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Level 6: Core Convictions About THE CHURCH FOOTHOLDS FOR MY FAITH Level 6: Core Convictions About THE CHURCH

STORY TIME…

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Big Idea The more I love God, the more I will love the church he loves

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Biblical Truth “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her… so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:25,27)

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Basic Points WORSHIP “Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consum-ing fire.” (Hebrews 12:28-29)

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Basic Points STUDY “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15)

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church GAME TIME: TEST YOUR BIBLE KNOWLEDGE! How many brothers did Joseph have? What was the name of Moses’s brother? In what river was Jesus baptized? Who said, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” To what country did Mary and Joseph take Jesus to escape from King Herod? On what mountain did Noah’s ark finally come to rest after the flood?

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church GAME TIME: TEST YOUR BIBLE KNOWLEDGE! Who climbed a tree so that he could get a better view of Jesus? What is the name of the town sometimes called “the city of David”? How many books are in the Old Testament? Who was chosen to replace Judas and join the eleven remaining disciples?

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Basic Points OBEY “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.” (Hebrews 13:17)

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Basic Points GIVE “Each one must give as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:7)

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Basic Points LOVE “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7)

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Basic Points GREET “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” (Hebrews 13:2)

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Basic Points GO “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations….” (Matthew 28:19)

DEEPENING MY INVESTMENT IN The Church Bottom Line “Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” (1 John 3:18)

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