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Introduction (2 minutes)

Use the Zoom chat feature to keep everyone connected. As people join in, ask for their first and last name, email address, and where they are tuning in from. Save the chat as an attendance record.

Reflect

Ask Crew members to share their favorite points from the talk. What phrase or moment did they relate to the most?

Icebreaker: Reflection or Conversation Starter or Virtual Icebreaker (5 minutes)

For your icebreaker, choose from the options below. Have Crew members unmute themselves to share.

Conversation Starters (Choose One)
  • What's something you did this week that you feel proud of?
  • What did you eat for breakfast?
  • Name the best book you’ve ever read.
  • What’s your morning routine?
  • What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
  • If your life was a story, what would the title be?
Virtual Icebreakers (5 minutes)

Preaching Game - Choose random items and allow individuals to find ways to encourage others using that item. (Pick 2-3 volunteers)

Show-and-Tell - Pick an object in your home that has significance for you, something with a funny story behind it, anything unique, or something you've used to simply pass the time.

Crew Discussion

Mindsets: 4 Practices for Renewing Your Mind

Pastor Luke Barry

Continuing the Conversation
‍Last Crew's Call to Action

God calls for us to forgive while maintaining boundaries necessary to steward and nurture our souls. This week, lean in to the wisdom of Solomon and study the book of Proverbs to help you develop tools for cultivating Godly relationships while asking God for the courage to forgive. Don’t forget to check out additional resources at https://www.vouschurch.com/care.

Scripture

ROMANS 12:2

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

REFERENCES: Hebrews 4:12,  1 Corinthians 2:10-16, Colossians 3:1-10,  Ephesians 4:17-32

Main Idea

We all want to be better, but we do not always want to get better. We are in love with the idea of the destination, but we don't particularly enjoy the journey. If we truly want to become better we have to go through the process of renewing our minds; which is all about restoring our thoughts, feelings, and decisions. The first step in the process of renewal is acknowledging the need for change. But how do we commit to the process? Start with scripture. In God’s word, we find him alive and active and we discover the person of Jesus who sets the standard for our lives. After all, nothing will diagnose us better than the word of God. It not only helps us get rid of unhealthy thoughts but will also allow us to know God's thoughts and apply them to our own thinking.


If you want progress, you are going to have to commit to the process.

1. Renew your mind by the spirit

We can’t renew our minds on our own, we’re not enough. But God knew this and being a loving Father, sent us the Holy Spirit to be an ever-present help. We have the mind of Christ only by his Spirit.

The Holy Spirit reveals the thoughts of God to you
The Holy Spirit is our comfort and guide, giving us direction and clarity
You can talk to the Spirit of God through prayer

The Holy Spirit is with you always and he will guide you into truth.

How can you learn to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit?

2.  Renew your mind through death

Jesus calls us to take up our cross and follow him, leaving behind everything He does not desire for us. Renewing our minds through death is the practice of denying our flesh and allowing God to give us the power to control our bodily desires.

If you want to strengthen your Spirit, it starts with denying your flesh
Practicing biblical fasting can help you hear from God
We must pursue intimacy with God more than our own desires

Sanctification will cost you everything that wants to live but has to die.

How has fasting and disciplining your flesh strengthened your relationship with God?

Summary

Renewing our minds is a process that requires commitment. In order to do so, we need to renew our minds with the word of God allowing it to examine our hearts, be guided by the Holy Spirit in our everyday lives, and die to our flesh and its desires. But it is also important to renew our minds for good. And the way we are able to do that is doing good works for others. Use what you do to change your mind and then use your mind to change what you do. We need to change our mindset from resolution to resolve if we want to see real progress in our lives.


Call To Action

Take the time to identify a scripture from Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, or Titus that you can memorize this week. As you do, be encouraged to know that you are taking steps to renew your mind with the thoughts of Christ.



Announcements

Crew Leader Application

Are you interested in leading a crew? Click here to fill out an application to become a crew leader in SZN 2!

VOUS High Nite

VOUS High Nite is a night for Junior High and High School Students to meet friends, worship and encounter God. It will be taking place Wednesday, April 2nd at both VOUS SoMi and VOUS Miami Gardens at 7PM.

To RSVP, click here.

There will also be a VOUS High Nite Parent Hangout. This will be an opportunity to learn more about VOUS High, have some dinner and get to know other parents in our community.

To RSVP for the Parent’s Hang, click here.

Where: VOUS Miami Gardens & VOUS SoMi

When: Saturday, April 2nd

Address:

VOUS Miami Gardens - 17801 NW 2nd Ave

Miami, FL 33169

VOUS SoMi - 6767 Sunset Dr, Miami, FL 33143

Doors Open at 7PM.

VOUS College Preview Day

Are you looking for a place to grow in leadership, community, and culture? Join us at VOUS College Preview Day on April 3rd to learn more about program offerings, connect with students, and ignite your journey to help fulfill the Great Commission!

RSVP now at vouscollege.com/preview

Where: VOUS Miami Gardens
When: Thursday, April 3rd
Address: 17801 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33169

Easter Egg Drop

The Easter Egg Drop is a family fun-filled day, including food, games, entertainment, and the crowd favorite: a helicopter egg drop with eggs stuffed with goodies and prizes!

For more information on the Easter Egg Drop, click here

If you are interested in serving, click here

Where: Charles Hadley Park

When: Saturday, April 19th

Address: 1350 NW 50th St

Miami, FL 33142

Easter at VOUS

​​Join us for Easter at VOUS as we celebrate the power of the cross. This is a weekend for the whole family! Pick a service time and invite a friend — there's room for you.

View Service Times and RSVP

The Road to VOUSCon

Join us on the road to VOUSCon as we embark on a 40-day relay run through the state of Florida. From Jacksonville to Miami, runners from every region are invited to participate in carrying the good news. Our finish line? VOUSCon 2025. Led by a core VOUS team, we’ll link arms with partner churches along the way, spotlighting the body of Christ and championing the local church through weekly outreach initiatives.

Starting Line: Sunday, May 11
‍‍‍Finish Line: Thursday, June 19

Learn More

Sundays at VOUS

VOUS SoMi

8:45AM / 10:30AM / 12:30PM / 6PM

VOUS City

10:30AM / 12:30PM / 6PM

VOUS Miami Gardens

10:30AM / 12:30PM

VOUS DD

10:30AM / 12:30PM

Church Online

10AM / 12:00 PM / 5PM Español


Growth Track

After every service or join online at vouschurch.com/growthtrack

Crew Leader

Introduction (2 minutes)

Use the Zoom chat feature to keep everyone connected. As people join in, ask for their first and last name, email address, and where they are tuning in from. Save the chat as an attendance record.

Reflect

Ask Crew members to share their favorite points from the talk. What phrase or moment did they relate to the most?

Icebreaker: Reflection or Conversation Starter or Virtual Icebreaker (5 minutes)

For your icebreaker, choose from the options below. Have Crew members unmute themselves to share.

Conversation Starters (Choose One)
  • What's something you did this week that you feel proud of?
  • What did you eat for breakfast?
  • Name the best book you’ve ever read.
  • What’s your morning routine?
  • What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
  • If your life was a story, what would the title be?
Virtual Icebreakers (5 minutes)

Preaching Game - Choose random items and allow individuals to find ways to encourage others using that item. (Pick 2-3 volunteers)

Show-and-Tell - Pick an object in your home that has significance for you, something with a funny story behind it, anything unique, or something you've used to simply pass the time.

Crew Discussion

What Did You Expect?

Pastor Luke Barry

Continuing the Conversation
VOUSCon 2023: Reflect

VOUSCon was nothing short of a miracle! We're still praising God for all He did. Reflection builds gratitude. Spend the first few minutes of Crew sharing a testimony or reflection from VOUSCon 2023.

Continuing the Conversation
‍Last Crew's Call to Action

God calls for us to forgive while maintaining boundaries necessary to steward and nurture our souls. This week, lean in to the wisdom of Solomon and study the book of Proverbs to help you develop tools for cultivating Godly relationships while asking God for the courage to forgive. Don’t forget to check out additional resources at https://www.vouschurch.com/care.

Scripture

Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Additional Scripture References: John 11:32; Job 13:15; John 11:5; Matthew 14:31

Main Idea

Life often doesn't meet our expectations, leading to frustration and disappointment. We may hope for one outcome, only to be met with something entirely different, creating a gap between what we expected and what we experienced. This gap can lead us to question God, our faith, and our hope. But through stories like that of Lazarus and Job, we learn that God isn’t in the business of just meeting expectations, He’s in the business of exceeding them.

God’s power to perform exceeds our ability to ask

1. Hope and Expectation

Faith grows through hope and trusting God’s timing. Positive expectations can fuel faith, while unmet expectations can lead to disappointment. Often, we expect something specific from God but find ourselves limiting Him to only a particular outcome. When we don’t see Him come through just as we expected, we can find ourselves frustrated and disappointed — where was God? The truth is, God is always at work. We may not always see Him moving, or understand His plan, but He has something greater in mind.

Disappointment can tempt us to give up on expectations, but it’s an opportunity to strengthen our faith
God’s plans always exceed our expectations
Don't allow your expectations of what God was “supposed” to do get in the way of what He wants to do

If God always met your expectations, how could He ever exceed them?

What areas of your life are you waiting for God to show up? How can you operate from faith in the present as you hope for the future?

2. Endurance and Enjoyment

Job’s story is a powerful example of enduring pain and disappointment without losing faith. Even in his suffering, Job declared, “Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him.” Despite the immense loss, he continued to trust God, showing us that our hope can remain, even in the midst of struggle. Endurance is the ability to trust that God is working, even when we can’t see it.

Endurance strengthens our faith through trials
God hasn’t called us to merely endure life, He’s called us to enjoy it
Enjoying life is appreciating the little, it’s not a pain-free life, but a grateful one

We can say: “God, I don’t understand everything but I trust you in everything”

How has a difficult season strengthened your appreciation for God’s blessings?

Summary

Possibly the greatest source of frustration in life is unmet expectations. The difference between what we expected versus what we experienced often leads us to stop expecting. But there’s an invitation of faith amidst the frustration. Don’t lower your expectations; lift your faith. Give God something to exceed. God can do it, the question is: can you believe it?

Call To Action

Identify areas where you may be limiting God by expecting a specific outcome. Practice finding gratitude by celebrating the little things.

Announcements

Crew Leader Application

Are you interested in leading a crew? Click here to fill out an application to become a crew leader in SZN 2!

VOUS High Nite

VOUS High Nite is a night for Junior High and High School Students to meet friends, worship and encounter God. It will be taking place Wednesday, April 2nd at both VOUS SoMi and VOUS Miami Gardens at 7PM.

To RSVP, click here.

There will also be a VOUS High Nite Parent Hangout. This will be an opportunity to learn more about VOUS High, have some dinner and get to know other parents in our community.

To RSVP for the Parent’s Hang, click here.

Where: VOUS Miami Gardens & VOUS SoMi

When: Saturday, April 2nd

Address:

VOUS Miami Gardens - 17801 NW 2nd Ave

Miami, FL 33169

VOUS SoMi - 6767 Sunset Dr, Miami, FL 33143

Doors Open at 7PM.

VOUS College Preview Day

Are you looking for a place to grow in leadership, community, and culture? Join us at VOUS College Preview Day on April 3rd to learn more about program offerings, connect with students, and ignite your journey to help fulfill the Great Commission!

RSVP now at vouscollege.com/preview

Where: VOUS Miami Gardens
When: Thursday, April 3rd
Address: 17801 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33169

Easter Egg Drop

The Easter Egg Drop is a family fun-filled day, including food, games, entertainment, and the crowd favorite: a helicopter egg drop with eggs stuffed with goodies and prizes!

For more information on the Easter Egg Drop, click here

If you are interested in serving, click here

Where: Charles Hadley Park

When: Saturday, April 19th

Address: 1350 NW 50th St

Miami, FL 33142

Easter at VOUS

​​Join us for Easter at VOUS as we celebrate the power of the cross. This is a weekend for the whole family! Pick a service time and invite a friend — there's room for you.

View Service Times and RSVP

The Road to VOUSCon

Join us on the road to VOUSCon as we embark on a 40-day relay run through the state of Florida. From Jacksonville to Miami, runners from every region are invited to participate in carrying the good news. Our finish line? VOUSCon 2025. Led by a core VOUS team, we’ll link arms with partner churches along the way, spotlighting the body of Christ and championing the local church through weekly outreach initiatives.

Starting Line: Sunday, May 11
‍‍‍Finish Line: Thursday, June 19

Learn More

Sundays at VOUS

VOUS SoMi

8:45AM / 10:30AM / 12:30PM / 6PM

VOUS City

10:30AM / 12:30PM / 6PM

VOUS Miami Gardens

10:30AM / 12:30PM

VOUS DD

10:30AM / 12:30PM

Church Online

10AM / 12:00 PM / 5PM Español


Growth Track

After every service or join online at vouschurch.com/growthtrack

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