Go to the source! Discover what the Bible says about …
These pages are designed to aid study or investigation for Christian discipleship through individual Bible study, Cell groups, Home groups, or meeting one to one. The questions could be used alone allowing each person to use their own Bible.
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 2 Cor 5:17
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Introduction
This page is a guided tour to key elements of what Christianity is about by presenting you with the relevant Bible text and letting you make the discoveries. This page which is a sequel to ‘First Steps’ (10 first steps for a young Christian) goes through an overview of the elements of a Christian life. Each element of the overview pointing to a relevant page..
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- Nurture Life - Spiritual life like physical life needs feeding and development.
- Build your faith - Life’s trials become the training ground for developing faith.
- Know the Lord - Know the Father who made you and seeks your good.
- Balanced Christian Life - What are the elements of a spiritual life?
New life is nurtured through engaging with God through His Word, and through Praying to Him.
- Meet with God - It is a good idea to spend time with God each day.
- Prayer - ask for needs - God our Father delights to give good gifts to His children.
- Prayer to meet God - Through prayer we learn who God is and relate with Him.
- Word’s for growth - God’s word builds up our spiritual life.
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The Bible tells us to add to your faith goodness, so having started to nurture your spiritual life, the next port of call is to developing the lifestyle of goodness. This can at times seem risky, but this is the essence of a life of faith.
- A Life of Love - God is love and He looks for us to join Him in His love.
- A Holy Life - As we live God’s holy life, He will back us up, through faith.
- A life at peace - When we have peace we are free to live the life God has for us.
The Lord who made us is both knowable and a great mystery. As we live relating to Him and living His life of faith we begin to experience Him. He develops us to be like Himself.
- God calls us to be like Him. So, what is He like?
- Father, Son, Holy Spirit - What’s that about? God is One, but has three persons
- Love God? The first of the 10 commandments focuses on how we relate to God.
- Identity in Christ - God gives us a new identity for us to live out.
Jesus summarised the Christian life as Love the Lord God and Love others. How does that work out in a daily life? How do you start to live this out?
- First - We live out a passion for God.
- Jesus is Lord - Our lives should be lined up with His will.
- Honour Him - Jesus’ name is very special. When we honour it we honour Him.
- A new lifestyle - A lifestyle that reflects the love of God.
- Fellowship - As we share with others we are encouraged to follow God.
- Church - The family of God’s children is called the church.
Love those who do not yet know Jesus.
- Ambassadors - We are God’s ambassadors, others see what God is like in us.
- Witness - We are a light to others, and the salt that brings flavour to life.
- Prayer in groups - God values it when we pray with others.
- Worship - Our whole lives are focused on God.
- Prayer - an overview - Attitudes in prayer, and remaining in Christ in prayer.
BASIC FOUNDATIONS
