OneLife Church
Identity: Part 5 - Look Up
Locations & Times
North Campus
3503 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN 37849, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
Online Connection Card
Let us know that you were here, what your next step is that you are taking, or how we can pray for you and help you!
http://www.onelifeknox.com/connectGive Online
The Bible teaches us to give the first 10% of our income to the "storehouse." God says we can test Him by doing this and watching Him take care of us in return. This may sound like a stretch to you! Just take a step toward toward that goal. If you currently give nothing, start giving something. If you give something, try increasing it a step toward the 10% goal. Trust God! Give Him your first before anything else by setting up a recurring, automated donation online. You will then receive quarterly updates about how your giving is making a difference and how your donations are being used.
http://www.onelifeknox.com/giveBottom Line: What I look to determines the source of my identity.
1. Look to the Kingdom for a new culture.
2. Look away from the way I always did it before.
3. Create new habits and disciplines.
4. Look to Jesus to look more like Jesus.
START TALKING
When have you moved to or visited a new place that had a completely different culture? How did you stand out? What made it most uncomfortable for you and why? What did you have to adopt or do differently in order to function in this new culture? What wouldn't have worked if you had insisted on still doing things the way you were used to?
When have you moved to or visited a new place that had a completely different culture? How did you stand out? What made it most uncomfortable for you and why? What did you have to adopt or do differently in order to function in this new culture? What wouldn't have worked if you had insisted on still doing things the way you were used to?
START THINKING
Read Colossians 3:1-2. What are some "realities of heaven" or "things of heaven" that come to mind when you read this?
If the culture of heaven was here on this earth, what would be different? (Hint: think about living in another country or another "kingdom".) Specifically, how would you think differently? How would the daily rhythms be different? What laws and ruler would you follow?
How would living in this different culture affect your identity, specifically the way you think and the way you think about yourself?
Read Colossians 3:1-2. What are some "realities of heaven" or "things of heaven" that come to mind when you read this?
If the culture of heaven was here on this earth, what would be different? (Hint: think about living in another country or another "kingdom".) Specifically, how would you think differently? How would the daily rhythms be different? What laws and ruler would you follow?
How would living in this different culture affect your identity, specifically the way you think and the way you think about yourself?
START SHARING
Read Colossians 3:3-4. What are some old habits or old ways that you used to do things that were normal or expected before you followed Jesus?
How have you seen your new - or rather, your created and true - identity revealed as you more closely follow Jesus?
How do you find yourself reverting back to your old ways of thinking and doing when your eyes are not looking to the Kingdom or looking to Jesus? What helps you to look away from these old ways of doing things?
Read Colossians 3:3-4. What are some old habits or old ways that you used to do things that were normal or expected before you followed Jesus?
How have you seen your new - or rather, your created and true - identity revealed as you more closely follow Jesus?
How do you find yourself reverting back to your old ways of thinking and doing when your eyes are not looking to the Kingdom or looking to Jesus? What helps you to look away from these old ways of doing things?
START DOING
Read Colossians 3:5-9. While this list is not an exhaustive list of how you can live in your true identity in Christ, it is a great start! Share some new habits and disciplines you have developed or could develop when:
- Sexual immorality, impurity, or lust is a temptation.
- You are tempted to be greedy with your time, your money, or your talents.
- When something makes you angry.
- When you find yourself or someone else talking bad about someone (slander).
- When you find yourself using dirty language or part of a conversation that wouldn't be had in heaven.
From the list above, share two things you commit to doing every day to create new habits and disciplines that look more like Jesus and His Kingdom.
What can you do every day this week to look to Jesus to look more like Jesus?
How will discovering your "hidden identity with Christ" impact the people around you where you live, work, and play? Read 1 Peter 3:15 for a clue, and share how you will be prepared to answer when people ask. What will you say? Share the story with your micro church that you will share with them.
Read Colossians 3:5-9. While this list is not an exhaustive list of how you can live in your true identity in Christ, it is a great start! Share some new habits and disciplines you have developed or could develop when:
- Sexual immorality, impurity, or lust is a temptation.
- You are tempted to be greedy with your time, your money, or your talents.
- When something makes you angry.
- When you find yourself or someone else talking bad about someone (slander).
- When you find yourself using dirty language or part of a conversation that wouldn't be had in heaven.
From the list above, share two things you commit to doing every day to create new habits and disciplines that look more like Jesus and His Kingdom.
What can you do every day this week to look to Jesus to look more like Jesus?
How will discovering your "hidden identity with Christ" impact the people around you where you live, work, and play? Read 1 Peter 3:15 for a clue, and share how you will be prepared to answer when people ask. What will you say? Share the story with your micro church that you will share with them.
START PRAYING
Pray for each person in the micro church to take the steps you each committed to above. Ask God to help each of us to hold each other accountable to take these steps and follow Him more and more each day. Pray that this will open up the door for those around you to ask why you are living differently so that you can share the story of Jesus.
Pray for each person in the micro church to take the steps you each committed to above. Ask God to help each of us to hold each other accountable to take these steps and follow Him more and more each day. Pray that this will open up the door for those around you to ask why you are living differently so that you can share the story of Jesus.
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!