count your blessings and continue to serve God with a grateful heart for He is good and His love endures forever.

Genesis 17 — The Son of Promise and the Circumcision of the Heart I. God’s everlasting covenant with Abraham promised to provide the inclusion of a multitude of believers from the Gentile nations. [Genesis 17:1-8] II. Circumcision has never been a condition for salvation but rather serves as an outward sign for the set apart household of God. [Genesis 17:9-14] III. Circumcision of the flesh means absolutely nothing without the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit and the circumcision of the heart. [Deuteronomy 30:1-6, Romans 2:25-29] IV. Isaac is a prophetic shadow picture of Jesus in that he was conceived supernaturally as the beloved son of his father — the seed of the woman and son of promise — through which God would redeem the world. [Genesis 17:15-27] As we Go … Plead with the Holy Spirit to search the depths of your heart, convict you of sin, and cut away the desires of the flesh.

Genesis 16 The God who Hears Me and Sees Me I. We are most tempted to doubt God and take matters into our own hands when we forget that His ways are not our ways and His timing is always perfect. [Genesis 16:1-4] II. Sin will always yield painful consequences and damage our most valued relationships in life. [Genesis 16:4-6] III. Despite our bad choices, God is full of mercy and compassion and comes to find us and comfort us in our most desperate times of need. [Genesis 16:7-10] IV. Our God hears us when we cry out to Him and sees us when we feel invisible to the rest of the world, knowing us better than anyone yet still loving us more than everyone. [Genesis 16:11-16] As we Go … No matter how far you’ve run, turn to Jesus today — the One who hears you and sees you and knows you and loves you!

“Good in Every Circumstance” Romans 8:28 " And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." 1. We can trust Him because He loves us as His own children. 2. We can trust Him because He has given us purpose. 3. We can trust Him because He gave everything to save us.

“We Have . . .” 2 Corinthians 4 1. “THIS MINISTRY” (v. 1) • No DISCOURAGEMENT (v. 1) • No DECEIT (v. 2-4) • No DARKNESS (v. 5-6) 2. “THIS TREASURE” (v. 7) • POWER (v. 7-9) • LIFE of Jesus in Us (v. 10-12) 3. “THE SAME SPIRIT OF FAITH” (v. 13) • Gift of God (v. 13-14) • Grace of God (v. 15) • Glory of God (v. 16-18) “Therefore, we do not lose heart.” (v. 1, 16)

The Promised Land — Genesis 15:7-21 • The LORD cut a covenant with Abram and distinctly bound Himself to the Promised Land as His own treasured possession. [Genesis 15:1-11] • The Promised Land is the spiritual and geographical epicenter of earth, as the most sought after and fought over piece of real estate in the universe. [Genesis 15:12-21] • The LORD promised that one day He will gather all of His people from exile, bring us back home, and give us this land as an everlasting possession in the Kingdom of Christ. [Genesis 17:5-8] • As We Go … As we live as strangers and exiles in this world, let us look forward to the day that we will inherit the Promised Land and be at home with the Lord forever.

Genesis 14:18-24 — The Mystery and Ministry of Melchizedek •Melchizedek represents the eternal order of prophet, priest, and king, ordained by God from the beginning. •God separated these three offices among the tribes of Israel, as a temporary solution to a permanent problem — the holiness of God. •Jesus is the only One who meets all the qualifications as the Word made flesh, King of kings, our great High Priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. •Now that Christ has come, He has authenticated God’s word, given us kingdom authority, and given us direct access to His throne in heaven! As We Go … Like Melchizedek, we have become a royal priesthood in Christ and have been commissioned to bless the world with the good news!

Walk by Faith — Not by Sight Genesis 12-13 • Like Abram, we are called to walk by faith as wanderers in this world, awaiting our future inheritance in the land of Promise. [Genesis 12:4-9, 13:14-18] • Like Abram, we often make decisions by leaning on our own understanding, but the LORD will direct our steps in the end. • Like Lot, it is tempting to walk by sight and fall in love with the world, moving dangerously close to the edge of sin. As We Go … Walk by faith by keeping your eyes and setting your mind on the hope of heaven above, where all the promises of God are yes and amen in Christ Jesus!