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 [...]
Genesis 3:8-23 Sermon Discusion Questions
How have you felt gracious God’s pursuit of you? How has he pursued you through tragedy, difficulty, church, or friends? Have you ever tried to run from God in guilt? How did you try to hide from God because of your sin? Are there certain sins in your life that you are blaming on others instead of owning it? Have you sought to blame God for specific sin or sinful responses to life’s circumstances? As brutal as the curse of death is, how have you experienced God’s grace in this world cursed by death? How has God used the [...]
Genesis 1:26 -2:17 Sermon Discussion Questions
How are you using your life to give others life, nurture life, provide for and protect the lives of others? Do you forget the significance of these things in your life? What can you do to remind yourself of their importance? How are you using your life to be like God to bring order to chaos in the world for the good of others? How does your job or career specifically bring order to chaos for the good of others? What practices can you implement as you interact with others to be more in awe of God who has [...]
Colossians 3:18-4:1 Sermon Discussion Questions
SUPREMACY OF GOD IN MARRIAGE Where do you feel the tension between the Supremacy of Christ and other purposes you and your spouse may have given to your marriage? What practical ways will you make your marriage the priority of your home? (daily, weekly, monthly, annually) Are there ways in which you are engaging your marriage as a more of a 50/50 partnership? In what specific ways will you seek to give yourself over 100% to your role and responsibility within marriage for the good of your spouse? SUPREMACY OF GOD IN FAMILY Do you tend toward being overbearing [...]
Colossians 3:5-11 Sermon Discussion Questions | Sanctification step one “kill and remove sin”
What sinful desires do you need to let die in your life? What specific things must you do to kill and make sure this sin dies? What patterns and practices do you need to turn from so sinful desires in your life die? In what situations are you struggling with anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene talk, or lying? How might you decisively put this sin away in light of the gospel? How have you experienced renewal in Christ that has removed specific sin from your life? In what areas do you long to be renewed in Christ? What disciplines [...]
Sermon Discussion Questions – Colossians 3:1-4
How does the “already-but-not-yet” reality of being “raised with Christ” give you hope? In what ways are you not setting your mind on the things above, the things of Christ? What’s taking up that space? What are some ways you can further set your mind on Jesus? What are some of the “old life” patterns or shadows that still exist in your life? What “new life” patterns can you start? What spiritual disciplines do you most struggle to do? Which are the easiest for you? Which are the hardest to enjoy? Which do you enjoy the most? Bible reading/study [...]