[Sunday] Mark 7-8 | 4,000 Crumbs - Revealing True Power

Questions for the week

1. What is a ridiculous rule someone has tried to make you follow?

2. Read Mark 7:1-23.   What is the issue that Jesus is concerned about?

3. What are some rules we put on our faith that actually point people further away from Jesus and each other?

4. How does Jesus bring us closer to Him and each other?

5. Read Mark 7:24-30.   How is it encouraging to know that even if we get the crumbs of God’s grace, it is enough?

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[Sunday] Mark 6 | Hearts & Loaves - Revealing True Power

Questions for the week

1. What is the craziest abuse of power you’ve heard about in the news recently?

2. Read Mark 6:14-29.  What words would you use to describe Herod as a leader? What does his reaction to the girl’s dance show us about him?

3. Read Mark 6:30-43. Specifically looking at verse 34, how is Jesus a different type of leader than King Herod?

4. When our hearts are hard, how does Jesus show us compassion? How does having a serving and compassionate king in Jesus change how we view power in the world?

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[Sunday] Mark 4-5 | Bad Soil Good - Revealing True Power

Questions for the week

1. Describe someone who was in a hopeless situation that was so bad, you would say that they were “beyond saving.”  What made it seem like they were “beyond saving?”

2. Read Mark 4:35- 5:43.  In each of these 3 sections, identify how Jesus takes hopeless situations and brings good news to them. In other words, how do we see Jesus turn bad soil to good soil?

3. Where in your life have you seen Jesus turn bad soil into good soil?

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[Sunday] Mark 3-4 | Seeds & Trees - Revealing True Power

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time in life in which you saw or felt God working in a big way.

2. Read Mark 4:1-20.  What is the parable of the sower about?  Who causes the seeds to grow?

3. Read Mark 4:26-33.   Who causes the seeds to grow?  How is the Kingdom of God like a mustard seed?

4. This week, go and find a big tree.  As you sit by and look at that big tree, think of how it started as a seed.  Reflect on your own faith and promise of Jesus that comes like seeds.

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[Sunday] Mark 2-3 | Bringing Down the House - Revealing True Power

Questions for the week

1. Think of a time when it was difficult for you to forgive someone.  What emotions did you feel as you wrestled with what it meant to forgive them?

2. Read Mark 2:1-12.   If you were busy and someone broke into your home to be healed, how would you respond? How does Jesus respond?

3. Why do scribes get angry?  When have you gotten angry in a similar situation?

4. How does Jesus bring restoration to the paralyzed man?

5. Read the rest of Mark 2 and 3.  How does Jesus restore different people back to God in each of the stories?

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[Sunday] Mark 1 | Let's Go! - Revealing True Power

Questions for the week

1. What is something in your life that has been a wake up call?

2. Read Mark 1. There is a lot about Jesus in this chapter. What is your favorite part of the chapter?

3. Specifically looking at verses 14 and 15, what does it mean to “repent and believe the gospel?”

4. Looking at all of these stories where we see that “Jesus is the Son of God,” how do these stories in Mark 1 help us see that Jesus is the Son of God and good news for you?

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[Sunday] Await Epiphany

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[Sunday] Await Holy Night

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time when an unlikely or unwelcomed person came to an event.  How did the other people at the event react?

2. Read Matthew 2:1-12.  What would Matthew’s Jewish audience have thought about the wise men or magi worshiping Jesus?   If you were to guess, which god would you think they had worshiped before this?

3. God leads the magi, these unlikely people, to worship Jesus.  What hope does this give you?

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Christmas Day Service 2021

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Questions for the week

1.  What are some of the most beautiful mountains you’ve seen?

2. Read Isaiah 52.  According to Isaiah what is beautiful upon the mountains?

3. Looking specifically at Isaiah 52:8-10, how does the Lord comfort his people?   What does this have to do with Christmas?

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Christmas Eve Service 2021

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[Sunday] Await the Empty Tomb

Questions for the week

1. Why can Christmas be hard for people who have lost loved ones?

2. Read Isaiah 25:6-9.   How does Isaiah beautifully describe what happens to death?

3. What about this great feast, brought about by Jesus’ return, do you look most forward to?

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[Sunday] Await the Christmas Ham

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time when you messed up preparing a holiday dinner.

2. Read Isaiah 19:16-25.  What do you find surprising about Egypt and Assyria?   Why would they be able to worship just like Israel?

3. Think of a group of people that you dislike; how would it make you feel if they were part of God’s promise?

4. Through Christ, how does God make all the nations part of his promise? In regards to Christ, how are you no different than all the other nations?

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[Sunday] Await the Nativity

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time when you were so focused on perfection but were actually just shallowly covering up your faults?

2. Read 2 Kings 20:12-19.  Why is Isaiah upset with Hezekiah?  What have they tried too hard to be like?

3. In what ways have you sought pride, power, and prestige trying to be like Babylon?   

4. Read Isaiah 13:6-16, 14:1. The day of the Lord comes to call us from pride, power, and prestige. How does the day of the Lord bring about God’s wrath as well as his compassion (hint: connect this to Jesus on the cross)?

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[Sunday] Await the Ornament

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time when you’ve been tempted to listen to voices to doubt God’s love for you.

2. In Isaiah, the King of Assyria is trying to convince God’s people to doubt God’s power and presence. What prayer does the king of God’s people pray?  Read Isaiah 37:14-20.  

3. What does he remember about God, even in this dark time?

4. Read Isaiah 37:21-38. How does God deliver his people from the King of Assyria?

5. Ultimately, how does God deliver you from the dark times in your life?

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[Sunday] Christ the King Sunday 2021

Questions for the week

1. What does it mean to be a king?

2. Read John 10:22-30.  What did it mean for the disciples to ask if Jesus was the Christ?   

3. Read John 18:33-40.  How does Jesus define his kingdom?

4. How is Jesus different from the kings, political leaders, and rulers of our world?  How does Jesus rule in a different way?

5. When you see problems in the world, what comfort do you get, knowing that Jesus is king?

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[Sunday] Strong Weakness - Forgive & Give

Sermon!

Questions for the week

1. What is the biggest mountain top experience you’ve had in your faith walk?

2. What is the darkest valley you’ve experienced in your faith walk?

3. Paul talks about his mountain top experience and his darkest valley.
   Read 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.   What does Jesus say about our weaknesses?

4. How could you reassure someone this week that God works through the cross, even in their weaknesses?

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[Sunday] Cheerfully Generous - Forgive & Give

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Questions for the week

1. Describe the most generous person you know and how they live their life.  What do you most admire about their generosity?

2. Read 2 Corinthians 8:1-9.  What examples does Paul use to encourage the Corinthians to be generous?

3. Read 2 Corinthians 9:6-15.   What advice does Paul give you about living a generous life?

4. How has Jesus been generous to you?   How does that shape how you live your life?

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[Sunday] Generous Creation - Forgive & Give

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Questions for the week

1. Describe the funniest viral video (think America’s Funniest Home Video) that you’ve seen.

2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:11-15.   What are some ways you’ve seen people compelled by the love of Christ to do things that are “out of their mind”(NIV) or “beside themselves”(ESV)?  

3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:16-6:2.   As you live in the new creation, brought by Christ, what does it look like for you to be an ambassador of reconciliation today?

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[Sunday] Ordinary Jars - Forgive & Give

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time you tried to set someone straight and it didn’t go as planned. How did it feel following that incident? 

2. Read 2 Corinthians 4:7-12.  What do you think Paul means that we have “this treasure in jars of clay?”  Where have you witnessed treasure in jars of clay?

3. Pauls speaks of being persecuted, struck down, and death.  In those depressing times of life, where does Jesus give you hope?

4. When you were reconciled to someone, what did that process look like?

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[Sunday] Love The Sinner Hate The Sin - Say What

Questions for the week

1. When do you hear people use the phrase, “Love the sinner; hate the sin?”

2. Read Matthew 7:1-6.   How would you summarize what Jesus says about sin and other people’s sin?

3. Thinking of the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:1-6, and knowing how Jesus has handled your sin, what might be a more biblical phrase to use when talking about the sins of others?

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