NEW YEAR | Wk 1: “The Light of a New Year”
Pastor Mike Overstreet | 01.02.2022
Message recordings available at: https://vimeo.com/element3
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At E3, our mission is simply to make disciples of Christ. The process of how we do this is through Worship + Groups + Service.
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Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV)
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
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Make disciples → go + baptize + teach
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Isaiah 2:3-5 (NIV)
3 Many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.
5 Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Isaiah 42:6-7 (NIV)
“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness;
I will take hold of your hand.
I will keep you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people
and a light for the Gentiles,
7 to open eyes that are blind,
to free captives from prison
and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
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Matthew 5:14-16 (NIV)
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
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Every single Christian has been commissioned by King Jesus to make disciples. How are you fulfilling Jesus’ commission for your life?
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When visitors accept the invitation to come to E3, do they find divine light or more of what they’ve experienced out in the world?
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Your life can be an invitation of healing that points someone else the way home.