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!
Precious Gift of Peace
Precious Gift of Peace – Luke 2:8-14
Sermon Notes:
1) What you have been given –
2) Why it could be given –
3) Why it was given to you –
Digging Deeper:
- By nature, why do we need peace with God?
- How does Jesus Christ make peace between sinners and God? How should this peace affect our lives?
- Why do you have faith in Christ while others don’t? What is your response to such grace?
Other Passages to Consider:
Isa 9:6; John 6:35-40,44,65; Acts 16:14; Rom 1:18; 5:1-10; Phil 1:29; Eph 2:4-9; Col 1:19-23.
From Panic to Peace
From Panic to Peace – Psalm 4
Sermon Notes:
1) Truths in the Midst of Turmoil
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2) Focus in the Midst of Turmoil
3) Blessings in the Midst of Turmoil
Digging Deeper:
- How has David changed during the writing of this psalm? Why? Have his circumstances changed?
- What all should we do when we are anxious?
- Why can we have joy and peace in the midst of trouble?
- What can you do this week to pursue the presence of God?
Other Passages to Consider:
Num 6:22-26; Ps 16; 63:1-8; John 14:25-27; Rom 5:1-8; Gal 5:22-23; Eph 1:3-6; Phil 4:4-8
Blessings Secured For Us By Christ
Blessings Secured For Us By Christ – Romans 4:24-5:2
Digging Deeper:
- What is justification? How does Jesus secure it? How do we receive it?
- By nature, why do we need peace with God? Describe the blessing of knowing you are at peace with God.
- What does it look like to have access to God?
- What is biblical hope? What will the believer’s future be like?
- What from the text assures you these blessings are secure?
Other Passages to Consider:
Rom 4:24-5:11; 8:18-30; Phil 3:20-21; Heb 4:14-16; 10:19-25; 1 Pet 1:3-9
Psalm 131 - Peace in the Presence of God
Psalm 131 - Peace in the Presence of God
Digging Deeper:
- How does a mother with her child picture God’s care for us? – Isa 66:12-13
- What is the child experiencing in v2?
- Why does the Bible teach that we must have a child-like faith? What does that mean? - Matt 18:1-4; 19:13-15
- Was David’s life free from trouble and pain? How had he come to experience peace? – Ps 27:11; 23:1-4; 86:1-5
- How do we enter into the presence of God? What attitudes and actions are necessary for you to do that?
Other Passages to Consider:
Prov 3:5-6; Phil 4:6-13; Luke 10:38-47
Joy and Peace, Even When Life is Hard
Joy and Peace, Even When Life is Hard – Psalm 27
Preparing your heart for the sermon:
- How does David describe the dangers he is facing? What emotions is David experiencing in the midst of this trouble?
- What is David’s passion in life? How does he pursue that passion?
- Why should confidence in God lead to seeking the Lord all the more?
Other passages to consider: Ex 34:5-8; Ps 13; 17; 23; 42:1-2; Isa 40:28-31; Luke 10:38-42; Eph 6:10-20; Heb 1:1-3
Digging Deeper:
- What is your #1 pursuit in life? What should it be?
- What does it look like for you to seek God’s face? How can you grow in this?
- Why can you have peace even in the midst of trials?
- What are you waiting on the Lord for right now? How does this Psalm help you to wait?