Check here each week for information to prepare your heart for the upcoming sermon and follow-up questions you can use after the sermon to dig deeper and disciple your family!
So, you want to be a Christian?
So, you want to be a Christian?
Sermon Notes:
1) Following Jesus ____________________________.
2) Following Jesus ____________________________.
Digging Deeper:
- -Identify something in your life that you find important enough to sacrifice for.
- -Explain this statement: In one sense, our salvation costs us absolutely nothing. In another sense, salvation costs us everything.
- -Why is Jesus worth whatever we are called to sacrifice?
Other Passages to Consider:
Matt 10:37-39; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 14:25-33; John 6:60-69; 12:1-7; Col 1:15-23; 2 Tim 2:1-9.
Came to Save; Saved to Serve
Came to Save; Saved to Serve – Luke 1:67-80
Sermon Notes:
1) As promised, God ______________________... - vv67-74a, 77-79.
2) …that we might ______________ without fear in holiness & righteousness – vv74-75.
Digging Deeper:
- What promises does Zechariah refer to the coming of Christ fulfilling? Why did that cause great rejoicing?
- How do you feel knowing that God keeps his promises? What other promises from God encourage you?
- What enemies does Jesus save us from? What attributes of God are displayed the coming of Christ?
- What does this passage teach you about serving God? Where is God calling you to serve Him now?
Other Passages to Consider:
Gen 17:1-8; 2 Sam 7:8-17; Ps 100:1-2; Mark 10:45; Rom 3:23-24; 7:6; Eph 2:1-10; Col 1:13-14; 1 Thess 1:7; Titus 2:11-14; Heb 9:11-14.
Magnify the Lord
Magnify the Lord – Luke 1:46-55
Sermon Notes:
1) Magnify the Lord because He ______________!
2) Magnify the Lord because He ______________!
Digging Deeper:
- What is mercy? How has God shown you mercy?
- How does salvation demonstrate the power of God?
- Why is it important that God is both merciful and mighty?
- How can you magnify the Lord throughout this week?
Other Passages to Consider:
Ps 34; 103:1; Lam 3:22-24; 1 Sam 2:1-10; Luke 1:26-45; 5:27-32; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Cor 1:26-29; Titus 3:3-7; 1 Pet 1:3-7; 2:10
Channels of Mercy
Channels of Mercy - Matthew 5:7
Sermon Notes:
Matthew 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."
1) Mercy Defined
2) Mercy Needed (our __________________)
3) Mercy Given (riches of God’s kindness ________)
4) Mercy Required (Christ calls us to _______________)
Discussion Questions:
- What was your condition like apart from Christ?
- How has God shown you mercy?
- What might your life be like now if God had not saved you?
- What are some practical ways that you can show mercy right now to those who are hurting?
Other Passages to Consider:
Ps 40:11; 103:1-5; Lam 3:22-23; Hos 6:6; Mic 6:8; Eph 2:1-10; Titus 3:3-8; 1 Pet 1:3-7; 2:10; Jude 21.
God Saved Me
God Saved Me - Titus 3:3-7
Preparing your heart for the sermon:
- In v3, which verbs are active and which are passive? What does this show?
- What was not the grounds for our salvation? On what basis does God save us?
- What are we saved from?
Other passages to consider: Ezek 36:25-27; Luke 19:10; John 3:1-8; Rom 6:17-19; 2 Cor 4:4-6; Eph 2:1-10; Col 3:7; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 4:14;
Digging Deeper:
- What were you like before God saved you? How have you changed?
- How does God save us?
- What is true of you now that God has saved you?
- How does this passage give you hope that God can save unbelievers around you?