Drama Free in 23: Part 8 - Peace
MICRO CHURCH GUIDE
February 19, 2023
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Appreciation Cards to Kid City Volunteers
If you have kids, we’re sure you can think of a Kid City Volunteer who has made a special impact on them! This month you have a great opportunity to thank them and show them some love. In the lobby of your campus there are notecards located at check-in. Grab one, write an encouraging thank you note to your favorite volunteer, and stick them in the mailbox located in the Kid City hallway. We will pass them out to the volunteers on Sunday, February 26.
Night of Worship - March 1
OneLifers, mark your calendars for Wednesday night, March 1 at 6:30pm for a Night of Worship. Both campuses will join together at our North campus for an extended time of music, prayer, communion, and a special message from Pastor Rodney. Childcare will be available for 2nd Grade and younger. We can’t wait to see you then!
MyOneLife - Starts March 12
MyOneLife is a 4-week small group experience that takes place on Sunday mornings during the 10:45am service in the Meeting Room at each of our campuses beginning January 22. You’ll learn about the history, vision & values of our church, discover your personal mission and spiritual gifts, and have opportunities to get involved. For more information or to sign up, check the “MyOneLife” box on your Connection Card.
Join a Volunteer Team
With the new year starting, there’s never been a better time to join a OneLife volunteer team. From our Kid City team, to First Impressions & Security, to Production & Worship, OneLife Students on Wednesdays, and our Connections Team during the week - there are tons of opportunities for you to get involved. Mark the Volunteering box on your Connection Card to get started!
Baptism
If you’ve given your life to Jesus but haven’t gone public with your story through baptism then it’s time to take that step! Mark the baptism box on your Online Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
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GIVE BACK
Give Jesus your best! Make a one-time tithe or offering or to set up a recurring tithe or offering: Click Here To Give Online.
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Philippians 4:7 NIV
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
Isaiah 26:1 NLT
1 In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song:Our city is strong!We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation.
Philippians 4:7 NIV
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
2. True peace is protected and provided by the protector.
John 14:27 NLT
27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
Ephesians 2:14 NLT
14 For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.
START TALKING
What is an example of something that you could control, but only if it had power, and when it didn't have power the tool was useless or even frustrating?
Think about that tool or that thing - what is the routine that you had to be in to keep it powered so that it would work? What did you have to keep your eyes on to make sure you didn't run out of the power source?
START THINKING
Read Isaiah 26:3. What is the opposite of perfect peace? What would be examples of this kind of peace, where it may really be peace but not consistently or not internal?
Isaiah 26:3 is what's called a conditional promise. It is a promise that will come true, but it depends on something happening first. What are the two conditions you see in this promise?
These same two conditions would be true of a parent-child relationship. A child will only have peace as they grow up if those two conditions are met. How have you seen that in your relationship with your children or with your parents? How does that help you understand what God wants from you in your relationship with Him as the heavenly father?
START SHARING
Read Philippians 4:7. This perfect peace is beyond what we can wrap our minds around, and it is an internal peace of the "heart and mind." When have you experienced this kind of peace personally or seen someone who had that kind of peace internally even when the external circumstances and situations were anything but peaceful?
Read John 14:27 and Ephesians 2:14. Perfect peace can only be received through Jesus and in Jesus. How have you experienced this? How would you share your story based on how you did not have perfect peace before Jesus but experience his peace since following him?
START DOING
Isaiah 26:3 would be better understood and worded this way, "Those whose mind are fixed on You will have perfect peace because they trust in you."
What can you do to develop a routine that gets to know the Father so that your confidence in Him grows and so that you see the world through a filter of who your Father is?
How can you allow your heart and mind to be guarded in perfect peace? What would it look like to allow drama both internally and externally to drive your prayer life and to drive what you study in God's Word?
START PRAYING
Pray for each other and what you shared in the previous question. Pray that we each shine like lights in this world as we live out the difficult but important mission that being a Kingdom ambassador is for each of us!
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CONNECTION CARDS
Be sure to fill out the online Connection Card to let us know next steps, prayer requests, or other information you'd like to share, Click Here.
_____________________
MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
_____________________
WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?
February 19, 2023
YouVersion
_____________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Appreciation Cards to Kid City Volunteers
If you have kids, we’re sure you can think of a Kid City Volunteer who has made a special impact on them! This month you have a great opportunity to thank them and show them some love. In the lobby of your campus there are notecards located at check-in. Grab one, write an encouraging thank you note to your favorite volunteer, and stick them in the mailbox located in the Kid City hallway. We will pass them out to the volunteers on Sunday, February 26.
Night of Worship - March 1
OneLifers, mark your calendars for Wednesday night, March 1 at 6:30pm for a Night of Worship. Both campuses will join together at our North campus for an extended time of music, prayer, communion, and a special message from Pastor Rodney. Childcare will be available for 2nd Grade and younger. We can’t wait to see you then!
MyOneLife - Starts March 12
MyOneLife is a 4-week small group experience that takes place on Sunday mornings during the 10:45am service in the Meeting Room at each of our campuses beginning January 22. You’ll learn about the history, vision & values of our church, discover your personal mission and spiritual gifts, and have opportunities to get involved. For more information or to sign up, check the “MyOneLife” box on your Connection Card.
Join a Volunteer Team
With the new year starting, there’s never been a better time to join a OneLife volunteer team. From our Kid City team, to First Impressions & Security, to Production & Worship, OneLife Students on Wednesdays, and our Connections Team during the week - there are tons of opportunities for you to get involved. Mark the Volunteering box on your Connection Card to get started!
Baptism
If you’ve given your life to Jesus but haven’t gone public with your story through baptism then it’s time to take that step! Mark the baptism box on your Online Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
____________________
GIVE BACK
Give Jesus your best! Make a one-time tithe or offering or to set up a recurring tithe or offering: Click Here To Give Online.
_____________________
Bottom Line: The power to live drama free is not up to me.
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
3 You will keep in perfect peaceall who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
3 You will keep in perfect peaceall who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Perfect Peace - inward hope, satisfaction, completeness, and wholeness of the total person no matter what is going on externally.
Philippians 4:7 NIV
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
1. Drama free is peace on the inside regardless of what happens on the outside.
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Keep - guard from dangers, keep close, blockade
Isaiah 26:1 NLT
1 In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song:Our city is strong!We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation.
Philippians 4:7 NIV
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
2. True peace is protected and provided by the protector.
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
3 You will keep in perfect peaceall who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
3 You will keep in perfect peaceall who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Trust - confident, secure, sure
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NLT
7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lordand have made the Lord their hope and confidence. 8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank,with roots that reach deep into the water.Such trees are not bothered by the heator worried by long months of drought.Their leaves stay green,and they never stop producing fruit.
7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lordand have made the Lord their hope and confidence. 8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank,with roots that reach deep into the water.Such trees are not bothered by the heator worried by long months of drought.Their leaves stay green,and they never stop producing fruit.
3. Confidence in the protector initiates peace.
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
3 You will keep in perfect peaceall who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
3 You will keep in perfect peaceall who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Thoughts are fixed - steadfast, lean on, propped up by
John 16:33 NLT
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
4. Confidence comes from my filter and routine.
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
3 You will keep in perfect peaceall who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
3 You will keep in perfect peaceall who trust in you,all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
John 14:27 NLT
27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
Ephesians 2:14 NLT
14 For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.
5. Peace is not achieved but received.
START TALKING
What is an example of something that you could control, but only if it had power, and when it didn't have power the tool was useless or even frustrating?
Think about that tool or that thing - what is the routine that you had to be in to keep it powered so that it would work? What did you have to keep your eyes on to make sure you didn't run out of the power source?
START THINKING
Read Isaiah 26:3. What is the opposite of perfect peace? What would be examples of this kind of peace, where it may really be peace but not consistently or not internal?
Isaiah 26:3 is what's called a conditional promise. It is a promise that will come true, but it depends on something happening first. What are the two conditions you see in this promise?
These same two conditions would be true of a parent-child relationship. A child will only have peace as they grow up if those two conditions are met. How have you seen that in your relationship with your children or with your parents? How does that help you understand what God wants from you in your relationship with Him as the heavenly father?
START SHARING
Read Philippians 4:7. This perfect peace is beyond what we can wrap our minds around, and it is an internal peace of the "heart and mind." When have you experienced this kind of peace personally or seen someone who had that kind of peace internally even when the external circumstances and situations were anything but peaceful?
Read John 14:27 and Ephesians 2:14. Perfect peace can only be received through Jesus and in Jesus. How have you experienced this? How would you share your story based on how you did not have perfect peace before Jesus but experience his peace since following him?
START DOING
Isaiah 26:3 would be better understood and worded this way, "Those whose mind are fixed on You will have perfect peace because they trust in you."
What can you do to develop a routine that gets to know the Father so that your confidence in Him grows and so that you see the world through a filter of who your Father is?
How can you allow your heart and mind to be guarded in perfect peace? What would it look like to allow drama both internally and externally to drive your prayer life and to drive what you study in God's Word?
START PRAYING
Pray for each other and what you shared in the previous question. Pray that we each shine like lights in this world as we live out the difficult but important mission that being a Kingdom ambassador is for each of us!
_____________________
CONNECTION CARDS
Be sure to fill out the online Connection Card to let us know next steps, prayer requests, or other information you'd like to share, Click Here.
_____________________
MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
_____________________
WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?
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