Document for
DBS
Series: Be Different “Making
Transformative Moves” Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of
this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind.
Title: Different Pace
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Opening
Thoughts: What does the
pace of your life reveal about the priorities of your life? While observing
Sabbath is not commanded for New Testament Christians, practicing Sabbath is an
important way to rest, refocus and revel in the goodness of God.
v Weather can change your pace
o We
are suffering from an epidemic of busyness and distraction.
§ Romans
12:2
o Your
pace of life will reveal your priorities in life
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Text: Luke
5:12-16
Jesus Heals
a Man With Leprosy
12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came
along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his
face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me
clean.”
13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am
willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And
immediately the leprosy left him.
14 Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell
anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that
Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
15 Yet the news about him spread all the
more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their
sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to
lonely places and prayed.
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Summarize the
main story: Describe the events of the story in your own words.
v Review and
retell the story.
Reflections
for applications:
v
Jesus
extracted himself from the masses & the movement of the world to be with
God
v
A
different pace…
o
Genesis
2:2-3 By the seventh day God had
finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all
his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he
rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
o
Exodus
20:8-10 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor
and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor
your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in
your towns.
o
For many of us the great danger is not that we will
renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and
preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim
our lives instead of actually living them. -John Mark Comer quoting John
Ortberg in The Ruthless Elimination of
Hurry
v
Things that considering a different pace will help
us do.
o
Reconnect
with God
§
If the devil can’t make you bad he will make you
busy.
§
Live slowly enough to think deeply about God. J.I.
Packer
o
Restore
your mind, body & soul
§
Matthew
11:28 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest.
§
Exodus
31:17 (“(The Sabbath) will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for
in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he
rested and was refreshed.”
o
Remember
your true identity
o Revel in the goodness of God
§ Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that
the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
Digging
Questions:
·
How
will you respond to Be Different?
·
What do these biblical texts tell you about God and His nature?
·
What is God calling us to do?
Take Away
Challenges
·
What has the Holy Spirit revealed to you in
this passage? How will you apply it to your life this week?
·
Whom do you know who needs to hear this?
·
What is God bringing to your attention in this discussion? What
beliefs, thoughts or actions need to be addressed or changed?
Hash tags #Give #Generosity
Sunday sermon link
https://youtu.be/yI6ryS9_Lwk
Kevin’s Blog Link to more resources: Click here for Kevin’s Blog Notes
Comments and
resources with some more resources:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+5%3A12-16&version=NIV
