Open Arms Leads to Open Hands
1. Change Your Direction
Your intentions don't determine your destination, your direction does
2. Change Your Posture
3. Change Your Preparation
4. Change Your Peopl
Change Breaks Chains, but Disciple Breaks the Pattern
Come to the Redeemer
Call it Out
Tell Your Story
Get Free
Stay Free
Set Others Free
1. Recognize the King
2. Respond with Worship
Remember How Much You’ve Been Forgiven
Release the Debt—But Practice Wise Boundaries
Forgiveness Liberates the Forgiver
Key Passage: Matthew 7:24–29
Big Idea: Building a life on Jesus’ teachings provides stability and strength, even amidst life’s storms.
Key Passage: Matthew 7:15–23
Big Idea: Following Jesus requires discernment to recognize false prophets and a commitment to bear fruit that reflects genuine faith.
Key Passage: Matthew 7:7–12
Big Idea: God invites us to approach Him with persistence and trust, knowing He delights in giving good gifts to His children according to his will.
Key Passage: Matthew 7:1–6
Big Idea: Kingdom living requires humility and self-awareness, resisting the temptation to judge others while addressing our own flaws.
Points
• Key Passage: Matthew 5:38–48
• Big Idea: Kingdom living requires radical grace—loving enemies, turning the other cheek, and reflecting the perfect love of God.
• Key Themes: Forgiveness, reconciliation, and selflessness.
Week 5: Our Words (Matthew 5:33–37)
• Key Passage: Matthew 5:33–37
• Big Idea: Integrity and honesty are hallmarks of Kingdom living, as Jesus calls us to let your “yes” be yes and our “no” be no.
• Key Themes: Truth, integrity, and accountability.
• Focus: How our words and commitments reflect God’s character.
Week 4: Matters of the Heart (Matthew 5:17–30)
• Key Passage: Matthew 5:17–30
• Big Idea: The law is not abolished but fulfilled in Jesus, calling us to go beyond surface obedience to address the heart behind our actions.
• Key Themes: Righteousness, anger, and lust.
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• Key Passage: Matthew 5:13–16
• Big Idea: Kingdom citizens are called to be transformative influences in the world, preserving goodness and illuminating God’s truth.
• Key Themes: Influence, witness, and public faith.
Week 2: The Good Life (The Beatitudes – Matthew 5:1–12)
• Key Passage: Matthew 5:1–12
• Big Idea: True freedom comes not from worldly success but from living according to
Kingdom values, which invert the world’s expectations.
• Key Themes: Blessing, humility, righteousness, and persecution.
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