New Day Christian Church - Weston, WI

The Art Gallery and the Mural

KEY TEXT: Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

BIG IDEA: The Bible is one grand story seen through many lives.

The Story Reading Plan:Read Chapter 1 of "The Story" (or Genesis 1-4; 6-9)

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KEY TEXT: Revelation 5:13 (NLT) And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.”

BIG IDEA: God gives us glimpses of His Kingdom so we can look back, and move forward.

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KEY TEXT: Luke 2:17 (NLT) After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child.

BIG IDEA: When you trust God, He gives you a story to tell.

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Part II of New Day's 2013 Christmas Series #FOLLOWME (A modern-day look at the Christmas story!)

KEY TEXT: Matthew 1:24 (NLT) When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.

BIG IDEA: God gives us detours and asks us to trust Him.

Ancestry.com

Through an imperfect ancestry, God did a perfect work.  

Galatians 4:4-5 (NLT) 4 But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.

Boundaries

KEY TEXT:  Proverbs 25:28 (NLT) A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.

BIG IDEA:  With God’s Spirit, we are people of responsibility, not reaction.

God's Plan for You

Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)

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."

Divorce

KEY TEXT: Matthew 19:6 (NLT) Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.

BIG IDEA: Marriage is worth protecting.

Rites of Passage

KEY TEXT: Exodus 20:12 (NLT) “Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”

BIG IDEA:  Honoring parents is a lifelong command; obeying them is temporary.

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.