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Page 1: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Serving your way into the Supernatural

Page 2: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you?

How did you feel when you did something nice for someone else?

Page 3: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Caring for the needs of others is the natural outflow of faith. What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims

to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:14-17

Page 4: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Caring for the needs of others leads to healings and miracles! When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd,

he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. Mark 6:34

and healed their sick. Matthew 14:14 and fed them all from five loaves and two

fishes!

Page 5: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Base Camp: I’m a Christian who is now, or is working toward being involved with C@C on Sundays, financiallysupporting the church and involved in a ministry.

1)I will feed my soul daily in God’s Word and prayer.

2) I will get together weekly with at least one other person for life discipleship process.

3) Once a month, with my discipleship partner(s) I will do something for someone in the communityfor Christ’s sake.

Transformed livesLove and serve one anotherHealings and miraclesLots of new believers

C@C C

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Page 6: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Base Camp: I’m a Christian who is now, or is working toward being involved with C@C on Sundays, financiallysupporting the church and involved in a ministry.

1)I will feed my soul daily in God’s Word and prayer.

3) Once a month, with my discipleship partner(s) I will do something for someone in the communityfor Christ’s sake.

Transformed livesLove and serve one anotherHealings and miraclesLots of new believers

C@C C

ovenant

togeth

er with

the H

oly

Spirit

2)I will get together weekly with at least one other person for life discipleship process.

Page 7: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Base Camp: I’m a Christian who is now, or is working toward being involved with C@C on Sundays, financiallysupporting the church and involved in a ministry.

1) I will feed my soul daily in God’s Word and prayer.

Transformed livesLove and serve one anotherHealings and miraclesLots of new believers

C@C C

ovenan

t

toget

her w

ith

the H

oly

Spirit

2) I will get together weekly with at least one other person for life discipleship process.

3) Once a month, with my discipleship partner(s) I will do something for someone in the community for Christ’s sake.

Page 8: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Base Camp: I’m a Christian who is now, or is working toward being involved with C@C on Sundays, financiallysupporting the church and involved in a ministry.

1) I will feed my soul daily in God’s Word and prayer.

2) I will get together weekly with at least one other person for life discipleship process.

3) Once a month, with my discipleship partner(s) I will do something for someone in the communityfor Christ’s sake.

Transformed livesLove and serve one anotherHealings and miraclesLots of new believers

Transformed Lives!

Love for others

Healings and MiraclesNew Believers!

Page 9: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Caring for the needs of others is the natural outflow of faith.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

Matthew 25:31-36

Page 10: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Caring for the needs of others is the natural outflow of faith "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord,

when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' Matthew 25:37-40

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Apparently not caring for the needs of others has some bearing on one’s eternal destiny!

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." Matthew 25:40-46

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Psychology of Happiness

“Another happiness booster, say positive psychologists, is performing acts of altruism or kindness--visiting a nursing home, helping a friend's child with homework, mowing a neighbor's lawn, writing a letter to a grandparent. Doing five kind acts a week, especially all in a single day, gave a measurable boost to Lyubomirsky's subjects.”

Time, January 17, 2005, from research funded by National Institutes of Health.

Page 13: Serving your way into the Supernatural. How did you feel when someone went out of their way to do something nice for you? How did you feel when you did

Base Camp: I’m a Christian who is now, or is working toward being involved with C@C on Sundays, financiallysupporting the church and involved in a ministry.

1) I will feed my soul daily in God’s Word and prayer.

2) I will get together weekly with at least one other person for life discipleship process.

3) Once a month, with my discipleship partner(s) I will do something for someone in the communityfor Christ’s sake.

Transformed livesLove and serve one anotherHealings and miraclesLots of new believers

Transformed Lives!

Love for others

Healings and MiraclesNew Believers!

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Doing miracles without caring for the needs of others? "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,'

will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' Matthew 7:21-23