WELCOME Welcome to The Crossing Church,
Pastor Greg & Tamara Dumas Lead Pastor
You are so important to what God is doing among us. We have begun a teaching series entitled, “Is It In You?” We are asking ourselves if we are ready to step up and join a team of people who are ready to make a difference in our community and nation. We need EVERY player on the field. You may have noticed that this is a big place with a lot of people. It’s easy to tell yourself that you are not vital to what’s happening here. But I want to tell you, “YOU are a vital part of this team!” God has a great plan for purpose for your life. I pray that you would consider making this your home. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to talk with one of our encouragers at the end of the service or stop by the information center located in the lobby. Your Pastor, Greg and Tamara Dumas, Lead Pastor
UPCOMING EVENTS Giving Online If you would like to give securely online simply go to https://members.crossingonline.org/ and follow the links located on the left side of the page. For further information call our church offices at 813.626.0783
Lifegroups LifeGroups are underway, and if if you haven’t signed up yet, it’s never too late! Please e-mail your interest and information to celebrate@celebratechurch.org and we will make sure to get you connected!
Celebration Campus Welcome Booklet Online Are you interested to hear more about The Crossing Church – Celebration Campus? We now have the welcome booklet online at www.crossingonline.org/celebration-campus.
Student Ministries (6th - 12th grade) The Youth Fall retreat will be on November 12-14 at The Crossing Church-Tampa campus. Cost is $75 per person, or $65 for the first 20 people who give a $35 deposit. Bus transportation will be provided. Please watch your mail for more information.
The Fraternity: Calling All Men! All men are invited to join us on Monday nights at The Hub at 7pm as we journey through the Robert Lewis series, “The Quest for Authentic Manhood.” This series will change your life and help you to become the man God intends for you to be. Join us from 7-8pm, and then hang out and watch some Monday Night Football afterwards.
Fit Body Boot Camp At The Hub Want to lose weight, tone up FAST, and get in the best shape of your life – all while having a blast doing it? Finally you can with JC & Stephanie Cuilty’s “Fit Body Boot Camp!” Guaranteed to build lean muscle and melt the fat off permanently. Take the Fat Loss Challenge every Saturday at 7am and 8am for FREE at The Hub (65 Riley Rd., Celebration.)
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Is It In You? The Crossing Core Values: Humility Ephesians 4:2; Joel 2:12 -15, 25-28, 32
Campus Pastor: Tim Ingram
SCRIPTURE Ephesians 4:1-2 (NIV) As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 1
OBSERVATION • • • • •
Retrace your pathway and objectify your own choices, and take responsibility for your part in becoming separate. Choose to fully trust the Lord again, and give Him your personal best – give Him everything. Choose to trust the church again. Choose to trust your leadership (Pastors: Coaches) again. Humble yourself before the Lord, before the church, and before individuals you can trust.
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APPLICATION • Repent, and return to the Lord. Joel 2:12 -15, 25-28, 32
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PRAYER Raise the dead, Lord! Do what you did in Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones. We have been so defeated for so long; help us to wake up, help us to truly love one another, help us to see that we have to return to you. Help us to listen to our leadership and to learn the way of the church, help us to grow into a formidable force in our homes, and in our city, and in our country. We repent, we call, and we will pray and fast because we know that without You we will continue to live in a cycle of defeat and decay. We need you to step in and change the game! Lord, thank you for giving us the ability to win over the enemy. Thank you that you transferred us out the slave trade and the dominion of darkness. Thank you that you have delivered us from the power of the evil one through the Word of our testimony and the blood of the Lamb. We do have an identity in you, and we are proud to be called Christians. We also have the strength, and love, and life-giving presence of our local body, the church of Jesus Christ. We have unity and authority to stand together, to fight together, and to win together.
LIFEGROUPS Use the following as a resource for your LifeGroup to go deeper with this week’s message. We hope this helps you as you “do life together.”
Opener: Humility … humble. What does this word mean? Every person in your group needs to grab a piece of paper and write down a word or person that represent’s humility, or maybe your definition of what Mr. Webster says about humility, or maybe a story that describes humility. Then your leader will collect the sheets and redistribute them out so that you have somebody else’s definition. Each person will have a chance to guess whose definition that may be. The person who has the most correct responses WINS, and your leader will have a special prize for you. Digging Deeper : PRIDE is not so much bragging as it is the illusion that, “I am at the center and can manage everything on my own without help.” HUMILITY, therefore, is the opposite of this attitude. It’s not a self deprecating sort of thing; humility is just living in the truth about ourselves … and the truth is I am not God. I’m not the center. I have needs, and I have things I can’t control. I am dependant on God. That’s humility. If you remember Pastor Greg told us his story about how God humbled him. Think of a time in your life where God had to humble you, and then share with your group. How did it make you feel? In what way did you have to rely on God even more? Application: What better place to look for how to demonstrate humility than from Jesus. Our Lord displayed this attitude when he became a human being. In fact, the word actually means humility of mind. As a group look at Philippians 2:1-11 and share with your group one way Jesus shows humility and one area that the Spirit of God is convicting you about in the area of humility. Additionally, we learned that repentance is not just a onetime event that happens at salvation, but it’s a lifestyle for the Christian. We see in Joel 2:12- 15 that God says return to me with all your heart, rend me your heart. God doesn’t demand that a person never make a mistake again, but instead that we give Him our whole heart. When is the last time you stopped and made time to think about your life? What is it in your life that God is saying “repent and come back?” Make a commitment this week that you will return back to Him what He is more than capable of handling for you.