How has your view of friendship differed or fallen short of Jesus’ teaching of friendship? Why should Jesus be your closest friend? Does this  make less of Lord, Savior, and King in your life? What does friendship with Jesus look like practically in your life? Why are our closest friendships those shaped by the gospel?  In what ways have you been passive as a friend? How will you be a better friend in the gospel How will you be more vulnerable in your friendships? How will you organize your schedule for deeper friendships? Why should our mission to make [...]

How have you seen your gifts and unique abilities help our church fulfill our mission?  How have you seen your gifts and unique abilities help our church to function healthy in unity? Are there people different from you when it comes to age, background, ethnicity who you will serve in the gospel at our church? Who are they? How will you serve them? What spiritual gifts do you have that you want to use in the church? How will you take initiative to use those gifts? What skills do you have that you want to use in the [...]

Why is corporate worship on Sunday vital to a church’s fellowship? What things bind us together in worship ever Lord’s Day? How does corporate worship help you feel closer to your church family? The early church in Acts shared the cost for their witness. How do you see this happening in our current context? How can we share the cost of our mission? How can sacrifice for the gospel cause you to be closer to your church family? Sharing life together in the gospel brings contentment and joy. Why is the true? Why do we tend to choose [...]

What are some practical ways you can consider others at church on Sundays? How does corporate worship provide rest?  What can causes us to see church attendance as drudgery? How should we fight these things to find joy in gathering with the church? What are practical ways in which you can personally speak the gospel into people’s lives on a Sunday? What are some practical steps you and your family could make to be more consistent on attending corporate worship on Sundays? What are some practical ways in which you can make Jesus the focus of Sunday for [...]

The church’s eternity is secure in Jesus as her leader, protector, and provider. Why does this give us hope for our mission as a church?  How does the church’s security in Jesus change the way you think about your pursuit of personal status and the agenda you have for your life?  Jesus has promised to build His church through loving, serving, and protecting her as a husband does his bride. How should this inform the hope we often put in government and politics when it comes to the future of our country and the world?  Why is it [...]

Mercy is not losing its ruling. How do we see this at the cross and in Jesus resurrection? How can you display the rule of mercy in your life? Be specific. What people and what circumstances do you need to trust God for mercy? Mercy is not weakness it’s power. How do we see in Jesus’ life? How have others displayed mercy to you? How has the power of Jesus’ mercy changed your life? Mercy is not doing away with justice it’s believing in justice. How has God instituted justice in the world? How has God [...]