Young Life First Year Fellowship
9-12-05
Young Life First Year Fellowship
9-12-05
Our Walk with Christ
Our Walk with Christ
 Last week we talked about leaving a mark – what are you going to
be remembered for in college and in life? What will your mark be?
This related to whether Young Life might be a large part of how you
leave a mark for God during college.
 Last week we talked about leaving a mark – what are you going to
be remembered for in college and in life? What will your mark be?
This related to whether Young Life might be a large part of how you
leave a mark for God during college.
 Today, we want to honestly examine and evaluate our personal
walks with God. We are going to look at 3 things today and next
week: (1) Where our walks are, (2) Where they should be, and (3)
Why (and how) do we share it?
 Today, we want to honestly examine and evaluate our personal
walks with God. We are going to look at 3 things today and next
week: (1) Where our walks are, (2) Where they should be, and (3)
Why (and how) do we share it?
I. WHERE ARE OUR WALKS WITH GOD?
I. WHERE ARE OUR WALKS WITH GOD?
1.
The Basics: The ABCs?
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3.
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The Basics: The ABCs?
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Marriage illustration/elements of any good relationship
Ever heard of Dog Years? In a human-years, what’s your age
in Christ?
2.
Marriage illustration/elements of any good relationship
Ever heard of Dog Years? In a human-years, what’s your age
in Christ?
a.
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he
is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
a.
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he
is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
b.
John 3:1-6 “…Jesus declared, ‘I tell you the truth, no one
can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again…”
b.
John 3:1-6 “…Jesus declared, ‘I tell you the truth, no one
can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again…”
c.
So where are we? What are the implications of this?
c.
So where are we? What are the implications of this?
Drink Your Milk: What we need to grow spiritually:
a. 1 Peter 1:22-2:3
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you
have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the
heart.[1] 23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of
imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24For,
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the
field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord
stands forever."[2] And this is the word that was preached to you.
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Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
and slander of every kind. 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual
milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3now that you have
tasted that the Lord is good.
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3.
Drink Your Milk: What we need to grow spiritually:
a. 1 Peter 1:22-2:3
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you
have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the
heart.[1] 23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of
imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24For,
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the
field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord
stands forever."[2] And this is the word that was preached to you.
1
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
and slander of every kind. 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual
milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3now that you have
tasted that the Lord is good.
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b.
What happens to infants that are left alone? Toddlers?
Young kids? What’s your age again?!?!
a.
What happens to infants that are left alone? Toddlers?
Young kids? What’s your age again?!?!
c.
CONCLUSION: We must crave pure spiritual milk!
b.
CONCLUSION: We must crave pure spiritual milk!
II. WHAT SHOULD OUR WALKS LOOK LIKE?
II. WHAT SHOULD OUR WALKS LOOK LIKE?
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The Karate Kid – life lessons from Mr. Miagi (training and balance)
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The Wheel: A Balanced Walk with Christ
WI TN ES SING
The Karate Kid – life lessons from Mr. Miagi (training and balance)
1.
The Wheel: A Balanced Walk with Christ
 CHRIST is the center (the hub) of our lives
 4 spokes
2 Vertical (our relationship with God)
 CHRIST is the center (the hub) of our lives
 4 spokes
2 Vertical (our relationship with God)
(1) THE WORD (God’s word to us)
(2) PRAYER (us talking to God)
(5) THE WORD (God’s word to us)
(6) PRAYER (us talking to God)
F EL L O WSH I P
WI TN ES SING
2 Horizontal (our relationship with others)
2 Horizontal (our relationship with others)
(3) WITNESSING (telling people about God)
(4) FELLOWSHIP (meeting with and caring for
fellow believers)
 OBEDIENCE is the rim around the wheel
symbolizing obedience to Jesus in all aspects of
our lives.
2.
Time Alone with God: The Importance of Quiet Times
F EL L O WSH I P
(7) WITNESSING (telling people about God)
(8) FELLOWSHIP (meeting with and caring for
fellow believers)
 OBEDIENCE is the rim around the wheel
symbolizing obedience to Jesus in all aspects of
our lives.
2.
Time Alone with God: The Importance of Quiet Times
Mark 1:35
Mark 1:35
“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went
off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”
“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went
off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”
Psalm 5:3
Psalm 5:3
“In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before
you and wait in expectation.”
“In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before
you and wait in expectation.”
Psalm 1:2-3
Psalm 1:2-3
“But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He
is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf
does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.”
“But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He
is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf
does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.”
2 Timothy 3:15
“And how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you
wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
2 Timothy 3:15
“And how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you
wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
Psalm 42: 1-2
Psalm 42: 1-2
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirst
for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?”
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirst
for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?”
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Time alone with God is time getting to know God through reading His
Word and prayer. Time alone with God feeds our souls – there is more
to us than just our physical bodies!
Why do you think Jesus spent time alone with God early in the
morning? What can we learn from this?
It is not enough for us to master Christian beliefs and doctrine
(knowing all the right answers) but we must be mastered by the Lord in
our everyday lives.
Business in your day (Martin Luther)
PERSONAL APPLICATION: (1) Do parents (really) want to see their
babies (or kids) grow up? (2) Is you walk balanced and rolling?
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Time alone with God is time getting to know God through reading His
Word and prayer. Time alone with God feeds our souls – there is more
to us than just our physical bodies!
Why do you think Jesus spent time alone with God early in the
morning? What can we learn from this?
It is not enough for us to master Christian beliefs and doctrine
(knowing all the right answers) but we must be mastered by the Lord in
our everyday lives.
Business in your day (Martin Luther)
PERSONAL APPLICATION: (1) Do parents (really) want to see their
babies (or kids) grow up? (2) Is you walk balanced and rolling?