Key Scriptures: Colossians 1:15-20
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
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Theme: God gives each of us the opportunity for our lives to point to the name that is above every other name.
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Lesson One: Jesus is our lead story.
• We believe that Jesus is unrivaled in history and eternity. He is God and he is good, glorious both now and forevermore. His name is the only name that saves, and his power is the only power that can raise us from the dead
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Lesson Two: Jesus needs to be your lead story.
• When people are able to say that the most important thing about you is that you follow Jesus and want the world to know that Jesus has the Name above all names—that’s when you leave a mark that lasts
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Lesson Three: Jesus becomes your lead story by asking why and how.
• Why am I in this position/place?—and how can I use it for the glory of God?
• In each stage or places in life—we have the opportunity to make Jesus our lead story