For a NEW YEAR

NEW VISION
January 23, 2011
Message Four

Career Ministry

TEAMWORK TO MAKE THE DREAM WORK

Fellowship
...making a career of living
for the Lord!
1 Corinthians 12:25-27

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF • Spiritual gifts are divine ______________________

WHAT MAKES TEAMBUILDING SO HARD distributed by the Holy Spirit to every believer
1. One of the greatest challenges to us becoming a according to
team in God’s work is _________________________ how they are
2. Another struggle in becoming a team in God’s functioning in
I. TOOLS FOR THE ROAD, 1-7
A. Creating Unity, 1-3
work is ________________ the likeness B. Administrating Unity,
3. Another hindrance in becoming a team in God’s of Christ, for 4-6
work is a spirit of ______________________ the common 1. Capacities for
good of the Service, 4
____—Together body of Christ
2. Opportunities for
Service, 5
____—Everyone
3. Equipment for
____—Accomplishes Point 1. Service, 6
____—Ministry Anyone who C. Manifestating Unity, 7
works for the II. TEAMWORK ALONG THE WAY,
8-31
DEFINITIONS expansion of A. The Unified Body, 8-11
• A team is a combined unit of every member fulfilling the kingdom 1. Several & Diverse,
their role together to get God’s job done, and it is the of God and 8-10
cumulative the _________ 2. Sovereign &
of our church Directional, 11
____________
THESIS Year, it
of everyone’s plays a role in
B. The Superiority
Complex, 27-31
gifts that making the 1. Apostles & Others
When it will take
makes the body in this Specified, 27-28
comes to ___________
our new mission a building what 2. Association by Spirit
to make
vision for this dream success God created it Unified, 29-30
3. Aspiration to Utmost
the New work to be.
Advised, 31
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Point 2. What God requires of us
is to ______ our gifts to build up
the team that is called Christ’s
body, so that as a team we can
achieve the dream of getting the
gospel to our community.
HOW TO ACHIEVE THE DREAM
AS A TEAM
1. When we tell the same
______________, 1Cor 12:5-8;
John 12:32
2. When we exercise the same
________________, 1 Cor 12:25
3. When we follow the same
______________, Matt 28:19-20
4. When we are compelled by the
same ____________, 1Tim 3:15;
Eph 3:20-21,10; 1 Cor 10:31;
Matt 5:16
5. When we are obeying the same
____________, 1 Pet 2:21; Rom
8:3-6,9
Point 3. Our internal ministry is
how we prove we’re in love, yet we
also have the same external
ministry, to be salt and light to the
________.
Point 4. If you are not trying to
reach someone through your
____________, we are not achieving
the mission of the kingdom of God.
A Common Mission for a Cohesive
Team
Point 5. The greatest lie the
FAST FACTS
Enemy is using to destroy your
witness is not a demon saying Get Discipled! Step to
don’t do it, but someone saying the signup table and see
don’t do it ______. what Directions is all
about!
Gym Setup for Career
Point 6. Your life is to enable you
Class, Sundays 7:30A.M.
to testify, and as you testify to the
glory of God, you insert the KCBT 2011 Bible Reading:
http://kcbt.org/reading/
____________ as your witness.
Point 7. What is needed in our
day is not a new definition of the
gospel, but a new _____________-
___________ to those who are lost.
AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO RIGHT
LIVING
A. Jesus Christ is our ___________,
and we are to place our lives on
top of his life and trace his
Next Time!
example in our Jesus, Interrupted,
experience Luke 12:13-21
B. The Holy http://kcbt.org/adults/career/
Dreamwork  Sermon Audio
Spirit is our
Teamwork http://revshelby.kcbt.org/
___________,  Prayer Diary
1 Cor. 12:25-17
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1 Peter 2:21 says FRESH CONSECRATION FOR A DIVINE CALLING!

Christ left us a ELIMINATING OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE CROSS
ὑπογραμμός
Sun, Feb 6 Jesus, Interrupted: Obstructions to the Cross, Luke 12:13-21
Equipped with the Conviction to Sacrifice—Don’t Play it Safe
(hupŏgrammŏs,
Sun, Feb 13 Jesus, Affronted: Impediments to Christlikeness, Mark 5:1-6
example), from Enchanted with the Character of Christ—Don’t Become Passive
which we get our Sun, Feb 20 Jesus, Interrogated: Hindrances to Crucifying Self, Luke 15:11-18
English word, Effective with the Courage to Come Correct—Don’t Be Irrelevant
grammar. Sun, Feb 27 THE SUMMIT

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