BLESS Celebration- 3/17/24

BLESS Celebration- March 17, 2024

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BLESS

Key Verse: “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:2-3

 

Key Idea: The mission of God, isn’t just about crossing oceans, jungles and deserts; it’s about crossing your fence, crossing the street, and crossing the room. You can be a missionary without leaving your zip code. That begins with BLESS.

What did you learn?

How can you encourage Good Sam?

Begin in Prayer 

Key Verse: “About that time Jesus went off to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night there. The next morning, he called his disciples together and chose twelve of them to be his apostles.”  Luke 6:12-13

Key Idea:  Before we talk to people about God, we should talk to God about people.

How did this BLESS you?

How are you BLESSing or will you BLESS others?

How can you encourage Good Sam?

Listen with Care

Key Verse: My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.  James 1:19

Key Idea:  If you want to share Jesus, you must learn to truly listen.

How did this BLESS you?

How are you BLESSing or will you BLESS others?

How can you encourage Good Sam?

Eat Together

Key Verse:  As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 9: 9-13

Key Idea:  One of the best ways to really listen to people and ultimately BLESS people is to share a meal together.

How did this BLESS you?

How are you BLESSing or will you BLESS others?

How can you encourage Good Sam?

Serve in Love 

Key Verse: “For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”  Mark 10:45

Key Idea: We pray for God to reveal the need. We listen to discern the need. We serve to meet the need.

How did this BLESS you?

How are you BLESSing or will you BLESS others?

How can you encourage Good Sam?

Share Your Story 

Key Verse: “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.  We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.  We write this to make our joy complete. 1 John 1:1-4

Key Idea: Sharing your story is a way you can BLESS others.

How did this BLESS you?

How are you BLESSing or will you BLESS others?

How can you encourage Good Sam?

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