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Week 2 - FORMED
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Week 2 - FORMED
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10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10
Notice The Order:
• We ARE God’s workmanship BEFORE we DO God’s work.
• We don’t work our way into identity.
• We live from identity.
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We Are... 1. Formed... By Grace!
2. 3. 4.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9
GRACE
• Grace doesn’t say fix yourself.
• Grace says come as you are.
• Grace is not the reward for spiritual maturity — it is the starting point.
GRACE
• Grace doesn’t just save us from something.
• Grace forms us into something.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10
We Are...
1. Formed... By Grace!
2. Formed... In The Word!
3. 4.
1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:1–3
“The word of God is living and active… discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2
We Are...
1. Formed... By Grace!
2. Formed... In The Word!
3. Formed... Through Community!
4.
24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Hebrews 10:24–25
“And
they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.”
Acts 2:42
We Are...
1. Formed... By Grace!
2. Formed... In The Word!
3. Formed... Through Community!
4. Formed... For Mission!
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19–20
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8
Father God, Thank You for grace that saves us and sustains us. Thank You for Your Word that renews us. Thank You for Your people who walk with us. Thank You for a mission that gives our lives meaning.
Today, we surrender again. Form our hearts. Renew our minds. Shape our lives for Your glory.
We trust the work You are doing—and we place ourselves fully in Your hands.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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