Mission – Feb 11, Genesis 15
- Read Genesis 12:1-9 and Genesis 15:1-7.
- What did God promise Abram?
- What are the implications of the promises God made to Abram?
- What do we learn about God from these two passages?
Mission – Feb 4, Genesis 12
- How does it affect how we read the bible when we think people like Abe our the heroes?
- How does reading the Bible with God as the Hero change this perspective?
- How did Abe get it wrong? Give other examples of Old Testament characters we treat as heroes that also got it wrong?
Mission – Jan 28, 2 Chronicles 20
- What do we learn about God from Jehoshaphat’s declaration (found in 2 Chronicles 20:6)?
- Look up and share passages from scripture that speak to God’s sovereign rule over all creation?
- Most of us rarely begin our prayers with declarations of God’s sovereign reign over all things and all situations. What can we learn about prayer from King Jehoshaphat’s example?
Mission – Jan 21, Matthew 6:11-13
- Define forgiveness. What does it mean to forgive?
- Why do we struggle extending forgiveness to those who sin against us?
- What do the scriptures teach about forgiveness? (Read a few passages)
- In what ways have we (corporately) sinned against others?
Mission – Jan 14, Matthew 6:9-10
- God is both transcendent and Immanent.
- What do we mean when we say God is transcendent?
- What do we mean when we say God is immanent?
- How should God’s transcendence and immanence transform our prayers?
Mission – Dec 10, Luke 1:67-79