New Day Christian Church - Weston, WI

Interpersonal Rev01ution: Share Each Other's Burdens

KEY VERSES: Galatians 6:2-3 (NLT) 2  Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. 3  If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.

BIG IDEA: Blessings and burdens are often packaged together in a way that shows us our need for each other.

Restored this Easter

KEY VERSES: 1 Peter 1:21-23 (NLT) 21  Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory. 22  You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart. 23  For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

BIG IDEA: Radical discipleship is the revolution that revolutionizes revolutions.

rad·i·cal /ˈradək(ə)l/ from the Latin radix, meaning root.

Interpersonal Rev01ution: Offer Hospitality to Each Other

KEY VERSES: 1 Peter 4:8-9 (NIV)

⁸ Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. ⁹ Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.

BIG IDEA: A disciple's love and hospitality spill over the borders created by the world.

Interpersonal Rev01ution: Greet Each Other

KEY VERSES: 1 Peter 5:14 (NLT)  Greet each other with Christian love. Peace be with all of you who are in Christ.

Romans 16:16 (NLT)  Greet each other in Christian love. All the churches of Christ send you their greetings.

BIG IDEA: We are all part of the Welcoming Ministry.

Levels of Conversation (from Authentic Community by Jim Van Yperen, ChurchSmart Resources, 2008)

1. Superficial Level:

2. Expressive Level:

3. Vulnerable Level:

4. Transformational Level:

Interpersonal Rev01ution: Teach & Counsel Each Other

Teach & Counsel Each Other

KEY VERSES: Colossians 3:16 (NLT)  Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.

BIG IDEA: Where love rules, correction is a form of protection.

The Interpersonal Rev01ution: Clothe Yourself

KEY VERSES: Colossions 3:13-14 (NLT)  ¹³ Make allowances for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you.  Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.  ¹⁴ Above all, clothe yourself with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.

BIG IDEA: The Interpersonal Rev01ution is about stripping of the sins of our old nature and putting on signs of love.

Interpersonal Rev01ution: God is Love

Interpersonal Rev01ution: Do you Believe He Loves You?

Do you Believe that God Loves You...just the way you are? Our knee-jerk reply is, "Yes!" But do we really believe with our heart and our mind and our soul that God loves us? Maureen Jorgenson teaches us to leverage the fullness of life as a loved child of God.

A Pledge of Faith from Believing God by Beth Moore

God is who He says He is.

God can do what He says He can do.

I am who God says I am.

I can do all things through Christ.

God’s Word is alive and active in my.

I believe God loves me.

I am REDEEMED.

For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. --John 3:16 (NLT)

I am REASSURED.

The Lord is good,
    a strong refuge when trouble comes.
    He is close to those who trust in him. --Nahum 1:7 (NLT)

I am REMINDED.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” --Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)

I am RECOGNIZED.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. --Romans 8:38 (NLT)

Live in Harmony with Each Other: The Interpersonal Rev01ution

Key Verses: 

Romans 12:9-10 (ESV) ⁹ Let love [agape] be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.  ¹⁰ Love [philostorgos] one another with brotherly affection [philadelphia].  Outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 12:16 (NLT) Live in harmony with each other.  Don't be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people.  And don't think you know it all!

BIG IDEA: In order to learn to love, we need to bond to each other.

Review of Four Loves (Read C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves for more information.

Storge: Family bond

Philia: Friend bond

Eros: Erotic bond

Agape: Unconditional Love

Love Each Other (again): The Interpersonal Rev01ution

KEY VERSES: Romans 12:9-10 (NLT) ⁹  Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. ¹⁰  Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

Romans 12:9-10 (ESV) ⁹  Let love [agape] be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. ¹⁰  Love [philostorgos] one another with brotherly affection [philadelphia]. Outdo one another in showing honor.  

BIG IDEA: In order to learn to love, we need to bond to each other.

FOUR LOVES (Read C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves for more info.)

•   STORGE  --FAMILY bond

•   PHILIA     --FRIEND bond

•   EROS       --EROTIC bond

•   AGAPE    --UNCONDITIONAL LOVE