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 through faith

– 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