"Wisdom for Godly Living" (Psalm 119)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Where do you turn to for life’s advice and wisdom? Do you consume a regular diet of God’s wisdom? Do you “save up” divine wisdom for those “rainy days” when you might need it?

  2. Do you “connect / resonate” with those wisdom points on a deep level where you know for certain that you must live-out these true words? Do you LOVE God?s word and wisdom?

  3. What sort of divine wisdom do you recall trying out consciously? Please share some of them.

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Our King, Our Maker" (Psalm 45)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. How do you receive Jesus as your King?  Does the “lordship of Jesus” gladden your heart with help, power and guidance, or does it feel like a burden?  Please share.

  2. How has your King Jesus taken good care of your soul and even your earthly life?  Please relish.

  3. How does your loyalty shift from all things prior to the true King and Lord of your life?  What things in your life (material, conceptual, emotional, etc.) are you redeeming unto the Lord?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"We Hurt Together" (Psalm 44) - Freedom Sunday

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Why is it important to remember the past faithfulness of God in saving us?

  2. What do you do when you feel vulnerable and helpless?  Do you recall a time when you cried out to God in desperation?  Would you care to share that occasion and experience?

  3. How has God “risen up” to the difficult occasion, or sent someone/something else to help deliver you?  How has Jesus Christ saved you?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"The Victory is Won" (Psalm 18)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. How does the power of God strengthen you to endure and overcome your current trials and tests?

  2. How should God’s salvation for you in Christ motivate you to keep fighting the good fight of faith?

  3. What difference should God’s victory (and yours) in Christ make in your present battles?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Oh, My God!" (Psalm 3)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Where do you turn to in your times of distress? How well do you remain in God’s presence?

  2. Can you recall a time when you had a major faith crisis? How did God deliver you from that place unto trusting Him?

  3. What does it mean to trust in the “covenant faithfulness” of God? How does the notion of “covenant” empower your understanding of His favour towards you?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Bless the LORD!" (Psalm 103)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. What is an area of your life that God is healing/restoring that you’re thankful for?

  2. How does the reminder of God as Father comfort/challenge you in your exercise of faith in repentance?

  3. Which of God’s promises have been particularly sweet/precious during 2020? Why?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Losses & Losing" (Job 1:6 - 2:10)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. From the message, how do you now understand the role and function of God and Satan?  And where does our own sinfulness come in the picture?

  2. If God called us to a costly discipleship in the first place [Matthew 16:24; Luke 14:26; Mark 10:21-22], why are we so often surprised in real life and struggle so much by the losses we experience?

  3. How can we cultivate great hope and faith like Job and other saints?  What direction are we given from the sermon?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Sovereignty of God & Human Responsibility" (Genesis 11:1-9)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. By having a brief look at the genealogy from Adam to Jesus,  what can we say about God’s orchestration of the events surrounding the lives of these characters?

  2. How did you first react to [Romans 9] passage—especially [vv.13 & 15]?  And how do you reconcile these words of God in your Christian faith?

  3. Do the words “duty and thriving” seem complimentary?  How does the sermon help to reconcile their relationship in your understanding?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Suffering and Sorrow in the Christian Life" (Genesis 3:1-24)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. What is the cause of broken human relationships according to Genesis 3? How does the gospel provide hope for healing?

  2. How was the cultural mandate frustrated by the Fall? How does the gospel provide solution for its restoration?

  3. What is the significance of Adam and Eve’s exile from the Garden? How does the gospel allow for the exiles to return?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Marriage, Family, Church & Society" (Genesis 2:15-25)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Beyond love and life-partnership, what other functions does marriage serve?

  2. How does the “connectedness” of individuals – couples – families – churches – societies provide a deeper appreciation and commitment for sanctification of individuals, couples and families?

  3. While we can never expect perfection in earthly societies, how does the vision of Christ encourage us to strive heavenward?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Divine Economy vs. Human Politics" (Genesis 1:28-29; 2:8-15)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Obviously we all want to “live well.” But how does our Creator-God commission His people to flourish according to His design?

  2. What do you make of our current earthly political offering (social & governmental)? Can perfection be expected in any of the systems? What is the best way to cope and participate constructively according to the sermon?

  3. How does our Lord Jesus Christ satisfy our longing for human flourishing, and how does the Holy Spirit guide our path to glory?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"The Image of God vs. Human Division" (Genesis 1:26-27; 2:4-9)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. How well do you get along with those who are different from you (race, gender, nationality, social “class”, political affiliation, etc.)?  Can you recall times from the past when you experienced conflicts based on these differences?

  2. How does the biblical position on common ancestry and bearing the divine image of God inform your unity with the whole of human race?

  3. What points of tension do we observe in our own society among people?  How can we become the agents of peace and grace in Christ?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"The Laundry List" (1 Corinthians 16:1-24)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Do you make budget to regularly give offerings and tithes for the gospel work of the Church?  How do you “steward” the Lord’s resources?  Discuss your experiences of growth and challenges on the subject of “money.”

  2. Do you get along well with others in the church community?  Do you submit well to the appointed leaders and give them due recognition, not because you expect perfection, but even through human-flaws?

  3. How are you at expressing godly affection for your brothers and sisters?  Do you even try?  Share your experiences in making these efforts, how they have worked in the past or have not.

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"A Glorious Hope" (1 Corinthians 15:35-58)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. How large does the hope of the resurrection loom in your daily life?  

  2. How would you summarise the hope that we have in resurrection?

  3. What difference does the hope of the resurrection make in our labour in the Lord?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"Ordering Worship" (1 Corinthians 14:26-40)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. What do you value more?  --order or freedom?  

  2. How does your longing testify of the goodness of God?

  3. According to the sermon, how can you convert your longings and frustrations into hope and faith in the Redeemer?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"The Perfect Love" (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. What is your greatest longing for perfection? What do you want “fixed”, or to have?

  2. How does your longing testify of the goodness of God?

  3. According to the sermon, how can you convert your longings and frustrations into hope and faith in the Redeemer?

  4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?

Order of Worship can be found here.

"One and Many" (1 Corinthians 12:12-31)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Why is the diversity of gifts, roles, strengths and weaknesses within the Church something to thank God for?

  2. Why did God deliberately compose the body of many parts, each with varying roles?

  3. How does the headship of Christ help to focus the activities of the members of the body?

Order of Worship can be found here.