CONFIDENCE - JUNE TO JULY 2017

CONFIDENCE - JUNE TO JULY 2017

How can we have confidence in a fragile world? Who should we place our confidence in?

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Confidence in God's Word
Confidence in God's Word

God speaks to us in many ways 1. through creation (Rom 1v20), 2. through scripture (2 Tim 3v14-17), 3. through Jesus - the word made flesh (John 1v1-2, 14, Hebrews 1v1-3), 4. through the Sprit (prophecy)

The Bible is God's written word to us. Do we feel confident in how to read and apply it? Giving personal example, show how God's word revives the soul, brings wisdom for living, gives joy to the heart and gives guidance, lighting our path in life (Psalm 19v7-11). How do we apply the promises of God from the Bible in our lives (2 Cor 1v20)?

Confidence in Ministry
Confidence in Ministry

One of our church distinctives is "Everyone a minister", but does everyone feel confident to minister? During the talk revisit the biblical idea that everyone is a minister and that we all have different gifts to use (Rom 12, Ephesians 4)

Paul was confident as he ministered to Christians in places like Corinth that he was ministering life rather than "law that kills". How do we avoid legalism in ministry?

It's not "our" ministry, it is the Spirit's ministry, that gives life. How do we minister in the power of the Holy Spirit? (1 Cor 12)
Confidence in Jesus

In a multi-cultural society, do we have confidence in Jesus, his unique claim to be the one who brings us to know God as father (John 14v6), the one who ultimately reveals what God is like (Col 2v9), the one who can empathise with our humanity (Heb 4v14-16) and the only one through whom salvation and forgiveness comes (Acts 4v12)?

Do we have confidence that Jesus is the wisest person who ever lived and that we would be wise to make him Lord of every aspect of our lives?

Confidence in the Spirit
Confidence in the Spirit

At times we can feel that we are confident in God as Father and Jesus as our Saviour and Lord, but we can be unsure about the Holy Spirit and how He works in our lives.

Confidence in God
Confidence in God

Do we have confidence in who God is, how he works and the life he gives? At the start of this series looking at 2 Corinthians, Paul introduces the book by describing God as 1. God our Father, 2. Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 3. Father of compassion, 4. God of all comfort.

God is relational rather than the more static Greek view, therefore we can have confidence that he loves us as a Father, he has plans and dreams for our lives, listens to our prayers and speaks to us.

Confidence in the Gospel
Confidence in the Gospel

Fruitfulness on the frontline

Everyone has a frontline, a place where the nature of the Kingdom of God and our citizenship of that Kingdom is challenged and critiqued by other powers or values. Usually that place is not the Church but our neighbourhood, place of work, even our home or our leisure activity. Frontline is by default a place of witness, ministry and challenge. How do we identify what our frontline is? What has the gospel to say about how we work out our earthly citizenship? How do the places where we go away from our Christian fellowship challenge our faith or call out good things from us?

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Justice on the Frontline
Justice on the Frontline
Original Blessing?
Original Blessing?
Ministering grace and love
Ministering grace and love
Modelling Godly Character
Modelling Godly Character
Fruitfulness on the Frontline
Fruitfulness on the Frontline

Holy

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Communion
Relationships
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Set Apart

Father

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Blessings
Care
Asking
Obedience

Great Expectations

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Belonging
Serving
Sundays

Transformed Life

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Where do I belong?
Who Am I?

How did Jesus?

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How did Jesus triumph?
How did Jesus suffer?
How did Jesus pray?
How did Jesus teach?
How did Jesus make disciples?
How did Jesus Heal?