Fletcher Church

Spiritual Gifts Make Ministry Effectual…

I. They Elevate God’s Glory & the Bible’s Authority (1-3) II. They Vary in Function for Building Up the Whole (4-7) III. They are Sovereignly Distributed According to the Spirit’s Will (8-11)

Practical Application: 1. How do you need to celebrate the gifts of others? 2. Do you worship more in Spirit or Truth? How does God want to stretch you here? 3. What opportunity for ministry is around you? How can you discern & express your spiritual gifts?

The Lord’s Supper Expresses our Oneness in Christ . . .

I. Gospel Problem: Partiality! (17-22) II. Gospel Remedy: The Supper’s Realities! (23-26) III. Gospel Correction: Search Yourself! (27-34)

Practical Implications o What attitudes or practices get in the way of Oneness? o What reality of the Supper spurs reflection/adoration? o Prepare for the Supper: Search, Stare!

Embrace and Express God’s Good Design for Gender . . .

I. Universal Design: God-Given Order rooted in the Trinity and Creation! (2-3, 7-10)II. Cultural Application: Distinctly Gendered, Differing Roles and Display Propriety! (4-6; 11-16)

Practical Implications o What are some questions, challenges and encouragements from God’s design?o How can you cultivate or grow masculine/feminine impulses?o Which principle might God want to grow in you? Why/how?

Navigate Liberty issues in a God Honoring Way . . .

I. Governing Principles: God’s Glory and the Good of Others! (23-24, 31-33) II. Practical Applications: Navigate with Wisdom in Relationship! (25-30) A. The Thankfulness Test 1. Can I give thanks in the middle of this? 2. Does this increase my gratitude? 3. Do I actually regularly give thanks for this?

Practical Implications o How do the Principles of God’s Glory and Others Good reshape your views practically? o Select at least one liberty area and define the commands, principles, and people/situations. o Apply the thankfulness test to a few areas of your life.

Flee from Idolatry to Singular Devotion, Because . . . I. We have Feasted on Jesus! (14-17) II. Idolatry has a Dark Spiritual Reality! (18-21) III. God is Rightfully Jealous over Us! (22)

Practical Implications o What gospel stories/realities feed your soul? o What most competes with God for your affections? o Prepare for the Supper: Warning, Welcome, Worship:

The Gospel Encourages us to See and Kill Sin . . . I. Beware of Trusting Christian Experiences to Justify yourself! (1-5) II. Flee Sinful Desires and Deeds w/ Renewed Spiritual Appetites! (6-10) III. Wage a Humbly Confident War against Sin! (11-13)

A. A Healthy Suspicion of Self B. A Healthy Hope for Gospel Change 1. Temptations are Certain and Common 2. God is Faithful 3. God Controls the Time and Temperature 4. God Supplies all we need to Escape/Endure

Practical Implications o Where can you see a temptation to hide behind public religious activity or experiences? o How are you cultivating earthbound appetites? Spiritual ones? o What is your battle plan?

God’s Great Global Glory invites a Life-Shaping Response...

I. The Upward Response- Enjoy! (1-13) II. The Outward Response- Spread! (1-13)

Practical Implications o Write Detailed meditation: “This is what it would look like to live in and for God’s glory as a ____”: o How can you practically raise your spiritual temperature? Express that more fully? o List some “who” and “what” of Mission:

The Gospel Strengthens us . . . I. . . . to Multiply Ourselves . . . ! (1-2) II. . . . which is Hard … ! (3-7) III. . . . and Wonderfully Worth it! (8-10)

Practical Implications o What 1-3 adjustments would faithfulness/ transformation require of you? o What are some tangible ways you can be involved in multiplying? o What are your “Hards” to the idea of transformation and multiplication?

We are Compelled to Serve by and for God’s Glory . . .

I. You are Gifted by God to Serve! (10) II. Your Service is a Stewardship of God’s Grace! (10) III. Our Service has Categories and Cautions! (11)

Practical Implications o What are you internal and external barriers to sacrificial service? o What is your next step to discovering & using your gifts? o How can you evaluate your service, in community, for danger signs?

God Cares Deeply about the Churches We Build, And So Should You . . . I. Revelation: Church Buildings Declare God’s Glory! II. Response: Church Buildings Shape Our Story!

Practical Implications o How are you stewarding the building God has given us? o How are you being shaped by the church gathered? o How are you using your gifts/talents to bring God glory?