Genesis 12:1-9 Sermon Discussion Questions
How did you come to faith in Jesus? How did God’s amazing grace show up in your life? How did God order your steps to hear and believe the gospel? Are your next steps being ordered by God’s word or something else? What areas of life are being defined by something other than faith in God’s word? How have you seen a lack of time in the Bible diminish your faith? What changes can you make daily to be in God’s word, the Bible, to ensure you are living by faith in what God has said? What are the mundane [...]
Genesis 10-11 Sermon Discussion Questions
Are there areas in your life where you deep down think you could do a better job than what God is currently doing? What circumstances are you facing in which you believe you make something better than God? Are there ways in which you are approaching God as if He exists for you? Does your worship and prayer life display the understanding you exist for God not God for you? How would the understanding that you exist for Him change the way you approach Him with your problems? What towers of success or self righteousness are you tempted to [...]
Genesis 9 Sermon Discussion Questions
In the past what were some changes to your circumstances that you were looking forward to the most for a fresh start (graduating, getting married, having kids/grandkids, new job, retiring, etc.)? Or what circumstances do you most wish you could change right now to get a fresh start? Why were/are those changes to your circumstances never good enough to give you real lasting joy? What promises have you made and broken to yourself and others the most about overcoming sin and getting a clean start? How do God's better promises give you the hope you need for real change? [...]
Genesis 6:1-8 Sermon Discussion Questions
What do you the sins of your eyes, your desires, and your ambitions tell you about your heart? How do you seek to cover the wickedness of your heart with image or appearance? How have you sought to fix your heart with good things or a self righteousness before others? How does these things hinder the comfort of grace in your life? What is the difference in repenting of sin in brokenness because you believe God is holy, good, and right? And repenting just because you are fearful of the consequences of your sin? Why are you comforted by [...]
Genesis 4:17 – 5:24 Sermon Discusion Questions
How are you tempted to put your hope in the power of men instead of the name of the Lord? How has the wisdom, strength, or plans of men let you down? How has the strength of the Lord met your needs and more? When are you most aware of your weakness? Does your weakness remind you to call on the Lord? How might you be more intentional about calling on the Lord in times of weakness? Do you struggle to remember your mortality? Or are you overly fearful of your own mortality? In what ways do you struggle [...]
Genesis 4:1-16 Sermon Discussion Questions
In your own words, what does it mean to approach God in humble faith? What does this look like practically in worship and prayer? Are there sins in your life that you have tried to domesticate? How have you experienced the power of such sins to attack and destroy you? Consider for a moment God allowing you to carry out your very worst thoughts and desires? What would this look like? What kind of destruction would it cause yourself and others? Stop and thank God for saving you from the path of your worst thoughts and desires? Do you [...]