New Day Christian Church - Weston, WI

Resurrection Sunday

Matthew 28:1-10 (NLT)

1  Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. 2  Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. 3  His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow. 4  The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint. 5  Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6  He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying. 7  And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember what I have told you.”

How Can I Pray?: Gethsemane Prayer

Mark 14:35-36 (NLT) 35  He went on a little farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by. 36  “Abba, Father,” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

How Do I Pray?

The Kingdom Vision Part 7: Person of Peace

Luke 10:5-6 (NASB) 5  "Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' 6  If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.”

 

A Person of Peace

...will receive YOU AND the MESSAGE of JESUS.

...will SHARE the message with OTHERS.

...may not be WHO you EXPECT.

The Kingdom Vision Part 6: Ballistic Farming

The Kingdom Vision Part 5: Fishing with a Net

Luke 5:8-10 (NLT) 8  When Simon Peter realized what had happened, he fell to his knees before Jesus and said, “Oh, Lord, please leave me—I’m too much of a sinner to be around you.” 9  For he was awestruck by the number of fish they had caught, as were the others with him. 10  His partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed. Jesus replied to Simon, “Don’t be afraid! From now on you’ll be fishing for people!”

Two key strategies the Devil uses to keep us from fishing with a net:

1. 1. 1. ISOLATION
      2. DIVISION

Questions for Reflection, Discussion, and Action:

1. How do you see the Devil’s strategies at work in your life?
2. What step comes to mind as a way to resist him?
3. As you consider the strategies of the devil, who comes to mind who might be suffering?
4. What step is God leading you to take to give that person a glimpse of the compassion, the light and the power of Christ?
5. If that person is receptive, how would you explain to them how to receive the compassion, the light and the power of Christ?
6. How would you equip them to bring the compassion, the light and the power of Christ to their circle of influence?

Kingdom Vision 4: Marks of a Disciple

Luke 14:26-27 (NASB) 26  "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. 27  "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

 

Five Marks of a Disciple

1. 1. 1. A disciple has an ongoing CONNECTION with Jesus.
      2. A disciple learns and OBEYS the direction of Jesus.
      3. A disciple adopts the WORLDVIEW of Jesus.
      4. A disciple IMITATES Jesus.

And a disciple REPLICATES.

Kingdom Vision 3: “An Army, Not a Fortress” or “Plunder”

Matthew 16:18b (ESV)  … I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

 

1 John 3:8b (ESV)  The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Kingdom Vision 2: Taught By God

John 6:44-45 (NLT) 44  For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up. 45  As it is written in the Scriptures, “They will all be taught by God.” Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.

Obedience-Based Discipleship

Matthew 6:10 (KJV)  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

 

The Importance of Obedience

Matthew 28:20; 1 John 2:1-3:24; James 1:22-25, 2:14-26; Romans 2:13; Matthew 7:21-27  

Hear and Obey       |        Hear and Do Not Obey