Footprints for First Steps

Description

This Christian Nurture Course for those who have recently become Christians was originally available in a folder of photocopy masters. Now released in a stapled A4 booklet, pages can still be copied and used as before, but not lost!

UNIT 1

• Becoming a Christian – new birth explained.
• Immediate changes that come with the new birth.
• Change of lifestyle now to be expected.

UNIT 2

• Why Christians have difficulties early in their new lives.
• Keeping on sinning – old habits.
• Reading the Scriptures – establishing a quiet time.
• Meeting with other Christians.

UNIT 3

• Wanting to do something for Christ.
• Witnessing – family and friends. Do’s and Don’ts.
• Baptism. Scriptural authority, pattern and need.
• Belonging to a local church of Christians.

UNIT 4

• New Christian – new lifestyle – how God sees the change – changes to be made.
• Different in the home – family.
• Different in the workplace – colleagues.
• Different in the community – neighbours.
• Different in society – government.
• The new sphere of life – the local church.

UNIT 5

• Christian growth and development – how it takes place.
• Start doing some reading.
• Discover your gift – practical experience.
• Occupy your hands – busy/diligent.
• Keep clean – beginning sanctification.

UNIT 6

• Life is so busy – keeping a spiritual life alive and well:
• Dealing with an ‘over-filled’ lifestyle.
• Rules for maintaining a spiritual life:
• (1) Keep in touch with the Lord – communion.
• (2) Obeying Scripture – practice/response.
• (3) Belonging to a local church – being at its meetings – importance of fellowship.

UNIT 7A

• Deeper questions about Christian living.
• Rethinking my approach to:
• 1) Money matters – debt, paying bills, living honestly, giving to the Lord.
• 2) My sex life – relations with the opposite sex.

UNIT 7B

• 3) Temptation – dealing with doubts/sin.
• 4) Testing and trials – living through hard times.

UNIT 8A

• The local church.
• What is a local church of Christians like?
• Why are there local churches/
• What are the denominations about?

UNIT 8B

• The local church
• What does the New Testament say about activities of the local church?
• What is required of me if I join a local church?
• The decision to be made about the local church.

UNIT 9

• Who is the Holy Spirit and what does He do for me?
• Why did the Holy Spirit come down from God?
• Is the Holy Spirit different from God and the Lord Jesus?
• How do I experience the Holy Spirit in my life?
• How is He important to my Christian life?

UNIT 10

• Why is the Bible so important?
• What kind of book is the Bible?
• Now I’m a Christian, how important is the Bible to me?
• How do I start to read and study it?
• What are the secrets of successful Bible reading?