NT Puzzle - Intro 2009.10.11

Eldon BoldtOctober 11, 2009

Matthew 1:1 (NLT) 1 This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of King David and of Abraham.

2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV) 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

There are 4 sections in NT: Gospels and Acts – Pauline Epistles – General Letters – Johannine writings.

• Learn more about God • Learn more about yourself • Your life will make more sense • You will have a greater sense of purpose• You will be transformed from the inside

out

Use Your Time Wisely: Psalms 90:12 (NLT) 12 Teach us to

make the most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom

How to get the most out of the NT Puzzle:

1. Commit the challenge to God.

Proverbs 16:3 (NLT) 3 Commit your work to the LORD, and then your plans will succeed.

2. Complete the readings each day.www.cdacfamily.com

(Memory Verse) For the Word of God is alive and

powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow, it exposes our inner most thoughts and desires.

3. Contribute fully to my small group.

Romans 12:4-5 (NIV) 4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

4. Continue attending Sunday each week

Hebrews 10:25 (NIV) 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Acts 5:42 (NIV) 42 Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

5. Call upon God to grow me.

Romans 8:29 (NIV) 29a For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son.

Eldon BoldtOctober 11, 2009