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Sermon Title: "Recognizing My Personality"Series: Wednesday Life Connect Bible Study notes week 5Speaker: Dr. Stacy L. SpencerCCLI Streaming: CSPL080294CVLI: 505537570S.H.A.P.E. Assessment:  https://ptxt.io/10rz87Sign up!  Online Virtual Community:  https://ptxt.io/10r38iFirst Time Guest:  https://www.n2newdirection.org/first-time-guestGiving: https://www.shelbygiving.com/app/giving/new6120272Join: https://www.n2newdirection.orgSermon NotesSession Five: Recognizing My Personality"God works through different people in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purpose through them all."Discussion Questions1. Wiring & Kingdom PurposeHow will discovering the way God wired your unique personality help you fulfill your Kingdom Purpose?2. Ideal Serving SituationErik asked: "If you could choose the ideal situation to make the greatest difference for God, what would it look like?" Which recent life opportunities brought the greatest sense of fulfillment and purpose?3. Right vs. Wrong TraitsWhy do we tend to label certain personality traits as "wrong" or "right"? Had it occurred to you before this lesson that God has a divine use for your personality that he intentionally made you the way you are?4. Intentional DesignWhat difference does it make to know God intentionally made you the way you are outgoing or reserved, self-expressive or self-controlled, cooperative or competitive? Others may prefer one trait, but God made all traits for his deliberate use.5. Blessing the GroupHow can our personalities bless others in our small group? Take a moment to affirm a characteristic in each group member.

Sermon NotesLife is too short to settle for doing less than our best for God. If we hold back the natural abilities God gave us at birth, or if we use those abilities for purposes that don't include God, they will not be used to their full capacity.Do you know the abilities you were born with? Do you know the things you love doing? Start figuring out ways to express those abilities in your everyday life. Grab hold of your natural abilities and aim them high for God's glory!Discussion Questions1. What Characterizes an Activity You Love?What characterizes an activity you love to do? Offer one or two top qualifications.2. Deposits of LoveTalk about ways each of us can make deposits of love throughout a typical day, no matter what we are specializing inat the moment.3. The Parable of the TalentsThink about the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14–30. Why does it matter that we make the most of our abilitiesnow? What could be the harm in putting them off or neglecting them?4. Something You No Longer DoShare with the group something you know you do well, but that you no longer do at all. Why did you stop doing it? Isthere a way you could include it again in your lifestyle? Ask the group to pray for you to find that answer.5. Benefiting Your GroupHow could your natural abilities benefit your group? Share one way you think God could use something you knowyou do well.

Sermon Title: “Hearing My HeartbeatSeries:  Wednesday Life Connect Bible Study Session 3Speaker:  Dr. Stacy L. SpencerCCLI Streaming: CSPL080294CVLI: 505537570Sign up!  Online Virtual Community:  https://ptxt.io/10r38iFirst Time Guest:  https://www.n2newdirection.org/first-time-guestGiving: https://www.shelbygiving.com/app/giving/new6120272Join: https://www.n2newdirection.orgSermon Notes“Hearing My Heartbeat”Our emotional heartbeat is what we feel inside, when it races for some things and doesn't for others.· What are the desires of your heart?· How do you long to impact the lives of other people in this world?Who Do You Love Serving?God wants you to help him reach the people he has placed in your life.1. Define your _____.2. Determine which _____ you intend to meet in their lives.Discussion Questions1 HeartbeatWhat kinds of things make your heart beat emotionally? Share with the group one or two chief desires of your heart.2 Target AudienceWho do you think God wants you to reach? How can you identify your target audience?3 Difficult TimesThink about how God met you in difficult times in your life. How could you use those encounters to help someoneelse? How do you think God might use your gifts, abilities, personality, and experiences to reach your targetaudience? We'll consider this idea more during the coming week, but what is your initial response to thesequestions?4 Heart's DesireOur key verse for this week reminds us that everything we do, we do for God. He wants your heart to beat for him.What changes, if any, need to happen in your life in order for you to give God his heart's desire?Share with the groupWhat God is revealing to you.

Paul says we can be pressed, perplexed, persecuted, and struck down–without being crushed, despairing, abandoned, or destroyed. Tonight we're learning how to discipline adversity with practical tools.

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Prayer isn't performance or making a wishlist; it's alignment. Tonight we break down the ACTS model to learn how to start with who God is, tell the truth about ourselves, remember His faithfulness, and then ask with humility.

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In a time of fear and famine, four outcasts asked, "Why should we sit here and die?" and God turned their faith into provision for a nation. We are being called to move when others freeze and to feed when systems fail.

Mark 9 says the boy looked dead–but Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up. Tonight, we're going in between deliverance and development–the quiet space where people assume you're finished, but God is resetting you for resurrection.

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Bible says no one knows the day or hour. Instead of chasing rapture, what if we lived ready every day? Let's talk: what does it mean to stay prepared for Christ's return?

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