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Run to Win
July 06, 2018
Sermon – Run to Win - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Preparing my heart for the sermon:
- Why did Paul use the picture of a runner and boxer with the Corinthians?
- What can we learn from athletes to help us in our Christian life?
- What contributed to the failure of the Israelites that Paul discusses in the next chapter?
Other passages to consider – Gen 39:1-12; Dan 1:8-20; 1 Cor 10:1-13; Phil 3:8-21; 1 Tim 4:7-9; 6:6-12; 2 Tim 4:6-8; Heb 12:1-16
Digging Deeper:
- Are you living with a singular focus in life? What is it? What should it be? How could you be more intentional in how you live?
- What areas of self-denial and self-restraint will help you the most in your Christian life?
- How can you glorify God in your body? How could discipline would help you do that?
- How do our actions and pattern of life relate to our salvation?
Time to Grow Up
February 23, 2018
Sermon – Time to Grow Up – 1 Corinthians 3:1-4
Preparing your heart for the sermon:
- Why do we not feed babies steak? Why is it inappropriate for adults to live on baby formula?
- Does Christian growth happen automatically over the passage of time? Why or why not?
- What does Christian growth look like? What things get mistaken for growth?
Other passages to consider – Ps 51; Rom 8:1-9; Gal 5:16-26; Eph 4:11-16; Col 1:28; 2:6-7; Titus 2:11-13; 3:3-9; Heb 5:11-6:1a; Jam 1:19-22; 1 Pet 1:23-2:3
Digging Deeper:
- Am I growing in spiritual maturity? How can I tell?
- What is the Holy Spirit’s role in our Christian growth? What is our role?
- What in my life is hindering my Christian growth?
- How is God glorified when His people grow?
Remember God's Blessing to Us in Christ
January 13, 2018
Sermon – Remember God’s Blessings to Us in Christ – 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Preparing your heart for the sermon:
- Compare 1:1-9 with the introductions to Paul’s other letters. What is similar and different about this one to the Corinthians?
- Three times in this passage, Paul speaks about “called by God”. What is significant about this verb?
- What do you learn about the church from this text?
Other passages to consider: John 10:1-10; Acts 9:1-19; 18:1-17; Rom 8:29-30; Eph 1:1-14; 3:10, 21; 5:25-27; Phil 1:6
Digging Deeper:
- How does remembering God’s blessings help us not sin?
- To whom does the church belong? Why does the church exist?
- What does this passage teach us about what the Christian life entails?
- How do God’s blessings come to us? Explain.