DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How do the raging passions of your heart manifest themselves in your decisions/attitudes/habits/ambitions/desires?
Why does it take so much (ie. disaster) for us to humbly submit ourselves and draw near to God in godly sorrow/repentance?
How should the softening/transformation of our hearts change our attitudes and behaviour towards other Christians?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How would you say the scriptures and wisdom from God has impacted your conduct?
Can you resonate with the Bible’s description of selfish-ambition and bitter-jealousy? How does it in some way describe your past or present feelings and behaviour?
How can we attain a “harvest of righteousness and peace” that the Bible exhort?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
How is the perfection of God’s word most fully revealed?
Can you recall a time when you were greatly impacted (for good or ill) by mere few words whether yours or by others? What happened? What would you change about those words, if anything?
What should we do with our words? How can we make the best use of our words? What would you specifically commit to do differently as a Christian?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Have you seen faith that doesn’t amount to much? What are some examples of ineffective so-called “faith”?
How would you describe the “synergy” of working faith?
How does grace enable the integration of faith and works?
What was the most helpful / challenging / encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Is there a person/group of people that you almost instinctively don’t like? Why? How does this passage challenge you?
Why is the sin of favouritism foolish? Can you name some examples, both personal and general?
How does being under the law of liberty both comfort and challenge you to keep growing in faithful obedience to Christ?
What was the most helpful / challenging / encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What is the motivation for your life’s activities? How does God’s Word inform you of who you are and how you should live?
To become more Christ-like, do you detect any improvement in your Christian character - to be less angry and mean, but instead more gentle and accommodating?
What of your life’s activities promote those things that please God?
What was the most helpful / challenging / encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
How did you do on the simple spiritual inventory survey? Would you care to share the score and comment on it?
What did you learn from the sermon on the importance of spiritual assessments, and how would you apply them in your own life?
According to the sermon, how does Christ’s grace stack up to the spiritual tests? And how do we benefit as Christians?
What was the most helpful / challenging / encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Are you a good listener? Please share. Do you hear and obey God well?
Which of the 10 Commandments are the “vertical call’, and which do you find most challenging and why?
Which of the 10 Commandments are the “horizontal call”, and which do you find most challenging and why?
What was the most helpful / challenging / encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Can you identify with some of the symptoms associated with lack of spiritual discipline? Please share honestly.
In what areas would you focus on improving your spiritual discipline?
What is the end-goal of spiritual discipline?
What was the most helpful / challenging / encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Can you resonate with the list of hard things we experienced this year? What would you add to the list?
2. Can you also resonate with the list of those things which were actually good for us as a church? On a personal level, what would you add?
3. According to the message, what can we anticipate from God for next year?
4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of worship can be found here
Order of worship can be found here
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Compared with Simeon’s and Anna’s longing for Christ, describe your own sense of anticipation of the returning Christ.
2. How does Mary’s joy and gratitude inform your own as a chosen and redeemed saint?
3. What is Zechariah’s perspective about salvation according to the sermon?
4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of worship can be found here
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. How would you have reacted if you were in the shepherds’ shoes? Do you remember the first time you believed in the gospel?
2. Why are the angels rejoicing? How does that help you to also rejoice this Christmas?
3. Can you relate to the shepherds in their wonder and joy? Why/Why not?
4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of worship can be found here
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What troubles and difficulty do you long to be delivered from?
2. How does the “Lordship” of Jesus over all things help you?
3. How can faith connect you to the promises and fulfill your joy?
4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. How would you describe your affection for God, especially towards Jesus your Saviour? What words and images do you use to describe your passion for your Saviour?
2. How does the mission of the church “sing chorus” for your personal pursuit of Christ?
3. In what ways is God’s love better than anything you can imagine?
4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Would you say you have sober awareness of your own propensity for sin and foolishness? What prescription does the Word of God provide against sin and foolishness?
What practical means help you to find that elusive “balance” in your Christian life? What is the role of the Holy Spirit?
What in your life do you require more moderation and discipline?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Do you ever wish you were rich and powerful? Do you fantasize how you might be happier if you had certain things? How does the Royal-Teacher in Ecclesiastes compare to your daydream?
From the message, why are temporal/earthly things ultimately “vanity” or amount to nothing?
How can you find more security in eternal things?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What timeframe can we expect for learning wisdom? How long does it take, and what does it require?
Do you include tithes and offering in your worship and Christian discipline? What has been your experience and process?
According to the Scriptures, and the message, how does our generous or stingy living yield return both on earth/materially as well as eternally/spiritually?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What good example have you seen in your parents? What wise counsel have you received from your parents?
What is the link between laziness and poverty? Is laziness something you struggle with?
How does prudence and diligence reflect a wise life under Christ?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Why does God portray His wisdom in a “feminine tone”? Doesn’t God “normally” express Himself in masculine pronoun forms (he, him, his)? What have we gathered from the sermon?
2. What are some immediate consequences resulting from infidelity or adultery? What other trouble does infidelity represent or result in?
3. What benefits do we see resulting from the institution of marriage; and when marriage is good and harmonious? What expansive qualities do we observe in a “good wife” [Prov. 31]?
4. What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
Order of Worship can be found here.