20
Nov '20

Week of November 22, 2020

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 by Jason in Life Group Guide |

20
Nov '20
This week’s passage: Psalm 119:161-168
 
Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!
 
Sunday [KNOW]:
In a journal, reflect on today’s sermon by finishing any or all of the following:
I never knew…
I was reminded…
A question I still have…
I was challenged…
I was convicted…
A truth I could share is…
 
Monday [KNOW>BE]
Spend some time today doing the following:
  1. Select a portion of this week’s sermon passage to memorize this week.
  2. Write your selected portion and read it to yourself throughout the day today.
 
Tuesday [Be]:
In a journal, spend some time meditating and writing about the following:
  1. Read the sermon passage again.
  2. Write a prayer of response, guided by the sermon passage. (May include adoration, confession/repentance, thanksgiving, petition, etc.).
  3. Write your selected portion of the Scripture several times to aid in memorization.

Wednesday [BE>DO]:

Think about this week’s questions for group discussion.

  1. “We are not pushed along by what we know; we are pulled along by what we love.” Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Do you see this idea in our passage this week?
  2. Read 1 John 4:16-21. As a group (or a family or individual), list all of the ways God’s love affects us. How have you experienced each of these affects in your own life?
  3. Looking back through the list you just made, If we allow our love for something(s) other than God to become supreme, how does that mis-aimed love affect us in these same areas? What should be our response to this?

Thursday [DO]:

In a journal, spend some time considering the following:
  1. What insights have you had while internalizing this week’s passage?
  2. How specifically will you seek to apply its truths in your home/workplace/life in general?

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17
Nov '20

Week of November 15, 2020

Posted on Nov 17, 2020 by Jason in Life Group Guide |

17
Nov '20
This Week’s Passage: Psalm 119:145-160
 
Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!
 
Sunday [KNOW]:
In a journal, reflect on today’s sermon by finishing any or all of the following:
I never knew…
I was reminded…
A question I still have…
I was challenged…
I was convicted…
A truth I could share is…
 
Monday [KNOW>BE]
Spend some time today doing the following:
  1. Select a portion of this week’s sermon passage to memorize this week.
  2. Write your selected portion and read it to yourself throughout the day today.
 
Tuesday [Be]:
In a journal, spend some time meditating and writing about the following:
  1. Read the sermon passage again.
  2. Write a prayer of response, guided by the sermon passage. (May include adoration, confession/repentance, thanksgiving, petition, etc.).
  3. Write your selected portion of the Scripture several times to aid in memorization.

Wednesday [BE>DO]:

Think about this week’s questions for group discussion.

  1. Do you think you would pay closer attention or respond differently to God speaking through a human prophet than through the written Word? Why or why not? Do you think your present level of response to the written words of Scripture is an appropriate one?
  2. How much confidence would you say you have in the inerrancy and infallibility of the Scriptures? Would you say that the every day rhythms of your life match the level of confidence that you are willing to express in your spoken response?
  3. What is the real difference that you have experienced when you have consistently abided in the Word and in prayer? Can you say that your heart truly echoes what the Psalmist proclaims in v. 145-148?

Thursday [DO]:

In a journal, spend some time considering the following:
  1. What insights have you had while internalizing this week’s passage?
  2. How specifically will you seek to apply its truths in your home/workplace/life in general?

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07
Nov '20

Week of November 8, 2020

Posted on Nov 7, 2020 by Jason in Life Group Guide |

07
Nov '20
This Week’s Passage: Psalm 119:137-144
 
Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!
 
Sunday [KNOW]:
In a journal, reflect on today’s sermon by finishing any or all of the following:
I never knew…
I was reminded…
A question I still have…
I was challenged…
I was convicted…
A truth I could share is…
 
Monday [KNOW>BE]
Spend some time today doing the following:
  1. Select a portion of this week’s sermon passage to memorize this week.
  2. Write your selected portion and read it to yourself throughout the day today.
 
Tuesday [Be]:
In a journal, spend some time meditating and writing about the following:
  1. Read the sermon passage again.
  2. Write a prayer of response, guided by the sermon passage. (May include adoration, confession/repentance, thanksgiving, petition, etc.).
  3. Write your selected portion of the Scripture several times to aid in memorization.

Wednesday [BE>DO]:

Think about this week’s questions for group discussion.
1. How does an unbeliever perceive righteousness and justice as they seek to understand it outside of God and his character? How should we view them and what should be our response to their pursuit of justice or definition of right-ness?
2. Read Colossians 2:1-8. What similarities do you see with this week’s passage? How do both of these passages show how believers are to measure or weigh things in order to determine justice or righteousness? What other passages come to mind?
3. As we have been confronted several times now with the Psalmist’s desire for understanding. How has this study shaped your understanding of understanding? 🙂 How would you define biblical understanding?
 
Thursday [DO]:
In a journal, spend some time considering the following:
  1. What insights have you had while internalizing this week’s passage?
  2. How specifically will you seek to apply its truths in your home/workplace/life in general?

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Week of November 8, 2020

Posted on Nov 7, 2020 by Jason in |

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!
 
Sunday [KNOW]:
In a journal, reflect on today’s sermon by finishing any or all of the following:
I never knew…
I was reminded…
A question I still have…
I was challenged…
I was convicted…
A truth I could share is…
 
Monday [KNOW>BE]:
Spend some time today doing the following:
  1. Select a portion of this week’s sermon passage to memorize this week.
  2. Write your selected portion and read it to yourself throughout the day today.
 
Tuesday [Be]:
In a journal, spend some time meditating and writing about the following:
  1. Read the sermon passage again.
  2. Write a prayer of response, guided by the sermon passage. (May include adoration, confession/repentance, thanksgiving, petition, etc.).
  3. Write your selected portion of the Scripture several times to aid in memorization.

Wednesday [BE>DO]:

Think about this week’s questions for group discussion.

  1. How does an unbeliever perceive righteousness and justice as they seek to understand it outside of God and his character? How should we view them and what should be our response to their pursuit of justice or definition of right-ness?

  2. Read Colossians 2:1-8. What similarities do you see with this week’s passage? How do both of these passages show how believers are to measure or weigh things in order to determine justice or righteousness? What other passages come to mind?
  3. As we have been confronted several times now with the Psalmist’s desire for understanding. How has this study shaped your understanding of understanding? 🙂 How would you define biblical understanding?

Thursday [DO]:

In a journal, spend some time considering the following:
  1. What insights have you had while internalizing this week’s passage?
  2. How specifically will you seek to apply its truths in your home/workplace/life in general?

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06
Nov '20

Week of November 8, 2020

Posted on Nov 6, 2020 by Jason in |

06
Nov '20
This Week’s Passage: Psalm 119:137-144
 
Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!
 
Sunday [KNOW]:
In a journal, reflect on today’s sermon by finishing any or all of the following:
I never knew…
I was reminded…
A question I still have…
I was challenged…
I was convicted…
A truth I could share is…
 
Monday [KNOW>BE]
Spend some time today doing the following:
  1. Select a portion of this week’s sermon passage to memorize this week.
  2. Write your selected portion and read it to yourself throughout the day today.
 
Tuesday [Be]:
In a journal, spend some time meditating and writing about the following:
  1. Read the sermon passage again.
  2. Write a prayer of response, guided by the sermon passage. (May include adoration, confession/repentance, thanksgiving, petition, etc.).
  3. Write your selected portion of the Scripture several times to aid in memorization.
 
Wednesday [BE>DO]:
Think about this week’s questions for group discussion.
  1. How does an unbeliever perceive righteousness and justice as they seek to understand it outside of God and his character? How should we view them and what should be our response to their pursuit of justice or definition of right-ness?
  2. Read Colossians 2:1-8. What similarities do you see with this week’s passage? How do both of these passages show how believers are to measure or weigh things in order to determine justice or righteousness? What other passages come to mind?
  3. As we have been confronted several times now with the Psalmist’s desire for understanding. How has this study shaped your understanding of understanding? 🙂 How would you define biblical understanding?
 
Thursday [DO]:
In a journal, spend some time considering the following:
  1. What insights have you had while internalizing this week’s passage?
  2. How specifically will you seek to apply its truths in your home/workplace/life in general?

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Parent Follow Up (11/1/20)

Posted on Nov 1, 2020 by Jason in Students |

Matthew Welch led us tonight as we continued our study called “Awake & Aware” through portions of 1 Peter. And he did a FANTASTIC job! He focused on 1 Peter 4:7-11 as we considered what it looks like to be awake and aware in light of Christ’s return. After helping us understand the urgency found in the immanent return of Christ, he presented three ways that this sober-minded understanding of his return will manifest itself in our lives. First, it will result in a maturity in thinking and praying (v. 7). Second, it will result in a gracious and intentional love for each other (v. 8-9). Third, it will result in our becoming aware of how God has uniquely gifted us and using those gifts to build up the Body (v. 10-11). Ask your students this week to walk back through the passage and their message notes and share with you elements of Matthew’s message that stood out to them. You can also use the following reflection questions in having good conversations together throughout the week!
 

Questions for Reflection

*How are you looking forward to Christ’s return?

Are you looking forward with fear, knowing that who you are and what you’ve done is not enough to earn God’s favor?

Or are you looking forward with hope, knowing that, as Colossians 3 says, he is our life and when he appears we also will appear with him in glory?

Which more accurately describes your reality?

 

*Believer, are you intoxicated with the things of this world?

Are there things in your life that hinder you from thinking and praying according to the gospel hope that is ours in Christ?

Consider things you need to repent of and cling to the unfading, undefiled hope that is ours in Christ.

 

*What ways can you seek to love and serve within the Body?

Have you identified spiritual gifts in your own life? What gifts do you see?

How are you stewarding those gifts as gifts given by God to encourage the Body? In what ways can you plug in right now and serve?


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