Fresh Victory - Leader

FRESH VICTORY

YOUNG ADULT CELLS AUGUST 2006

FRESH VICTORY IMPT NOTE: The important thing in this lesson is to challenge the members to look for greater things ahead. Greater things ahead for their personal lives, greater things ahead for their cell and greater things ahead for YA ministry. Amen. 

REVIEW LAST WEEK LESSON (5 mins) Ask member if they remember that one action item that they wrote down last week in the lesson “The Case for Unselfishness”? Ask if they have practice or act upon it since last week?

Leader’s Notes Objective: At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: 1. Know 3 reasons why we should live victoriously in our Christian walk. 2. Articulate the reasons for the hope of your Christian faith. 3. Exemplify faithfulness in our service to God.

TOOK (5 mins) Explain the Introduction. Emphasize that many of us always like to look back at our past victories. Share a personal example if possible. Tell them that as Christians, we should and can expect greater victories in the days ahead. Do the “1 to 10 scale” thing. Quickly go around and ask for everyone’s score. Do not spend too much time on this. Unless, the score of someone is unusually high or low, then you may wish to ask him/her to elaborate. Else move on.

II. Jesus Holds the Authority of Heaven and Earth (10 mins) 1) Description of Jesus: i. ii.

Holy and True – speaks of the deity of Christ Holds the key of David – speaks of the authority of Christ. Isaiah 22:22 – Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, had the keys to all the treasures of the king, and when he opened the door it was opened, and when he closed the door it was closed. Christ the great antitype of Eliakim, has the key to truth and holiness as well as to opportunity, service, and testimony. To the church at Philadelphia surrounded by heathendom and wickedness, Christ gives assurance that He has the power to open and close according to His sovereign will.

2) Faithfulness. 3) Faithfulness in: 1. Weakness a.

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Dearest All: Always try to start and end the cell meeting on time. Since you are meeting every week, don’t drag too long until it becomes draggy. It is always better for the members to say:”Wow, so fast, the cell has ended” rather than saying: “I wish the cell would end earlier, I got tons of work to do.” Of course, you mustn’t compromise on the quality and I hope that you will really spend time to prepare the lesson. If you are not prepared: 1) You know 2) They know 3) God know As a guide, the maximum that the cell meeting should last is 2 hours.

Word a.

b. c.

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Philadelphia believers are not super Christians. They are weak but in their weakness they strive to be faithful. In their weakness they strive to do the work of the Lord. To them, weakness is no excuse. It only means they have to depend on the Lord more.

NOTE:

They were obedient to the word. They choose the authority of the word then the world. They apply the truth into their lives They guarded and kept the truth of God that was committed to them.

Witness a.

b. c.

They manifested a loyalty to the name of Christ Himself and had a public confession of their trust in Him. Their adversaries made it difficult for them to bear good testimony. They nonetheless strive to bear good witness in the midst of their weakness.

Jesus holds the key to all the doors of opportunity. When we are faithful even though we are weak he will keep the door open for us all! Member’s Notes Page 1 of 2

FRESH VICTORY

YOUNG ADULT CELLS AUGUST 2006

4) Allow members to share. Remember to write down so you can use it as a prayer item at the end. 5) Emphasis that Vision 120 is not just the vision of Ps. Kieran. God has given us the Great Commission (Mat 28:18-20 and Acts 1:8) and Vision 120 is but a start of greater things to come (our Jerusalem). The ministry is intent on “building people” for Jesus Christ. Use the opportunity to remind the members of the cell group’s vision. Use the slogan “I win one, you win one, everybody wins one” to ensure for multiplication growth.

III. Jesus Delivers Those who Endure (10 mins) 1) Faithfulness to endure patiently. The ingredient for enduring is patience. Patience brings a promised reward. 2) Living out the word daily in their lives. Enduring even though they are not rewarded for their faithfulness at the point of their obedience or see the fruit of their righteousness. They are probably accused, lied to (liars), beaten or even killed perhaps, ostracised and faced attacked from the “synagogue of Satan”. 3) I hope you remember this point that Ps. Ronald preached on. Allow the members to agree or disagree. Actually, ministry break is a doubleedge sword. Yes, we need it else we will burn out. But sometime, God wants us to endure. The key is knowing the will of God. Are we too busy doing too many things that God has not asked us to do? Remember my teaching in the leader’s meeting: “We only have time to do the will of God in our life!” Of course, different people have different capacity (cp to parables of the talents) and sometime, we have to discern if it is a time that God want us to stretch instead of taking a break. 4) Personal application question. Allow members to share if there is anyone who want to. Else move on.

IV. Jesus Promises to Come Back (10 mins) 1) Jesus will establish us in his presence, and we will rule with him – I will make pillars in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 2) It is our glorious hope. That there will be a finality in this heaven and earth and that we will be victorious because we are already victorious. Through the ages, it brings great encouragements to Christians especially when they are going through times of persecution. 3) Let them evaluate their lifestyle and priority. If we have a dose of eternity on our mind, we will do what has eternal value, eg. Winning souls, building people, demonstrating concerns for others, social outreaches etc and not self-centred. (remember last week lesson on selfishness?

V. Conclusion (5 mins) Give them 3 minutes to reflect on the lesson and write down one application point. Take the next 10 minutes to pray for one another and close the cell. 0.5

Member’s Notes Page 2 of 2