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!
God's Banquet
God's Banquet- Matthew 22:1-14
Notes:
Digging Deeper:
- What does the banquet represent?
- Why do many people today reject the invitation to be saved? For those who respond, how are they able to do that?
Other Passages:
Ps 34:8; Isa 55:1-3; Matt 11:28-30; John 1:12-13; 1 Cor 1:26-31; Eph 1:3-6; Rev 19:6-9; 22:17.
Disciples of Jesus Must Not Worry
Disciples of Jesus Must Not Worry - Matthew 6:25:34
Sermon Notes:
1)__________of God your Father.
2)__________of God your Father.
Digging Deeper:
- What is worry? How does it differ from proper concern, planning, and provision?
- Why is worry a sin? What is at the root of worry?
- What does Jesus tell us to do rather than worry? What other ways does the Bible teach us to overcome worry?
Other Passages to Consider:
Gen 1:26-27; Lam 3:22-24; Matt 13:22; Rom 8:31-39; 2 Cor 11:28; Gal 4:19; Phil 4:4-9; 1 Tim 5:8; Heb 13:5; Jam 4:13-15; 1 Pet 5:7.
Daily Dependence on our Father
Daily Dependence on our Father – Matthew 6:11-15
Sermon Notes:
1) “Give us this day our daily bread” =
2) “Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors” =
3) “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” =
Digging Deeper:
- Why did God command the Israelites in the wilderness to only gather a day’s worth of manna?
- How does prayer demonstrate dependence upon God?
- Why is it important for Christians to daily confess & repent of sins?
- How does Satan attack believers? Given that reality, what does God call us to do?
Other Passages to Consider:
Deut 8:3; Matt 18:23-35; John 13:10; Rom 8:31-35; Eph 6:10-18; 1 Cor 10:13; Col 2:13-15; James 1:13-14; 1 Peter 5:6-11; 1 John 1:5-10.
Praying to God our Father
Praying to God our Father - Matthew 6:7-9
Digging Deeper:
- Are we all children of God? How does one become a child of God?
- What blessings are ours because God is our Father? Praise God for his grace!
- How does God being our Father encourage us to pray?
- How does God being our Father encourage us after we pray?
Other Passages to Consider:
1 Kings 18:24-39; Matt 6:25-33; John 1:9-13; Rom 8:14-17; Gal 4:4-7; Eph 1:3-6; Heb 10:19-22; 1 John 3:1.
Man of Sorrows
Man of Sorrows – Matthew 26:36-46
Sermon Notes:
1) The ____________________ of Christ’s Sufferings
2) Christ’s ____________________ His Sufferings
3) Christ’s ____________________ His Sufferings
Discussion Questions:
- What does this passage reveal about Christ’s sufferings?
- How was Jesus helped by praying to the Father?
- How does this text remind us of Christ’s humanity?
- How did the disciples’ failure to pray affect them? (see Matt 26:30-35, 56, 69-75)
- Why is prayer vital in our battle against sin?
- As you consider what Jesus went through to save us, what is your response?
Other Passages to Consider:
Isa 51:17; Jer 25:15, 17; Matt 6:9-13; 2 Cor 5:21; Eph 6:10-20; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; 1 Pet 2:24;
Abide in My Love
Abide in My Love - John 15:9-11
Digging Deeper:
- To what does Jesus compare his love for us?
- How would you describe the Father’s love for Jesus?
- What does it look like to abide in Christ’s love? Are you doing that?
- How does sin affect our enjoyment of Christ’s love and joy?
- How do we experience Christ’s joy?
- What is the relationship between our joy (v11) and God’s glory (v8)?
Other passages to consider:
John 3:35; 4:34; 5:19-21; 8:29,55; 10:17-18; 12:27-28; 13:1; 14:31; 17:24-26; Eph 3:14-21; Gal 2:20; Heb 12:2; 1 John 1:4-2:6; Rom 8:31-39