NUS Navigators

Speaker: Bernard Lee

DNA 1.        GRACE COMMUNITIES

·         Grace is the basis on which God has chosen to relate to us

·         God wants to engage with us!

– Heb 2:11

                So now Jesus and the ones He makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

– John 1:16-17

Out of His grace

– Gen 2:18

It is not good for man to be alone…  

– Matt 22:37-40

We cannot love God without loving others

·         Do-able

§  Live and serve under God’s grace  - Salvation by grace throughfaith

– Acts 17:25a

– 1Cor 15:10

§  Find a group and be committed to the people in it

– Eph 4:3-4 – Spirit flows thicker than blood. Don’t quit

§  Sharing honestly and be real

I’m not okay, you’re not okay, but that’s okay!

§  Look for something that you and a few others can do together

DNA 2.        WORLD VISION

·         Impacting the world!

·         God’s heart is for the world

– John 3:16

·         The seed of the world vision

– Gen 1:26-28

DNA 3.        INVESTING IN INDIVIDUALS

·         Our God is a personal God

·         The most do-able ministry

·         The most powerful ministry – multiplication

DNA 4.        SPIRIT AND WORD

·         *The Fullness in the life of Christ

·         Life from the Spirit

– John 7:37-39

§  The indwelling of the Holy Spirit, but not the overflowing of the Spirit

– John 20:22 – receive the Holy Spirit

 – Acts 2 – baptism of the Holy Spirit (to dunk, immerse)

·         Life from the Word

– Proverbs 18:21

§  The bible is the word of God

DNA 5.        PARTNERING OTHERS

·         Without the Body of Christ we will never mature

 – Eph 4:11-13

·         Without unity the world will never be convinced of the reality of Jesus

– John 17:20-22

·         Without unity we will never get God’s full blessing

– Psalm 133