SERMON OUTLINE FOR FURTHER REFLECTION
I. INTRODUCTION
a. What brand are you wearing?
b. Sin’s Power – the enemy within you
II. JESUS' CROSS-LIFE
a. Sin’s Debt
b. Your Freedom (penalty of sin, power of sin)
III. YOUR CROSS-LIFE
a. Denying Your Rights
b. Dying to the Nature of Sin/Self-Life
c. Divine Power in the Life of the Spirit
IV. WHAT NEEDS TO DIE FOR GROWTH TO DEVELOP
a. Death: Pride, Lust, Worldly Status, Selfishness, etc.
b. Growth: God’s Word, Prayer, Fellowship, Loving others, etc.
V. CLEANSING MY SOUL-LIFE
For the next 20 days (up to April 20) what:
i. needs to be removed from your daily routine that could be causing
areas of temptation/sin?
(e.g., movies, computer time, type of tv shows, ungodly attitudes/behaviors, etc.)
ii. needs to be added into your daily routine to help strengthen your
relationship with Christ and live more in the power of the Holy Spirit.
(e.g., more time in Biblical devotions, prayer, being still, helping others,
volunteering, godly attitudes/behaviors etc.)
GROWING DEEPER
1. How did God speak personally to you through this message?
2. In what ways do we down-play the powerful influence of sin?
3. Cleansing My Soul-Life
For the next 20 days (up to April 20) what:
i. needs to be removed from your daily routine that could be causing
areas of temptation/sin? (e.g., movies, computer time, type of tv shows, etc.)
ii. needs to be added into your daily routine to help strengthen your
relationship with Christ and live more in the power of the Holy Spirit
(e.g., more time in Biblical devotions, prayer, being still, helping others,
volunteering, etc.).
Spend time in prayer asking God to examine your heart and to make known to you
areas that need to be removed/added to build up your faith-journey with Jesus.
CROSS-LIFE COMMITMENT FOR THE NEXT 20 DAYS
For the next 20 days, with God’s help, I am going to give up __________________
and commit to ________________ so I may grow in my faith-walk with Jesus, my Lord.
Could we keep you in prayer? Please feel free to complete our prayer form and place
in our prayer boxes (you may keep your name anonymous). Your leadership appreciates
the opportunity to uphold you in prayer for the next 20 days!
Surrendering myself in Christ,
Pastor Trevor