Group Discussion Guide 3.21.21 ONE Series Apprentices to Christ 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 3.14.21 ONE Series The Family of God Matthew 12:46-50; 1 John 3:1 “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.” OPEN Had you realized before that the most frequently used metaphor for the church in
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 3.7.21 ONE Series Lesson: The Body of Christ 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews
Continue readingGroup Discussion Guide 2.28.21 ONE Series One Spirit Printable PDF version Ephesians 4:4; Romans 8:5-8 “The mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.” OPEN How much were you taught about the Holy Spirit in your early spiritual training? Were you Trinitarian in faith or more nearly Binitarian? NEXT
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 2.21.21 ONE Series One Lord Ephesians 4:5; Philippians 2:6-11 “Every tongue [will] acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord . . .” OPEN How has the week just behind us now affected you and those closest to you? Have you had the opportunity to ease anyone else’s
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 2.14.21 ONE Series God the Father PDF version Matthew 7:7-12 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 1.31.21 Magnify Series Hold On Psalm 133 How good and pleasant it is When God’s people live together in unity! OPEN Has there been a time when you knew that you were really united with another person or a group of people? What was that like?
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 1.24.21 Magnify Series Surrender Psalm 23 4b I will fear no evil, for you are with me. OPEN How easy is it for you to follow instructions? Follow a course that someone else has chosen? Why do you think so many of us resist being led
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 1.17.21 Magnify Series Disrobe Psalm 139 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. OPEN What person on this planet knows you
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 12.6.2020 A New Dawn: Advent Series Isaiah 40:1-5 40 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 11.22.2020 Focal Point: Seeing Your Calling with Jesus Text: Acts 9:15-19 and Romans 12:14-21 15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before Gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel; 16
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 11.15.2020 Focal Point: Seeing Yourself In Jesus Text: Acts 9:7-9 and Ephesians 1:3-14 7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one. 8 Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 11.08.2020 Focal Point: Seeing Others Through Jesus Text: Acts 9:10-15 and Romans 12:9-13 10 Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.” 11 The Lord said to him, “Get up
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 11.1.2020 Focal Point Text: Colossians 1:15-20 (and Acts 9:3-6) 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 10.25.2020 Luminescent: Child of God Click here for printable pdf Text: Galatians 4:1-7 My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property; 2 but they remain under guardians and trustees
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 10.18.2020 Luminescent: Self-Control Click here for printable version 22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 10.11.2020 Luminescent: Gentleness Text: Galatians 6:1-5 My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and in
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 10.4.2020 Luminescent: Faithfulness Galatians 5:22-26 (NIV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 9.27.2020 Luminescent: Goodness Galatians 5:22-26 (NIV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions
Continue readingLife Group Discussion Guide 7.5.2020 Balaam’s Blessing: Eyes Opened to Purpose Text: Numbers 24:1-14 Now Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, so he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness. 2 Balaam looked up and saw Israel camping
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