Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Celebrity Trivia

Lesson: Celebrity Trivia
By: Matt Atkins
Location: Amphitheater on UNO Campus

Who is your favorite celebrity/famous person? What do you know about them?
I know a teen girl who knows everything there is to know about Chris Brown…down to his eye color and favorite food. Does she really know him?
You may know everything about them, but do you know them?
Jesus Trivia
How old was Jesus when he started his ministry? 30
How old was Jesus when he died? 33
Where was his first miracle performed? What was it? At a wedding banquet…water to wine
Where was he born? Bethlehem in a Manger
Same with Jesus. You can know everything about him without truly knowing him.
I John 2:4-6 – “4The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.”

The goal of this group and the point of the Bible studies is to help people know Jesus and to show them how to walk as Jesus did.
We don’t want to be
Matthew 7:21-23 - “21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'”

Get in a personal Bible study! Know the Word and Know Jesus!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Paralytic Man

Lesson: Mark 2:1-13
Given by: Matt Atkins
Location: Amphitheater on UNO campus

Mark 2:1-13
The story is of a paralytic whose faith caused him to go to great lengths to be healed by Jesus.
What Lengths?
Knowing he was sick and believing Jesus could heal him.
Finding 4 friends with faith to take him. Friends who would do almost anything to get him healed including getting him on the roof, digging through the roof and lowering him down to Jesus.

Do you need healing from Jesus?
Sin causes a barrier between us and God. We all need healing from Jesus simply because we have all sinned.

Do you have friends like the paralytic? Friends who will go to any length to get you to Jesus for your healing.

That is what we are trying to offer. A group of sold out Christians willing to go to any length to help each other get to Heaven!

Let's be that for eachother!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Our Focus this Semester

Lesson: Would you be Ready?
By: Stephen VanBueren
Location: The VanBueren's House in Baton Rouge, LA

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." John 14:1-4
Fact: Jesus WILL come back.
John 14:18
John 16:16
He reminded them of this time and again.
Acts 1:9-11
He will return.
They lived their life FULLY expecting him to be back soon.
Every day could have been that blessed day!
Matthew 24:36-44
Matthew 25:1-13
Be prepared because it could be any moment.
What do you think inspired them to live like they did in Acts? To live their lives for him KNOWING that they would likely be jailed, tortured and killed?
1 - They had a PERSONAL relationship with him.
We can have this too!
2 - They had an eternal perspective.
Hebrews 12:2
We must fix our eyes on him!
Are you living as if Christ would return at ANY moment? Because he could!
How would you live differently if you knew he were coming this week? or today?
Colossians 3:1-2
New Perspective: Focused on things above.
If we lived this way, how would we respond to day to day challenges like traffic and cheating?
When you have an eternal perspective, your worries shrink.
Set you heart and mind above so you can properly deal with challenges here on earth!
Live with Purpose!
Challenge this semester: Know Him Intimately. To live each day like he's coming back because he IS!

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