Speaker: Alex Kim VIRTUAL CAMP BOOKLET SCHEDULE Day 1: Friday Day 2: Saturday Day 3: Sunday Day 4: Monday 7:00p m Intro 10:00a m Intro 1:00p m Intro 10:00a m Intro 7:40p m Small Groups 10:40a m Talk 1:40p m Talk 10:40a m Talk 7:50p m Talk 10:50a m Small Groups 1:50p m Small Groups 10:50a m Small Groups 8:10p m Small Groups 11:10a m Talk 2:10p m Talk 11:10a m Talk 1 Bookshop: https://wanderingbookseller.com.au/collections/py- winter-camp Camp Contact: Juno Yu, 0477 706 113, [email protected]
Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
Summary: The World around us demands that we follow and we all follow someone or something.Possible Game: Follow all the instructions
TalkI. Introduction
a. We all follow someone or something
b. Who or What is worthy to follow
c. There are consequences to follow
II. Two Gatesa. Wide or Narrow
b. Easy or Hard
III. Wide and Easya. We want to do what’s easy
b. We don’t want to be different or stand out
c. Those who enter by it are many
d. Examples: i. Other Religions
ii. Worldly pursuits
iii. Money and success
e. They demand us to follow
IV. Narrow and Harda. There is one way
b. John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Friday, Day 1c. Why choose the narrow and hard gate?
V. The Destinationa. Both gates have a consequence
b. One leads to destruction
c. One leads to life
VI. Conclusiona. You have a decision to make.
b. Who will you follow?
c. Only one leads down the narrow and hard gate.i. He went before us
ii. He is with us
d. Next few days I want to convince you to follow Jesus through the Narrow Gate
Small GroupDiscussion Questions
1. Go around the group and share.
2. Who has had the biggest impact on your life and how?
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Saturday, Day 2
Mark 2:14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
Summary: Jesus calls Levi and Levi leave everything to follow Jesus.Possible Game: Choose Your Own Adventure
Talk Part 1I. Introduction
a. What things are valuable to you?
II. Levi the Tax Collectora. Levi is rich
b. Levi is powerful
c. He has many friends
d. Levi is hatedi. Hated by his people…
ii. Hated by himself…1. We can relate
2. We all wish there was something we can change about ourselves
3. Some of us think we are not good enough
iii. Hated by God?1. When Levi looked at his own life, he knew that he was a sinner.
How could God love someone like him?
2. What hope would he have WHEN he would face his Judge?
Small GroupDiscussion Questions
1. What do you think would make you successful?
2. What are some things you wish you can change about yourself?
3. What do you think God would say to you if you went to see him right now?
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Saturday, Day 2
Talk Part 2III. The command of God
a. How does Jesus convince Levi to follow him?
b. Jesus just says to Levi, “Follow me.”
c. The same one who spoke and creation obeyed…
d. The same one who commanded the winds and the waves to be still…
e. He now calls to us, “Follow me.”
IV. The Costa. It cost Levi to follow Jesus
i. He left his job and riches
ii. He dropped everything he had
iii. His life would forever be changed
b. It cost Jesus to take Levi as a followeri. Religious leaders criticised his company
ii. He would pay for Levi’s sins on the cross
V. Conclusiona. What does it cost to follow Jesus?
b. It cost you the life you currently livei. You can only have one you follow
c. It cost Jesus his blood
Small GroupDiscussion Questions
1. What would someone have to offer you for you to leave the life you have and follow him/her?
2. What do you think you would have done if you were Levi?
3. What are some things you could not leave behind, even to follow Jesus?
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Sunday, Day 3
Luke 9:23-2523 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
Summary: Jesus calls us all to take up the cross daily and follow Jesus.
Talk Part 1I. Introduction
a. Who should you follow?
b. Make the case: Follow Jesus
II. A Good lifea. A life where you are denied nothing?
i. Picture the perfect life
ii. Wasting your life
iii. Scope of life now against ETERNITY
Small GroupDiscussion Questions
1. If you can create the perfect life, what would it look like? Talk about from now till you die.
2. What do you think life will be like if you had everything you ever wanted? Do you think you will be happy?
3. Why do you think God does not give us everything we want?
Talk Part 2III. A Life worth living
a. Don’t waste your life
b. Your life needs: Purposei. You were made for something greater than yourself
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Sunday, Day 3ii. You were not made for another
c. V.25 – Our eternal souls are at stake.
IV. Follow Mea. The One who says this, has also lived it
b. He is saying, “Follow me,” from the other side of the cross
c. He has denied himself. He has taken up OUR cross.
V. Conclusion
Small GroupDiscussion Questions
1. What are some things we need to deny ourselves in order to follow Jesus? Is he worth denying myself of these things?
2. Am I a follower of Jesus? Do my actions show it?
3. Why should I follow Jesus?
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Monday, Day 4
Scripture: John 13:34-35John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Summary: They will know we are Jesus’ disciples if we love one another
Talk Part 1I. Introduction
a. What now
II. Jesus washes His Disciples’ feeta. The problem with feet
b. V.1 He loved them to the end
c. V.3 Knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands…
d. My church is… i. Filled with broken people
ii. Filled with pride
iii. loved by God
Small GroupDiscussion Questions
1. How did Jesus show his love for his followers? How did he show his love for you?
2. What are some needs in your church?
3. What are some things that make it difficult to serve others at church?
Talk Part 2III. The Love we receive
a. Christ washes you clean
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Monday, Day 4b. Not just dirty feet, but dirty sins
c. Not just an act of service, but at cost to his own life
IV. The Love we givea. Our love response
V. Conclusiona. Commitment to love one another
Small GroupDiscussion Questions
1. What are some ways I can serve in my church?
2. What are some ways we can love one another now?
