Check the Events Page for What is Happening (not everything is listed here) (waterschurch.org/events)

All Locations:

Please check your email for a Life Group Leader Challenge that was sent out on October 29.  This challenge is for you to offer any member of your group that you feel should be leading a group.  

This challenge is two-fold as it will help leaders understand and navigate the apprenticeship process and it will encourage members to step out in faith knowing that they will have concrete tools to guide them as they lead their group.

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NEW*** UNSPOKEN CONCERT COMING TO NORTH ATTLEBORO ON FEBRUARY 21, 2025 –

Waters Church North Attleboro campus will be hosting recording artists Unspoken for a concert on Friday, February 21st (special guest – The Band Jaren). Tickets are available at: https://events.humanitix.com/unspoken-with-special-guest-the-band-jaren-water-s-church

NEW ENGLAND: UPCOMING CONCERT – TAYA

Reminders:

✳ Please regularly check your Planning Center profiles for requests to join your life groups, remove members from the list that no longer attend, or add members not listed. Please ensure that you have added no-reply@churchcenter.com to your email contacts so that you do not miss an email from Planning Center and encourage your members to do so as well.  This will ensure you do not miss a member request or any emails that come from the Planning Center site. Thank you!

Waters Class Schedule:

• 1st Sunday: Discover Waters – after 1st service
• 2nd Sunday: NO CLASSES
• 3rd Sunday: Connect Class – after 1st service
• 4th Sunday: Baptism Class – after 1st service

Waters Help: Need marriage and family care  or have a group member in need of marriage and family care?   Click here:  help resources page  or visit waterschurch.org/help

Location Text Alerts:

Key Verse: Acts 2

Icebreaker Question:

What are you looking forward to in the new year?

Opening Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for bringing us together today. We ask for Your presence and guidance as we study Your Word and explore the commitments we can make for spiritual growth. Open our hearts and minds, and help us to hear and respond to Your voice. We pray this in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Healthy things grow, multiply, and bless. 

This message is about getting Spiritually healthy.  It is aimed at helping you find health in your spirit.

1 Thessalonians 23-24 (ESV) 

Paul’s prayer for these people he loved, who he had helped find faith in Christ, is that now God would work in them and would not stop helping them to become complete in Spirit, Soul, and Body.

God desires to sanctify you from the inside out, cleanse you, purify you, and bring you to holiness.

This New Year’s Question for Everyone At Waters Church South Coast:

What Does It Look Like For Each of Us To Grow In Our Faith For 2025?

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Our Plan this year is to:

1. Be Committed to GROW in the WORD of God

Scriptures: Acts 2:42 (ESV), John 14:21 (ESV)

If you keep Christ’s commandments, you will experience His love, and He will reveal Himself to you.  

The more that gets revealed to you, the more you can keep, and the more you keep, the more you experience his love, and He reveals it.

If you want to grow spiritually, start by loving God, obeying Him, receiving His love, and letting Him reveal new things to you daily.

When you walk in that obedience, you learn God’s word to know the God of the word.

Q. How has spending time in God’s Word impacted your life, and what steps will you take to ensure you spend time in God’s Word from now on?

Practical Application:

Set aside 15 minutes each day to read and reflect on Scripture this week. Consider starting with the Gospel of John or a Bible reading plan.

2. Be Committed to PRAYING Daily

Scriptures: Acts 2:42 (ESV)

Followers of Jesus devoted themselves to prayer.  They prayed about everything; they prayed through the day; they prayed at church, at home, individually, and corporately.

Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV), 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)

John 15:7 (ESV)

When you develop a prayer life, you will be amazed at how the Kingdom starts to flow toward you.  Spiritually healthy people develop a constant conversation with God.

Q.  What obstacles keep you from praying consistently, and how can you overcome them?

Practical Application:

Set a reminder to pray each morning and evening this week. Start with a simple format: praise, confess, thank, and ask.

3. Be Committed to CONNECTING to The CHURCH

Scriptures: Acts 2:44-45 (ESV), Hebrews 10:24-25 (ESV)

These followers of Christ had something in common: they were forgiven by God.  They had a common goal.

The word fellowship in Greek means to have something in common. 

As Christians, we are connected with common grace, a common goal, and a common God. 

Q. Why is connecting with other believers essential for your spiritual growth?

Practical Application:

This week, invite someone to church with you, or approach someone you know is not in a Life Group and help them find one.

4. Be Committed to SHARING With OTHERS

Scriptures: Acts 2:46-47 (ESV)

You must be committed to sharing what you have with others.

The early Church was generous, sharing what it had with each other. Although they were not forced to do so, they wanted to.

1 Peter 4:10 (ESV), 1 Peter 3:15 (ESV)

In God’s economy, the more you learn to give away your goods, gifts, and the Gospel, the stronger you will be in Christ.  

You cannot outgive God.

Q. Who has God placed in your life with whom you can share His love and gifts this week?

Practical Application:

Find one way to serve or encourage someone this week. It could be through a kind word, an act of service, or sharing your testimony.

Sermon in a Sentence:

The Church Needs More SPIRITUALLY FIT People This New Year To Say: I’m Committed To GROW In My Love for JESUS and HIS WORD, I’m Committed To PRAY Daily Because Of Who I Am, I’m Committed To Get CONNECTED to Other CHRISTIANS and SHARE God’s Gifts with THEM.

Key Takeaways

1. Spiritual growth starts with intentional commitment to God’s Word, prayer, connection, and sharing.
2. Healthy things grow, and as we grow spiritually, we reflect Christ more clearly to the world around us.
3. God faithfully sanctifies and guides us as we step into His plans for our lives.

 Scripture for Meditation:

“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (ESV)

Closing Prayer

Lord, thank You for the truth in Your Word and for the commitments we’ve discussed. As we go into this week, help us live out these principles, grow in our faith, and be a blessing to others. Keep our hearts set on You and our eyes fixed on Jesus. In His name, Amen.