Church of The Open Door

Soundtracks

“Jesus’ Soundtracks”

Luke 5:27-32

Exploring what Jesus asks people: “Why are you thinking these things in your heart?”

The heart is where we believe.

The heart is where our Belief System Everything you do flows from it.

Our Belief System is what we believe about God, our self, other people and the

Our Belief System influences our Soundtracks (the things we tell ourselves), which influences our behavior.

Our Belief System can help us see truth or blind us from seeing truth.

Celebrating what Jesus believes about people: What we believe about people affects how we treat people.

Jesus sees people others avoid.

Jesus sees every person as valuable.

Jesus believes people can follow Him and calls them to do so.

Jesus accepts people and helps them feel they belong.

Jesus knows people are infected by sin.

Jesus calls people to repentance.

Changing what we believe about God and ourselves is the beginning of following Jesus.

Following what Jesus believes about people: Changing to Jesus’ soundtrack.

What soundtracks am I listening to about myself?

What soundtracks am I listening to about people?

Will I follow Jesus in how I view and treat people?

Soundtracks

“Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man”

Luke 5:17-26

Our thoughts control our behavior.

It’s possible to control your thoughts.

We must recognize two things:

We are at War!

Capture every thought!

It is NOT about Self-Help!

Don’t miss what truly matters.

Practical Application:

Identify your emotions and thoughts.

Don’t fight alone – Get help!

Spend time alone with God.

Pray.

Remember the truth about yourself.

Start thinking differently about yourself.

At times, you may lose a battle, but still win.

 

 

CHRISTlike Characteristics: C- Connected to God in Word and Prayer, S- Spirit-led Servant, T- Trustworthy Steward

 

 

LifeGroup Questions:  Applying the Teaching to Our Life

Icebreaker: Play the game “2 truths and a lie” (each person takes a turn and tells two truths and one lie about themselves (in any order). After a person has shared these 3 facts about themselves, the group has to try to find out which one is the lie)

What is your favorite music soundtrack of all times?

What is one thing that stood out to you in the message this week?

When have you seen in your own life that your thoughts controlled your behavior?

What do you already do (or think you should do) to battle the negative spiral of thinking?

What is one situation from your childhood that shaped the way you think or behave today?

What lie do you need to battle against the most?

I am unlovable.

I am worthless.

I am ugly.

I am helpless.

I am a failure or a loser.

I cannot trust anyone.

There is something inherently wrong with me.

If people only knew me truly, they could never love me.

I can’t do it anymore.

I need to be successful to matter.

____ (feel free to add your own)

How can we remind ourselves to rely on God’s power and not our own?

What is one practical step that you can take in your faith journey as you engage in the war for your mind?

End your time praying for each other and for yourself about the lies that you may have believed for so long.

Into the Deep

“Crossing the line”

Luke 5:12-16

Notes:

LifeGroup Questions: Apply the Teaching to Our Life

Read Luke 5:12-16. As we lead others to become like Jesus, what is something about Him, in our passage, that you want to be more like?

The enemy’s main objective is to divide and conquer. In what ways has he used “lines” (political, physical, sexual, financial, spiritual etc.) to divide your marriage, family, church, or community?

How might ‘Christ-in-you’ be leading you to “cross the line” of division to bring healing to that situation?

Read Eph. 2:14-16. If the “wall of hostility” was obliterated by Jesus at the cross and he made peace, why are so many Christians known for their hostility and/or boycotting organizations, people or businesses? Is there a time to ‘cancel’ people to take a stand for Jesus? *groups-please listen with love to people’s answers.

As a follower of Jesus which concerns you more: the world ‘infecting’ you/the church, or you/the church ‘infecting’ the world? What, if anything, needs to change?

If divine connection is the only cure for the human condition, who is someone who feels like an outcast, that Jesus wants you to connect with today?

Christlike Characteristics: C-connected to God in word and prayer. R- relates with other centered love. S- Spirit led servant

Into the Deep

"Blessings of the Deep"

Luke 5:12-16

Jesus is going town to town because:

Jesus understood his purpose

Jesus trusted the process

Jesus fulfills the mission

A man came along who was covered with Leprosy:

Leprosy cost Physical touch

Leprosy cost Emotional health

Leprosy cost Social community

Jesus reached out his hands and touched the man I am willing he said Be Clean And Immediately the leprosy left him

Jesus Physical touch validated the leper.

Jesus willingness validates his emotion.

Jesus response to the lepers request validated his faith and reconnected him socially.

LifeGroup Questions:  Applying the Teaching to Our Life

What was Jesus purpose on earth?

What did the leper have to endure to get close to Jesus?

When did you find yourself running to God?

When do you find yourself running away?

What's your first reaction when God delivers a prayer?

What's your prayer routine?

Into the Deep

 “Be Clean”

Luke 5:12-16

 

“If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

The man knew that Jesus could, so he asked if Jesus was willing

The focus was on being made ceremonially

Jesus touched the leper: a move of both compassion and authority

We are the leper

Jesus offers cleansing and restoration for the spiritual outcast

What did you learn?

What are you going to do about it?

LifeGroup Questions:  Applying the Teaching to Our Life

What stood out from the message?

What did the leper do when he saw Jesus?

What is the significance of cleansing vs healing?

Why did Jesus touch the leper? Why is that important?

How are we like the leper? What does this story mean for us?

How should the fact that Jesus saved us(outcasts) change how we interact with “outcasts” in our society?

What steps are you going to take to care for the lost, broken, marginalized, and hurting in your context?

What’s your game plan?

Supporting Scripture:

Leviticus 13:45-46; Genesis 3:22-24; Romans 5:8-10; 2 Corinthians 5:21

Series: Into the Deep

Text: Luke 5:12-16

Title: Deep Healing

The leper’s approach poses the question: What happens when Jesus comes face to face with deep need?

In ancient times, leprosy was just as much a relational disease as it was a physical one.

Sin has broken our relationships and made us unfit for God’s presence.

In his approach, the leper demonstrates a desperate belief: a combination of suffering, faith, humility, and surrender.

Jesus’ response answers the question: He restores the leper, showing that He is both willing and able to save.

Jesus uses His body to touch the man, comforting him and affirming his human dignity.

Jesus uses His words to reveal God’s heart and to heal the disease.

Jesus uses His instruction to restore the man to community with others and communion with God.

Big Idea: Only when we approach Jesus with faith, humility, and surrender do we receive the deep healing that He died to give.

 

LifeGroup Questions: Applying the Teaching to Our Life

Icebreaker: Share a time when you got in trouble as a kid. How did your parents respond?

What is the most alone or isolated you have ever been? What happened next? What did you find helpful or comforting during that time?

The leper demonstrated a desperate belief in Jesus. What were the four parts that contributed to his desperate belief? Which one of those four do you struggle with the most?

Like the leper, do you have a desperation that drives you to the feet of Jesus? Why do you think that might be?

Have you ever wondered to yourself, “I know God is able, I’m just not sure He is willing to help”? What prompted that question in you?

Why is the fact that Jesus touches the leper so significant? What does that mean for the way we interact with one another as a group?

What’s the danger in treating our healing, or our salvation like it is the end of the story rather than the beginning of an adventure?

As you reflect back over the course of the Into the Deep sermon series, what is one next step that you can take moving forward?

Into the Deep

“Deeper”

Luke 5:8-11

Jesus takes us into a deeper revelation of:

who He is

Teacher, Healer, Master, Lord

Worthy to be worshiped and obeyed

who we are

sinful, ruined,

unworthy, afraid

our great need

We need Jesus

We need His grace

We need a clean start

And then calls us into a new life:

new focus: people

new purpose: seek and save the lost

new leadership: follow Jesus

Into the Deep

“Going Deeper with Jesus”

Luke 5:1-7

How do you listen to the teaching of the Word of God?

Listening to be entertained?

Listening to be informed?

Listening to be transformed?

Why does Jesus call us to “launch into the deep”?

To reveal more of who he is

To teach us to trust him

The “deep” is where we learn to trust Jesus.

How do you respond to the call of Jesus to go deeper?

Hesitance?

Resistance?

Obedience?

Jesus takes us deeper in order to make our faith stronger.

When do we struggle with trusting Jesus?

When it doesn’t make sense.

When we want to do something different.

When we’re hurting.

When the timing seems bad.

Disciples live “because you say so” lives.

Will you trust Jesus and “launch into the deep”?

The deeper we go with Jesus, the stronger our faith becomes.

Getting to Know Jesus

“Learning the Rhythms of Jesus”

Luke 4:42-44

We get to know Jesus better by watching the priorities and rhythms of his life:

Jesus lived in the rhythm of connecting with God and serving people

Jesus’ priority was love: he loved God and loved people

Jesus’ connection with God gave him clarity of purpose

Jesus’ purpose was to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God

Jesus lived in the rhythm of “being sent” and “being led”

Jesus was sent by the Holy Spirit:

He was entrusted with a message

Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit:

He was empowered for a mission

Jesus lived in the rhythm of ministering in public and private

Jesus went to synagogues to worship and preach

Jesus went to homes to teach and serve

Jesus lived in the rhythm of proclaiming and doing the Kingdom

God’s Kingdom comes when His will is done.

God’s Kingdom comes when we live a CHRISTlike life.

Getting to Know Jesus

“How well do you know Jesus?”

Luke 4:31-41

How well do you know Jesus?

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

I don’t, to Perfectly

What do we need in order to know Jesus better?

We need to be taught.

Learn about Jesus.

Learn from

Learn Jesus.

There’s a difference between knowing a lot about Jesus and really knowing Jesus.

Learn to be like

We need to be delivered.

People can be possessed by an evil spirit.

People can be oppressed by an evil spirit.

People can be influenced by an evil spirit.

Jesus combines His word and His power to set us free!

We need to be healed.

Jesus heals us spiritually.

Jesus heals us physically.

Jesus heals us emotionally.

Jesus heals us relationally.

What do you need to learn from Jesus?

What do you need to be set free from by Jesus?

Where do you need to be healed by Jesus?

As we experience the word and power of Jesus, we get to know Jesus better.