Common Cents: Part 2 - Control
MICRO CHURCH GUIDE
October 13, 2024
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
OneLife Students Corn Maze, October 20th
On Sunday, October 20th, from 4pm to 7pm the Middle and High School students from both campuses will be headed to Oaks Farm Corn maze. This is a family event so parents make sure you plan on being there too! The cost is $16 per person. Please make sure to bring money for concessions or a pumpkin if you want one. Registration is open at onelifeknox.com/cornmaze. We can’t wait to see you there!
Halloween On Mission - October 20-31
Halloween is right around the corner, and it’s an incredible time for you to live on mission in your neighborhood. From neighborhood pumpkin carvings, to reverse trick-or-treating, to making your house the best stop in the neighborhood on Halloween night, and more - there are tons of ways for you to engage your neighborhoods this Halloween. Let us know how you’re going to live on mission this Halloween! Visit onelifeknox.com/halloween.
College and Young Adults Micro Church
This fall OneLife has launched a micro church specifically for adults ages 18 to 25. If that is you and you aren’t currently connected with a micro church then now is the time! For more information simply mark the Micro Church box on your Connection Card and we will get you connected!
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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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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START TALKING
When have you made a choice to do something or start something new and you noticed how much control it had over how you thought, spent your time, or even spent your money?
START THINKING
Read Matthew 6:19-24
Verses 22-23 may seem out of place until you recognize them as an illustration for the verses that come before and after. How do you understand the connection between the illustration about our eyes and storing up treasure?
START SHARING
When have you begun to invest your time and/or money into spiritual things and how did you notice that it changed or affected what you paid attention to or how you thought?
When have you had to choose between serving God or money? What made the choice easy or what made the choice difficult?
When have you experienced the truth that money can become a master that competes with your relationship with God? How did the way you spent your time revolve around the material or earthly things?
START DOING
What is a step that you need to take this week to serve Jesus first and foremost in the way you view or invest your finances and things?
How does this impact the way you can or the way you will share your story with those where you live, work, and play? How will the way you view money and things be different than the way most of those around you do?
START PRAYING
Pray for each other and the step that you committed to take in the above question. Pray that we will be committed to choosing Jesus first and foremost above all else!
___________________
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?
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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)?
October 13, 2024
Sermon Page
YouVersion
Sermon Slides
_____________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OneLife Students Corn Maze, October 20th
On Sunday, October 20th, from 4pm to 7pm the Middle and High School students from both campuses will be headed to Oaks Farm Corn maze. This is a family event so parents make sure you plan on being there too! The cost is $16 per person. Please make sure to bring money for concessions or a pumpkin if you want one. Registration is open at onelifeknox.com/cornmaze. We can’t wait to see you there!
Halloween On Mission - October 20-31
Halloween is right around the corner, and it’s an incredible time for you to live on mission in your neighborhood. From neighborhood pumpkin carvings, to reverse trick-or-treating, to making your house the best stop in the neighborhood on Halloween night, and more - there are tons of ways for you to engage your neighborhoods this Halloween. Let us know how you’re going to live on mission this Halloween! Visit onelifeknox.com/halloween.
College and Young Adults Micro Church
This fall OneLife has launched a micro church specifically for adults ages 18 to 25. If that is you and you aren’t currently connected with a micro church then now is the time! For more information simply mark the Micro Church box on your Connection Card and we will get you connected!
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: What I choose is what controls me.
Matthew 6:19-24
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
1. Treasure affects spiritual sight.
2. Spiritual investments open spiritual eyes.
3. I can only look to one God at a time.
___________________
START TALKING
When have you made a choice to do something or start something new and you noticed how much control it had over how you thought, spent your time, or even spent your money?
START THINKING
Read Matthew 6:19-24
Verses 22-23 may seem out of place until you recognize them as an illustration for the verses that come before and after. How do you understand the connection between the illustration about our eyes and storing up treasure?
START SHARING
When have you begun to invest your time and/or money into spiritual things and how did you notice that it changed or affected what you paid attention to or how you thought?
When have you had to choose between serving God or money? What made the choice easy or what made the choice difficult?
When have you experienced the truth that money can become a master that competes with your relationship with God? How did the way you spent your time revolve around the material or earthly things?
START DOING
What is a step that you need to take this week to serve Jesus first and foremost in the way you view or invest your finances and things?
How does this impact the way you can or the way you will share your story with those where you live, work, and play? How will the way you view money and things be different than the way most of those around you do?
START PRAYING
Pray for each other and the step that you committed to take in the above question. Pray that we will be committed to choosing Jesus first and foremost above all else!
___________________
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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