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Session # 7
From Swimmer to Lifeguard
What are the qualities needed for someone to
be a “Lifeguard” at your church?
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Work on thisIN SMALL GROUPS
Report your group’sTop 5
What about:Grace?
What about:Holy Spirit
power?
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to Lifeguard
Chapter 7
Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
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Take yourBest shot!
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The Disciples?
Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
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Judas?
Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
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The Disciples?
Would you let your child go with Jesus?
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to Lifeguard
Chapter 7 Would you Let your child
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Chapter 7 Would you Let your child
Go with Jesus?
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Go with Jesus?
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Go with Jesus?
I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as
shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10
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Go with Jesus?
But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.
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Go with Jesus?
All nations will hate you because you are my followers.
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Go with Jesus?
Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body;
They cannot touch your soul.
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Go with Jesus?
Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth!I came not to bring peace,
but a sword.
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Go with Jesus?
If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me,
you are not worthy of being mine.
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ParentalPermissionForm to:
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Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
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The cleanseddemoniac?
Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
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Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
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What about thoseWho never left?
Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
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Not: Did you drown?
Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
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But: Can you swim?
Who is qualifiedto be a Lifeguard?
SPIRITUAL LIFE
Spiritual Birth
Tell me about your spiritual
birth
Spiritual Birth
When wereYou born?
Spiritual Birth
When wereYou born again?
Spiritual Birth
We have made baptism of water
so important that. . .
Spiritual Birth
Baptism of watertakes precedence
overBaptism of the Spirit
Spiritual Birth
Baptism of watertakes precedence
overBaptism of the Spirit
Spiritual Birth
Baptism of watertakes precedence
overBaptism of the Spirit
Spiritual Birth
Baptism of watertakes precedence
overBaptism of the Spirit
Spiritual Birth
Unless one is bornof water
and of the Spirithe cannot enter into the
kingdom of God. John 3:5 NASB
Spiritual Birth
Unless one is bornof water
and of the Spirithe cannot enter into the
kingdom of God. John 3:5 NASB
Spiritual Birth
Born of the flesh is flesh,Born of the Spirit is
spirit.John 3:6 NASB
Born of waterand the Spirit
John 3:6 NASB
Spiritual Birth
In order to be “born again”
There must be 2 births.
Spiritual Birth
1st birth = childbirth2nd birth = Holy Spirit
within
Announcing
Mission Lifeguard
Chapter 1
Paul said a similar thing in Romans 8:5-6 (NIV)
Spiritual Birth
Announcing
Mission Lifeguard
Chapter 1
Those who live according to the flesh
have their minds set on what the flesh desires
Spiritual Birth
Announcing
Mission Lifeguard
Chapter 1
But those who live in accordance with the
Spirithave their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Spiritual Birth
Announcing
Mission Lifeguard
Chapter 1
The mind governed bythe flesh is death,
but the mind governed by
the Spirit is life and peace.
Spiritual Birth
Spiritual Birth
When does“spiritual new birth”take place for a child
who grows up in an SDA home?
SDA young people in the
U.S.
A “Damascus Road” experience
SDA young people in the
U.S.
12% A “Damascus Road” experience
SDA young people in the
U.S.
12% A “Damascus Road” experience
Maintain early commitment
SDA young people in the
U.S.
12% A “Damascus Road” experience24% Maintain early commitment
SDA young people in the
U.S.
12% A “Damascus Road” experience24% Maintain early commitment
Commitment over time
SDA young people in the
U.S.
12% A “Damascus Road” experience24% Maintain early commitment35% Commitment over time
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
Most common age
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
11 Most common age
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
11 Most common age2nd most common age
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
11 Most common age10 2nd most common age
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
11 Most common age10 2nd most common age
3rd most common age
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
11 Most common age10 2nd most common age12 3rd most common age
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
11 Most common age10 2nd most common age12 3rd most common age 4th most common age
When do SDA young people in the U.S. get
baptized?
11 Most common age10 2nd most common age12 3rd most common age 9 4th most common age
Get this!
Get this!
Invite young people who have been
born of the Spirit to become Lifeguards!