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Women
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St. Paul Lutheran Church

April 20th 2015

Presentation by: Brittany Nelson

BUILDING COMMUNITY:

And let us consider how we may spur one

another on toward love and good deeds,
not giving up meeting together, as some
are in the habit of doing, but encouraging
one another---and all the more as you see
the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25

FUN BIBLE STUDY GAMES/IDEAS OPENERS:

*Starburst Questions
*High/Low
*The Hot Seat Activity
*Favorites Quiz
*List It

STARBURSTS QUESTIONS:
Pass around a bag or starbursts. Have each person grab a
handful but then have them pick one special starburst to
hold up. After everyone has chosen a starburst you can
reveal the question that corresponds with the chosen color
and go around the room having them answer one at a
time. :)

Yellow:
Where is your favorite place to go to relax and spend time with
God?

Orange:

Are you a picture taker or a forgetter of the camera?

Red:

Name three hobbies that you love to spend your time doing?

Pink:

Describe your perfect day in three words?

*Questions can vary to anything you wish!!! :)

HIGHS/LOWS:
Everyone goes around the room and shares their high best
part of their day and their low least enjoyable part of their
day with the group.
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THE HOT SEAT ACTIVITY:
Each person will get a turn being in the hot seat. This
means that they are the FOCUS person. A timer will be set
for 2 minutes. Everyone else in the group is allowed to ask
any/all questions that come to mind and the person in the
hot seat answers them until the timer runs out!
FAVORITES QUIZ:
Everyone will complete the favorites questionnaire but will
not put their name on it. The completed questions will be
folded and put into a bowl. Then everyone will get an answer
sheet where they will write down the name of the person
they believe is being read about when drawn from the hat. It
is fun to have prizes for the winners who guessed the most
number of people correct! Also, fun to do this each week,
changing the favorites questions using suggestions from
the group!
Favorite Movie:

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Favorite Food:
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Favorite Vacation Spot:
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Favorite Hobbies/Leisure Activities:
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Favorite Disney Character:
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Favorite Movie:
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Favorite Food:
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Favorite Vacation Spot:
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Favorite Hobbies/Leisure Activities:

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Favorite Disney Character:

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THE
NAVIGATORS
To Know Christ and Make Christ Known

 The Navigators is an international, interdenominational Christian

ministry that helps people grow in Jesus Christ as they navigate
through life.
We spread the Good News of Jesus Christ by establishing life-onlife mentoring---or discipling---relationships with people,
equipping them to make an impact on those around them for
Gods glory.

And the things you have heard me say in the

presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable
men who will also be qualified to teach others.
2 Timothy 2:2
TOOL TIME:
The Navigators stress the importance of equipping
students with valuable resources to encourage them to
know God better, grow in faith, and learn the truth of His
Word.

The 3 Areas:
1. Bible Study/Prayer Resources: A.C.T.S Prayer
2. Discipleship Resources: The Wheel Illustration
3. Evangelism Resources: The Bridge to Life

BIBLE STUDY/PRAYER RESOURCES:

Having a quiet time is really just a tool to help

you develop and deepen your relationship with
God.

-Mike Jordahl, Getting to Know God Through a Daily Quiet Time

A.C.T.S
Prayer
Method
Adoration (P)
Confession (P)
Ask
Best Verse (GW)
Commit
Thanksgiving (P)
Supplication (P)
The A.C.T.S. Prayer
Method/Quiet Time
Adoration In this section you
spend time adoring God,
praising Him for who He is, what
He has done, and what He has
promised. Said another way,
spend time in personal worship.
Confession Take time to listen
to the Spirit as He brings to
mind areas where you have
sinned. Humbly and willingly confess those things to God.
Confession should be a part of your continual walk with Christ (see
Matt. 6:9-13). Remember that when you honestly confess, God will
forgive and cleanse you because of what Jesus has done on your
behalf (1 John 1:9). Also bear in mind that confession without
repentance (a desire to turn from the sin) does little good. It is the
one who confesses and forsakes his sin who will receive the Lords
mercy (Proverbs 28:13).

Read Selected Passage and Journal the ABC

A= Ask Questions. Who? What? Where? Why?
B= Best Verse. What was the best verse to you and why?
C= Commit. What is something you can take away from this
passage and make applicable to your everyday life? Make a
goal to commit to that one thing to focus on today!
Thanksgiving In our prayers we should always have hearts that
are filled with gratitude for all the goodness and blessing our God
has given us. We are instructed by the word of God to give thanks
as we pray (Phil. 4:6-7). This includes thanking God for specific
things such as blessings, people, opportunities, guidance, and much
more. And dont forget to thank Him for the great gift of salvation
that you have received through Jesus.
Supplication Supplication is an older word, meaning ask. Under
this heading you ask God for the things you need, for His wisdom in
the circumstances of your life, for His guidance for you and others.
Intercessory prayer (your prayers for others Heb. 10:19-25; Rev.
1:4-6) fits in here as well. Spend time praying for specific people,
events, government officials, missionaries, the spread of the gospel
message, etc. (see Acts 12:5; Rom. 10:1). You may find it helpful to
make a prayer list to help you in this section. It is helpful on that list
to include a place for answers to your prayers, that way you can use
those answers as opportunities for praise and thanksgiving.
John 15 New International Version (NIV) The Vine and the Branches
15 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that
bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more
fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I
also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can
you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much

fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that
is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If
you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for

you. 8 This is to my Fathers glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my
disciples.
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As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

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If you keep my

commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Fathers commands and remain
in his love.
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I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

one than this: to lay down ones life for ones friends.
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Greater love has no

You are my friends if you do what I

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his masters

business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you.

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You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you

might go and bear fruitfruit that will lastand so that whatever you ask in my name the
Father will give you.

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This is my command: Love each other.

The World Hates the Disciples

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If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

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If you belonged to the world, it

would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of
the world. That is why the world hates you.
greater than his master.

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Remember what I told you: A servant is not

If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed

my teaching, they will obey yours also.

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they do not know the one who sent me.

They will treat you this way because of my name, for

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If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not

be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Father as well.

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Whoever hates me hates my

If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be

guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: They hated me without reason.

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The Work of the Holy Spirit

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When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Fatherthe Spirit of truth who

goes out from the Fatherhe will testify about me.

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And you also must testify, for you have

been with me from the beginning.

DISCIPLESHIP RESOURCES:

A simple but effective illustration The Wheel is a discipleship tool

used ever since its creation by Navigators founder Dawson
Trotman.
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It helps Christians understand how they are called to live as

disciples of Christ.

Illuminates and clarifies the motion of the Christian life.

Each part of this illustration represents a crucially important

component of a vibrant Christian life.

THE WHEEL ILLUSTRATION

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The Volitional Dimension: How You Relate to Yourself

The Hub: Christ the Center

Total surrender to Christ's authority and lordship is not always a decision made right at
conversion, but is a necessary act of will. For the believer, the old life has gone and the
new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17), and Christ dwells through us instead (Galatians
2:20). God creates within us the desire to do what He wants us to do in order to express
His lordship in our lives.

The Rim: Obedience to Christ

Some acts of obedience to God are internal, such as attitudes, habits, motives, values
and day-to-day thoughts. But even these eventually surface outwardly in our relationships
with other people. Keeping His commandments in obedience is our outward indication of
inward health and love for Christour worship (John 14:21, Romans 12:1).

The Vertical Dimension: How You Relate to God

The Word Spoke

The Word of God is His direct voice showing us not only who He is, but how to live and
interact with everyone around us (2 Timothy 3:16). This means an earnest personal intake
of God's Word is essential for health and growth (Joshua 1:8). As God speaks to us
through the Scriptures, we can see His principles for life and ministry, learn how to obey
Him and become acquainted with the Christ who is worthy of our steadfast allegiance.

The Prayer Spoke

Prayer is the natural response to God as we hear Him speak through His Word. It is
sharing our heart with the One who longs for our companionship and who cares about our
concerns. Prayer not only trains our hearts and minds to know the power and glory of
God, but also turns His ear towards action in our lives and of those who we pray for (John

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15:7, Philippians 4:6-7).

The Horizontal Dimension: How You Relate to

Others
The Fellowship Spoke

God has directed Christians to build each other up through interdependence and loving relationships with each other (Hebrews 10:24-25). Gathering
together as the Body of Christ draws God close around us as we praise Him and
encourage one another (Matthew 18:20).

The Witnessing Spoke

God has given believers the joy and responsibility of telling the world about the Good
News of Christs work on earth (Matthew 4:19). In fact, sharing this spectacular news with
others should be the natural overflow of a rich, vibrant life in Christ (Romans 1:16).

Is Your Wheel Balanced???

1.WhereyouareinyourrelationshipwithChrist?
2.Whatyouneedtodonexttobetterimproveyourrelationship
withChrist?

The greatest
amount of wasted
time is the time not
getting started.
- Dawson Trotman
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EVANGELISM RESOURCES:
NAVIGATORS CALLING:
To advance the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom into the
nations through spiritual generations of laborers living and
discipling among the lost.

One-Verse Evangelism: How to Share Christ's

Love Conversationally & Visually

THE BRIDGE ILLUSTRATION

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Jesus went through all the towns and villages,

teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good
news of the kingdom and healing every disease and
sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had
compassion on them, because they were harassed
and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he
said to his disciples,
The harvest is plentiful but the workers are
few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to
send out workers into his harvest field.
Matthew 9:35-38

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MY PERSONAL PLAN FOR MINISTRY:

Join STAFF with
THE NAVIGATORS at
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
through
EDGE CORPS

ABOUT EDGE CORPS

E Evangelism Reaching out to those on campus who

dont yet know Christ.

D Discipleship Investing in the next generation of

leaders and laborers.

G Growth Growing in leadership, ministry and life

skills, while going

deeper in a personal relationship

with Jesus.

E Experience Hands-on training that will last a

lifetime.
What is EDGE Corps
Millions of students come into their college careers open to
new ideas and looking for answers. The Navigators hope is to
make the most of that openness by reaching out to these
hungry students and showing them that the life theyre looking
for is in Christ.
As a ministry of The Navigators, EDGE Corps is passionate
about the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom and is burdened to
see the Gospel transform the lives of university students. As a
result, EDGE Corps is a 1 or 2 year ministry opportunity to call

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new generation of Jesus-followers and to watch God change

lives and advance His Kingdom on the college campus.

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I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you

with power through his Spirit in your inner being, o that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that
you, being rooted and established in love, may have power,
together with all the Lords holy people, to grasp how wide
and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and
to know this love that surpasses knowledgethat you may
be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work
within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!
Amen.
-Ephesians 3:16-21

I AM

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