Crossroads 2009

Series: “CHRISTMAS WITH GRACE”

Part 3: “THE MOST EXPENSIVE GIFT”

34"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:34 (NIV)

35By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:35 (NIV)

Grace is very _______________________________!

Ephesians 2:4-7 (NIV)

Grace always requires a _______________________!

Romans 8:12-13 (NIV), Romans 5:8 (NIV)

Note: Drama and portions of message taken from parts 3 and 4 of Andy Stanley’s series entitled “Christmas With Grace” available from North Point Community Church

Series: “CHRISTMAS WITH GRACE”

Part 2: “HERE AND BACK AGAIN”

Series: “CHRISTMAS WITH GRACE”

Part 1: “SOMETHING’S MISSING”

When God sent His Son into the world, he sent us the ____________________ ____________________

John 1:14 (NIV), John 1:15 (NIV), John 1:16 (NIV), John 1:17 (NIV)

Once Jesus determined what we ________________, He offered the exact ________________________

John 1:18 (NIV)

The missing ingredient is _______________________

The Big Idea:

At Christmas, God gave us what we deserved the _________and needed the ___________: _________

2 Questions to Work Through:

1. Is it difficult for you to imagine God as a __________?

If so…………_________________________?

2. In your life, in which _______________ is it most _____________for you to extend _______________?

If so…………_________________________?

Title: "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A DIFFERENT KIND"

Series: “LIVING FREE: A STUDY OF GALATIANS”

Part 10: “WHAT’S THE BIG DIFFERENCE?”

Galatians 6:11 (NIV), Galatians 6:12 (NIV)

True Spirit-led Christianity:

Is NOT about:

___________________ ______________________ at all costs

IS about:

Expecting and ___________ ____________ for Christ

John 15:20a (NIV), Galatians 6:13 (NIV)

Is NOT about:

_________in _______________ or our achievements

IS about:

______________________in the _______________

Galatians 6:14 (NIV), 1 Peter 2:24 (NIV), Galatians 6:15 (NIV)

Is NOT about:

_______________________adjustment

IS about:

_____________________________ transformation

John 3:3 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV), Galatians 6:16-18 (NIV)

Series: LIVING FREE: A STUDY OF GALATIANS

Part 9: “SPIRIT-LED SERVICE”

Galatians 6:1 (NIV)

Spirit-led Service is directed towards:

1. ________________who have ________________

Galatians 5:23 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV)

2. _______________who are __________________

Galatians 6:2 (NIV), Matthew 23:1-4 (NIV), Galatians 6:3-5 (NIV)

3. The ___________________-_________________

Galatians 6:6 (NIV), Galatians 6:7-8 (NIV), Galatians 6:9-10 (NIV)

4. ______________ ______________________!!

Series: LIVING FREE: A STUDY OF GALATIANS

Part 8: "SPIRIT-LED LIVING"

John 14:15-17 (NIV), Galatians 5:13-14 (NIV)

Spirit-led Living yields…….

1. ___________________in ___________________

Romans 12:1 (NIV), Galatians 5:16-18 (NIV)

2. _____________over _______________ in your life

Galatians 5:19-21 (NIV), Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV), John 15:16a (NIV)

3. _____________that impacts your _____________

Galatians 5:24-26 (NIV)

Series: LIVING FREE: A STUDY OF GALATIANS

Part 7: "LIVING IN THE FREEDOM OF FAITH ALONE"

Remember Paul’s Proclamations of Freedom vs 1; Gal. 5:1 (NIV)

1. It is for ______________ that Christ has set us free.

2. Don’t allow yourself to be burdened by the __________of slavery

Heed the Precautions of Living under the Law vs 2-4; Gal. 5:2-4 (NIV)

1. Christ will be of _______ __________ to you at all.

2. You will be ____________ to the ___________ law.

3. You will be ________________ from Christ.

4. You will fall out of the ________ of God’s ________.

Live Your Life with these Perspectives vs 5-6; Gal. 5:5-6 (NIV)

1. Look forward to being ________________(by faith, through the Spirit, in hope).

2. The only thing that counts is _________ __________

_______________ ______________!

Beware of the “Persuaders” vs 7-12; Gal. 5:7-12 (NIV)

1. They will get you off track and keep you from obeying the truth.

2. They are from ______________.

3. They work in a like ____________ in dough.

4. They will ______ you if you are “preaching” the cross.

5. They are worthy of righteous anger.

Live Your Life with the right Priorities vs 13-15; Gal. 5:13-15 (NIV)

1. Your freedom in Christ is not a ____________ to sin.

2. ______________ one another in love.

3. Love others as ______ _________ yourself.