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OneLife Church
Do You See What I See: Part 2 - Divine Encounters
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East Campus
Knoxville Center Dr, Knoxville, TN 37924, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
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The Bible teaches us to give the first 10% of our income to the "storehouse." God says we can test Him by doing this and watching Him take care of us in return. This may sound like a stretch to you! Just take a step toward toward that goal. If you currently give nothing, start giving something. If you give something, try increasing it a step toward the 10% goal. Trust God! Give Him your first before anything else by setting up a recurring, automated donation online. You will then receive quarterly updates about how your giving is making a difference and how your donations are being used.
http://www.onelifeknox.com/giveBottom Line: Divine encounters disrupt the ordinary to introduce the extraordinary.
1. Ordinary places are ripe for divine encounters.
2. Divine encounters are confusing before they are comforting.
3. Divine encounters require trust before understanding.
4. Total surrender to the power of God lets God be God.
2. Divine encounters are confusing before they are comforting.
3. Divine encounters require trust before understanding.
4. Total surrender to the power of God lets God be God.
START TALKING:
When have you had your ordinary, routine life interrupted by something extraordinary and you are glad it did? If you hadn't been open to this interuption, what would you have missed?
When have you had your ordinary, routine life interrupted by something extraordinary and you are glad it did? If you hadn't been open to this interuption, what would you have missed?
START THINKING:
Read Luke 1:26-29. Why might Mary have been confused and disturbed? Think about the status of Nazareth, her age and gender, etc. to better understand why this divine encounter was both disturbing ad confusing.
Read Luke 1:26-29. Why might Mary have been confused and disturbed? Think about the status of Nazareth, her age and gender, etc. to better understand why this divine encounter was both disturbing ad confusing.
START SHARING:
When have you been at an ordinary place in life, either literally or metaphorically, and that is when God interrupted you with a divine encounter?
How was this disruption confusing before it was comforting? How did this build your trust?
Where did you experience the power of God through this divine encounter? Were you able to see it at the moment, or have you come to appreciate it more since then?
How does looking back on this experience prepare you for the next time God shows up and encounters you?
When have you been at an ordinary place in life, either literally or metaphorically, and that is when God interrupted you with a divine encounter?
How was this disruption confusing before it was comforting? How did this build your trust?
Where did you experience the power of God through this divine encounter? Were you able to see it at the moment, or have you come to appreciate it more since then?
How does looking back on this experience prepare you for the next time God shows up and encounters you?
START DOING:
What can we do this week to prepare our hearts and lives to be open for a divine encounter?
How might God use you to be the divine encounter for someone else, or to be the tool that He uses?
What can we do this week to prepare our hearts and lives to be open for a divine encounter?
How might God use you to be the divine encounter for someone else, or to be the tool that He uses?
START PRAYING:
Pray for each person in the microchurch to take the steps they shared above. Pray that we experience divine encounters because of the Gospel and the power of God it makes available to us!
Pray for each person in the microchurch to take the steps they shared above. Pray that we experience divine encounters because of the Gospel and the power of God it makes available to us!
Take a Next Step!
Don't just attend church for an hour a week. Take a step! What step should you take?
1. Follow Jesus! If you have followed Jesus...
2. Get baptized! If you are following Jesus, then that's all you need to be "ready" to take this step.
3. Volunteer! Don't simply be a consumer, but be part of making a difference in the lives of those who come to OneLife to experience Jesus. There are weekday and Sunday opportunities. Get info about what opportunities there are for you!
4. Join a micro church! You can't have true community sitting in rows with a large crowd. That's not the church - it's an event! Micro churches are small "churches" of 10-12 adults that meet in homes throughout the week to learn together, pray together, serve the community together, and care for each other together.
Get more information about any of the above, send us your prayer requests so we can pray with you, or ask any question we can help you with by filling out the online connection card!
http://www.onelifeknox.com/connect1. Follow Jesus! If you have followed Jesus...
2. Get baptized! If you are following Jesus, then that's all you need to be "ready" to take this step.
3. Volunteer! Don't simply be a consumer, but be part of making a difference in the lives of those who come to OneLife to experience Jesus. There are weekday and Sunday opportunities. Get info about what opportunities there are for you!
4. Join a micro church! You can't have true community sitting in rows with a large crowd. That's not the church - it's an event! Micro churches are small "churches" of 10-12 adults that meet in homes throughout the week to learn together, pray together, serve the community together, and care for each other together.
Get more information about any of the above, send us your prayer requests so we can pray with you, or ask any question we can help you with by filling out the online connection card!