New Day Christian Church - Weston, WI

Happily Ever After (Rus Wiegand)

Matthew 5:3 "God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs"

Happily Ever After, or Blessed for Eternity?

Love & Respect

Ephesians 5:33 (NLT) So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.  

Everybody needs both love and respect, so why would Paul specifically tell husbands to love and wives to respect?  These 2,000-year-old instructions are consistent with modern insight about differences between men and women.  Discovering God's design for loving and respectful relationships helps us live and love well.

Living a Balanced Life

Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Disorderly Conduct (James 3:13-16)

Unbalanced Ruts of…

LAZY Foolishness

Pride says…“You can’t MAKE ME.”

Motivated by…Bitter JEALOUSY.

Covers truth with…LYING

Worries about…Getting what I DON’T DESERVE.

Course correction: Tell God what you need, and say “yes” to GOOD WORKS.

BUSY Foolishness

Pride says…“I can do it ON MY OWN.”

Motivated by…Selfish Ambition

Covers truth with…Boasting

Worries about…Keeping what is “RIGHTFULLY MINE.”

Course correction: Say “no” to your PRIDE, and thank God for all He has done.

BIG IDEA: A balanced, peaceful household is characterized by prayer and thanksgiving (Philippians 4:6-7).

ACTION STEP: Renew your commitment to pray for your family from now until Thanksgiving.

 Pray for the specific needs in your family or a family close to you.

 Pray for courage from God to do the good works He has planned for you.

 Confess your tendency to trust your own strength, and thank God for all He has done.

Overcoming Myths

Modern Family—Overcoming Myths

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Ephesians 6:1-4 (NLT) 1 Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. 

MYTH: Your child’s approval is important.

MYTH: Children are the center of family life.

MYTH: The best way to keep kids out of trouble is to keep them busy.

BIG IDEA: Healthy families are sustained by their Heavenly Father.

ACTION STEP: Think of something that has distracted you (and your family) from keeping God at the center, and replace it.

Words That Bring Light

James 3:8-9 (NLT) but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God.

From New Day’s Membership Worksheet

Will you resolve conflict biblically by overlooking minor offenses, addressing your own damaged relationships directly, and seeking help from other believers only when direct reconciliation fails? 

(Proverbs 19:11; Matthew 18:15-17)

BIG IDEA: Instead of using words to light a fire, use them to shine a light.

CONTINUED ACTION STEP: Commit to pray for your family every day—with proper motives (James 4:1-3)—now through Thanksgiving.

God's Purpose & Vision for Families

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Big Idea: Family is a good picture of even greater realities.

Action Step: Commit to pray for your family every day during the course of this series.

Cain & Abel

Genesis 4:8 (NLT) One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.

1 John 3:11-12a (NLT) 11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 We must not be like Cain…

KEY QUESTION: Am I bringing God’s KINGDOM or raising CAIN?

Discovery Bible Study

[Read 1 John 3. Write 1 John 3:18-24.]

The Bible

(Message recorded 5/5/2013) Often we meander through life, moving towards whatever catches our attention at the moment.  The Bible shows us that life is more like a race, with a course set out for us by God, and a finish line that is just the beginning.

THIS WEEK’S READING: Romans 13-16

Discovery Bible Study (For a more in-depth guide, visit newdaywi.com.)

1. Read through Romans 13-16.

2. Go deeper by writing out Romans 13:8-14.

3. Now write a summary of the passage in your own words.

4. What do you see in the passage that you are willing to apply in your life this week? (If I believe this to be true, what must I do to obey? I will…)

5. Who will you tell about it that doesn’t already know God?

Holy Spirit

(Message recorded April 28, 2013) In the triune (three-in-one) God, the Holy Spirit is perhaps the most mysterious and neglected "person".  And yet He is there in Genesis 1, through the Old Testament, and explodes into prominence as Jesus entrusts His followers to change the world--in the power of the Holy Spirit.  That power and that Spirit are as real today as they were 2,000 years ago.  What would it look like to live in the power of the Spirit? THIS WEEK’S READING: Romans 10-12 (pages 864-866) Discovery Bible Study 1. Read through Romans 10-12. 2. Go deeper by writing out Romans 10:9-15. 3. Now write a summary of the passage in your own words. 4. What do you see in the passage that you are willing to apply in your life this week? (If I believe this to be true, what must I do to obey? I will…) 5. Who will you tell about it that doesn’t already know God?

Jesus Christ and Salvation

(Message recorded April 21, 2013) If you think Christianity is primarily a code of conduct, you haven't heard the whole story.  Jesus Christ is the resolution of our troubled past, the power for living today, and the hope for life eternal.  We can be assured of our repaired relationship with God when we stop trusting our own efforts and put our trust in Christ. BIG IDEA: Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the live. No one can come to the Father except through me.”  (John 14:6) THIS WEEK’S READING: Romans 7-9 (pages 861-864) Discovery Bible Study (For a more in-depth guide, visit newdaywi.com.) 1. Read through Romans 7-9. 2. Go deeper by writing out Romans 8:31-37. 3. Now write a summary of the passage in your own words. 4. What do you see in the passage that you are willing to apply in your life this week? (If I believe this to be true, what must I do to obey? I will…) 5. Who will you tell about it that doesn't already know God?