Keeping Score: Part 1-The System
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August 11, 2024
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Kid City “Pop Up” Sunday - TODAY!
Today is “Pop Up” Sunday in Kid City for kindergarten through 5th grade. This means that the kids will “pop up” to their new grade for the new school year. Plus, it’s a popcorn themed day which will be a lot of fun for our kiddos.
Micro Church Launch, August 25th
Sunday Night, August 25th, at 6pm at our North & East campuses, all of our existing Micro Churches as well as several new ones will be kicking off the new semester together! If you’re not a part of a Micro Church, this is the perfect opportunity for you to join one. Everyone will meet, have a potluck dinner together, and experience what a typical Micro Church gathering will look & feel like. Childcare will be provided. Visit onelifeknox.com/mclaunch to register or mark the Micro Church box on your Connection Card..
MyOneLife - A 4-Week Sunday Morning Small Group Experience
The first step for every OneLifer to get involved and get to know our church culture and mission is a 4-week small group experience called MyOneLife. It takes place on Sunday mornings in the Meeting Room at each of our campuses. You’ll learn about the vision & values of our church, discover your personal mission & spiritual gifts, and find out tons of ways to get involved. The next MyOneLife will start on September 1st, so for more information or to sign up, mark the “MyOneLife” box on your Connection Card.
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 Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
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START TALKING
What are some examples that come to mind from real-life or your own experiences where keeping score would be destined to fail? Or maybe examples of where you tried to keep score and it failed miserably?
START THINKING
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.
How do you see the idea of score keeping in each of these statements about love? How does this passage show that love will be absent if we are keeping score in our relationships (with both God and others)?
The phrase "love keeps no record of wrongs" comes in the middle of this passage, and seems to be the "lynch pin" of this passage in that the love statements that come before it and after it seem to center on this idea. Read each of the love statements again and talk about how keeping a record of wrongs is related to each one.
START SHARING
How does the passage in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 challenge you? Which of the statements are most convicting and why? Which of the statements are most difficult for you?
Read Hebrews 8:12 and Psalm 103:12. What do these passages tell us about God keeping score with us?
Now read Isaiah 64:6.
What does this tell us about the futility of trying to keep score with God by impressing him with our good deeds and acts of righteousness?
How do you find that you naturally default to the world's system of keeping score when it comes to your relationship with God? How has that led to struggling with legalism rather than an intimate relationship with Him? How have you experienced that it damages relationships?
START DOING
Take a moment to silently read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 individually, asking God to show you what he wants you to do next as you read this. What did you sense the Spirit telling you to do? What are you going to do about it?
How does this understanding that God doesn't keep score impact the way that you tell your faith story to other people? How can it help others be set free from their faulty understanding of God? Who comes to mind that you can share this with when the opportunity to do so is there?
START PRAYING
Pray for what each person shared above that they sense the Spirit telling them to do next. Pray that we will not allow the score keeping that is innate in every part of our lives to infiltrate our relationships with God and each other. Pray that by doing so each of us will experience Jesus greater each and every day, and that we will be able to help others experience Jesus and the freedom he brings.
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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.
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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?
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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)?
August 11, 2024
Sermon Page
YouVersion
Sermon Slides
_____________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kid City “Pop Up” Sunday - TODAY!
Today is “Pop Up” Sunday in Kid City for kindergarten through 5th grade. This means that the kids will “pop up” to their new grade for the new school year. Plus, it’s a popcorn themed day which will be a lot of fun for our kiddos.
Micro Church Launch, August 25th
Sunday Night, August 25th, at 6pm at our North & East campuses, all of our existing Micro Churches as well as several new ones will be kicking off the new semester together! If you’re not a part of a Micro Church, this is the perfect opportunity for you to join one. Everyone will meet, have a potluck dinner together, and experience what a typical Micro Church gathering will look & feel like. Childcare will be provided. Visit onelifeknox.com/mclaunch to register or mark the Micro Church box on your Connection Card..
MyOneLife - A 4-Week Sunday Morning Small Group Experience
The first step for every OneLifer to get involved and get to know our church culture and mission is a 4-week small group experience called MyOneLife. It takes place on Sunday mornings in the Meeting Room at each of our campuses. You’ll learn about the vision & values of our church, discover your personal mission & spiritual gifts, and find out tons of ways to get involved. The next MyOneLife will start on September 1st, so for more information or to sign up, mark the “MyOneLife” box on your Connection Card.
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 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: Keeping score creates a system destined for failure.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
1. Love is absent when the score is kept.
2. Keeping score creates winners and losers.
Hebrews 8:12
For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
3. God chose to break the scoreboard.
___________________
START TALKING
What are some examples that come to mind from real-life or your own experiences where keeping score would be destined to fail? Or maybe examples of where you tried to keep score and it failed miserably?
START THINKING
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.
How do you see the idea of score keeping in each of these statements about love? How does this passage show that love will be absent if we are keeping score in our relationships (with both God and others)?
The phrase "love keeps no record of wrongs" comes in the middle of this passage, and seems to be the "lynch pin" of this passage in that the love statements that come before it and after it seem to center on this idea. Read each of the love statements again and talk about how keeping a record of wrongs is related to each one.
START SHARING
How does the passage in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 challenge you? Which of the statements are most convicting and why? Which of the statements are most difficult for you?
Read Hebrews 8:12 and Psalm 103:12. What do these passages tell us about God keeping score with us?
Now read Isaiah 64:6.
What does this tell us about the futility of trying to keep score with God by impressing him with our good deeds and acts of righteousness?
How do you find that you naturally default to the world's system of keeping score when it comes to your relationship with God? How has that led to struggling with legalism rather than an intimate relationship with Him? How have you experienced that it damages relationships?
START DOING
Take a moment to silently read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 individually, asking God to show you what he wants you to do next as you read this. What did you sense the Spirit telling you to do? What are you going to do about it?
How does this understanding that God doesn't keep score impact the way that you tell your faith story to other people? How can it help others be set free from their faulty understanding of God? Who comes to mind that you can share this with when the opportunity to do so is there?
START PRAYING
Pray for what each person shared above that they sense the Spirit telling them to do next. Pray that we will not allow the score keeping that is innate in every part of our lives to infiltrate our relationships with God and each other. Pray that by doing so each of us will experience Jesus greater each and every day, and that we will be able to help others experience Jesus and the freedom he brings.
___________________
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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