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 2.7.21 ONE Series One God Genesis 1:1a; Deuteronomy 6:4-9 In the beginning, God . . . OPEN February begins a series of interrelated sermons that will focus on the basics of the Christian faith – God, Scripture, salvation, the church, discipleship, worship, sexual ethics, etc. What
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 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 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 readingGroup Discussion Guide 6.7.20 Chris and William Green discussed the following questions. You may choose to use these same questions to facilitate conversation. 1.How has the recent events impacted you and your family? 2.Tell me one or two things about being a black man in the country? What is important
Continue readingLife Group Lesson: “Gifted” OPEN: What is the best Mother’s Day gift you have ever received or the best gift you have ever given? Ephesians 4:1-16 (NIV) As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be
Continue reading“Loved” Life Group Lesson Ephesians 3:14-21 May 3, 2020 OPEN: Is there any part of our current new normal that you surprisingly like? Ephesians 3:14-21 (NIV) 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he
Continue reading“Resurrected” Life Group Lesson Ephesians 2:1-10 April 26, 2020 OPEN: Is there any particular thing that the Lord seems to be teaching you at this time? Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV) As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of
Continue reading“Revealed—Conqueror” Life Group Lesson Isaiah 25:1-12 April 12, 2020 OPEN: What kind of person are you? Are you constantly keeping up with the news or are you avoiding it at all costs? Isaiah 25: 1-12 1 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your
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