OneLife Church
Your Calling: Part 2 - Who I Am
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North Campus
3503 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN 37849, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
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http://www.onelifeknox.com/giveBottom Line: Who I am is more important than what I do
Who I was before Jesus doesn't matter because it's not who I am now.
Who God chooses is different than who the world chooses.
Who I am with Jesus looks completely different.
START TALKING:
We talked about how we can do all the right things but still not be who God is calling us to be. Real change starts with who we are in Christ.
Discussion Starters:
What’s something in your life that you used to do, but it didn’t reflect who you truly were?
Can you think of a time when someone saw something in you that you didn’t see in yourself?
We talked about how we can do all the right things but still not be who God is calling us to be. Real change starts with who we are in Christ.
Discussion Starters:
What’s something in your life that you used to do, but it didn’t reflect who you truly were?
Can you think of a time when someone saw something in you that you didn’t see in yourself?
START THINKING:
Read: 1 Corinthians 1:26–30
“Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called…”
Questions:
Paul reminds us who we were when we were called. Why do you think he starts there?
What does this tell us about the kind of people God chooses and values?
Why is it important to understand our past identity before we understand our calling?
Read: 1 Corinthians 1:26–30
“Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called…”
Questions:
Paul reminds us who we were when we were called. Why do you think he starts there?
What does this tell us about the kind of people God chooses and values?
Why is it important to understand our past identity before we understand our calling?
START SHARING:
This passage flips the script on how we think about value and purpose.
Read again: 1 Corinthians 1:26–30
“Not many of you were wise… influential… of noble birth. But God chose the foolish... the weak...”
Discussion:
Have you ever felt like you weren’t “enough” for God to use you? How does this passage speak to that?
What are some ways the world defines people by what they do? How does this passage challenge that?
Paul says, “But God chose…” What do you think that means for your own life and story?
“It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus…”How does being “in Christ” change your sense of identity?
How has Jesus redefined your understanding of wisdom, strength, or success?
This passage flips the script on how we think about value and purpose.
Read again: 1 Corinthians 1:26–30
“Not many of you were wise… influential… of noble birth. But God chose the foolish... the weak...”
Discussion:
Have you ever felt like you weren’t “enough” for God to use you? How does this passage speak to that?
What are some ways the world defines people by what they do? How does this passage challenge that?
Paul says, “But God chose…” What do you think that means for your own life and story?
“It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus…”How does being “in Christ” change your sense of identity?
How has Jesus redefined your understanding of wisdom, strength, or success?
START DOING:
God doesn’t wait for us to get it all together—He chooses us as we are, and then transforms who we are.
Challenge Questions:
Based on 1 Corinthians 1:26–30, how should your understanding of calling change?
What’s one area of your identity that Jesus is transforming right now?
How can you live this week in a way that reflects who you are in Christ, not just what you do?
Personal Reflection:
Fill in the blank:
“I used to believe I had to ________________ to be used by God. But now I see that God has chosen me because ________________.”
God doesn’t wait for us to get it all together—He chooses us as we are, and then transforms who we are.
Challenge Questions:
Based on 1 Corinthians 1:26–30, how should your understanding of calling change?
What’s one area of your identity that Jesus is transforming right now?
How can you live this week in a way that reflects who you are in Christ, not just what you do?
Personal Reflection:
Fill in the blank:
“I used to believe I had to ________________ to be used by God. But now I see that God has chosen me because ________________.”
START PRAYING:
Group Prayer Focus:
Thank God for choosing us even when we felt unqualified, unseen, or unworthy.
Pray that we would root our identity in Christ, not in our performance.
Ask for boldness to live as people who are being transformed from the inside out.
Pray for each person to grow into who God has called them to be—and trust that the doing will follow.
🙏 “Jesus, thank You for calling us not based on our achievements but based on Your love. Transform our identity to look more like Yours, and help us live from a place of grace, not performance.”
Group Prayer Focus:
Thank God for choosing us even when we felt unqualified, unseen, or unworthy.
Pray that we would root our identity in Christ, not in our performance.
Ask for boldness to live as people who are being transformed from the inside out.
Pray for each person to grow into who God has called them to be—and trust that the doing will follow.
🙏 “Jesus, thank You for calling us not based on our achievements but based on Your love. Transform our identity to look more like Yours, and help us live from a place of grace, not performance.”
Take a Next Step!
Don't just attend church for an hour a week. Take a step! What step should you take?
1. Follow Jesus! If you have followed Jesus...
2. Get baptized! If you are following Jesus, then that's all you need to be "ready" to take this step.
3. Volunteer! Don't simply be a consumer, but be part of making a difference in the lives of those who come to OneLife to experience Jesus. There are weekday and Sunday opportunities. Get info about what opportunities there are for you!
4. Join a micro church! You can't have true community sitting in rows with a large crowd. That's not the church - it's an event! Micro churches are small "churches" of 10-12 adults that meet in homes throughout the week to learn together, pray together, serve the community together, and care for each other together.
Get more information about any of the above, send us your prayer requests so we can pray with you, or ask any question we can help you with by filling out the online connection card!
http://www.onelifeknox.com/connect1. Follow Jesus! If you have followed Jesus...
2. Get baptized! If you are following Jesus, then that's all you need to be "ready" to take this step.
3. Volunteer! Don't simply be a consumer, but be part of making a difference in the lives of those who come to OneLife to experience Jesus. There are weekday and Sunday opportunities. Get info about what opportunities there are for you!
4. Join a micro church! You can't have true community sitting in rows with a large crowd. That's not the church - it's an event! Micro churches are small "churches" of 10-12 adults that meet in homes throughout the week to learn together, pray together, serve the community together, and care for each other together.
Get more information about any of the above, send us your prayer requests so we can pray with you, or ask any question we can help you with by filling out the online connection card!