“Catch Fire in 50 Days”
May 1st, 2011
This Easter series is from our Annual Conference and is based on the theme “Catch Fire in 50 Days.” This year our Annual Conference comes almost 50 days after Easter. SO the 50 days moves not only to Pentecost but also to our Annual Conference.
“Catch Fire”
Acts 1 & 2 Our Mission & The Birth of the Church
John 20:19-31 “The Purpose of the Books”
Doubting – Catching Fire – New Mission
*Doubting
Thomas: ______________
Peter: _________________
Judas: ____________________
Pastor Gregory: ____________________
You: __________________________________
Doubting:
Okay: _______________ God
Not Okay: ____________ God
“An Evening with CS Lewis” David Payne
CS Lewis proved the existence of God: _________
He accepted the existence of Jesus: __________
“Jesus said to him, “Have you ________ because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen me and yet have come to ___________.” (John 20:29; NRSV)
**Catching Fire
“Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the __________…” (Acts 2:3-4; NRSV)
“They devoted themselves to the ________________ and __________, to the ________________ and the _________.” (Acts 2:42; NRSV)
***New Mission:
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in ____________, in all ________ and __________, and to the _________________.” (Acts 1:8; NRSV)
Back to Doubting Thomas & CS Lewis
“So, then, ________ cometh by hearing, and hearing by the ________ of God.” (Romans 10:17; KJV)
The Greatest of these! 1 Corinthians 13:13
- “And now _______, _______, and ______abide, these three; and the greatest of these is _____.”
Why is _________ the greatest of the three?
It is the only one we need in __________! (GLF)
**Catching Fire Revisited
___________ LOVE
“And all of God’s people said, ‘Amen!’”