1. GCC FAMILY – BECOMING A PART III
PATHWAY TO MEMBERSHIP AT GARDINER COMMUNITY CHURCH
PASTOR DAVID KOBELIN – April 23, 2017

2. GCC Family – Becoming a part
Listening to Jesus
How have you been listening?
What has He been saying?
What have you been doing?

3. GCC Family – becoming a part
Ephesians 2:19 Living Bible (TLB)
19 Now you are no longer strangers to God and foreigners to heaven, but you are members of God’s very own family, citizens of God’s country, and you belong in God’s household with every other Christian.

4. Mission Membership Maturity Multiplication Consistent Contribute
Mentor
Proclaim
Disciple
Participate
Practice
Discover
Understand
Experience
Apply
Mission
Membership
Maturity
Multiplication

5. GCC Family – becoming a part
Gardiner Community Church exists to glorify God and make disciples by building relationships, creating community, and helping people discover who they were truly created to be.

6. GCC Family – becoming a part
Glorify God – make Him smile
Love Him w/all our heart, soul, mind, and strength
Worship
Do His will/obey

7. GCC Family – becoming a part
Make Disciples
Follow the pattern Jesus established –
Matthew 28:19-20 New King James Version (NKJV)
19 Go therefore[a] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.[b]

8. GCC Family – becoming a part
Building Relationships
With God
Understand who God is and who we are
Knowing and Being Known

9. GCC Family – becoming a part
Knowing and Being Known
Bible Reading
Psalm 119:105 King James Version (KJV)
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

10. GCC Family – becoming a part
Prayer Matthew 6:6 New Century Version (NCV) 6 When you pray, you should go into your room and close the door and pray to your Father who cannot be seen. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and he will reward you.

11. GCC Family – becoming a part
Worship Psalm 89:15-16 New Century Version (NCV) 15 Happy are the people who know how to praise you. Lord, let them live in the light of your presence. 16 In your name they rejoice and continually praise your goodness.

12. GCC Family – becoming a part
Journaling Habakkuk 2:1-2 New Century Version (NCV) 2 I will stand like a guard to watch and place myself at the tower. I will wait to see what he will say to me; I will wait to learn how God will answer my complaint.

13. GCC Family – becoming a part
2 The Lord answered me: “Write down the vision; write it clearly on clay tablets so whoever reads it can run to tell others.

14. GCC Family – becoming a part
Matthew 7:21-23 New Century Version (NCV) 21 “Not all those who say ‘You are our Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven. The only people who will enter the kingdom of heaven are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On the last day many people will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, we spoke for you, and through you we forced out demons and did many miracles.’ 23 Then I will tell them clearly, ‘Get away from me, you who do evil. I never knew you.’

15. GCC Family – becoming a part
Psalm 73:28 Living Bible (TLB) 28 But as for me, I get as close to him as I can! I have chosen him, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful ways he rescues me.

16. GCC Family – becoming a part
MY TIME WITH JESUS
SCRIPTURES
Go in boldly to the Word.
Expect Jesus to speak to you.

17. GCC Family – becoming a part
Hebrews 4:16 New King James Version (NKJV) 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 11:6 New King James Version (NKJV) 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

18. INSIGHTS, KEY IDEAS, NOTES FROM SCRIPTURE
Psalm 119:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
WHAT PROMISE CAN I ENJOY?
WHAT COMMAND MAY I OBEY?
WHAT SIN SHOULD I AVOID?
WHAT LESSON CAN I LEARN?

19. I TALK TO JESUS AND JESUS TALKS TO ME
CONFESSION #1
Psalm 66:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
1 John 1:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

20. GCC Family – becoming a part
POSITIVE CONFESSION THANKSGIVING SUPPLICATION ADORATION LISTENING

21. GCC Family – becoming a part
WHO CAN I ENCOURAGE TODAY?

22. GCC Family – becoming a part
Let Him Know You Today! Remember, “As For Me, I Get As Close To Him As I Can”