Your Move: Growth
Romans 8:29 and other Scriptures
Connect:
Share how you have seen God in the Highs and Lows of your week.
Discuss how resolutions made last week in “growing more like Jesus” worked themselves out – what God did in and through you (Phil. 2:13) Celebrate and thank God for those together and pray with those who experienced some “Lows” this week, for God’s encouragement for them.
Prayer:
Pray that God would lead your discussion time and bring fresh insight, conviction, and hope through your time together.
Review:
We are launching into a new series looking at 6 aspects of a growing faith and a strong church! Last week we look at the starting point of the whole Christian life: GRACE! This week we are talking about what happens next: GROWTH…
The Grand Tour of the message: Thinking back on what you heard this Sunday…
o What did you learn about God?
o What did you learn about people?
o What did you learn about yourself?
o What do you want to commit to putting into practice?
Reflect:
Scott started out this weekend with the statement, “God’s vision is for us to become like Jesus”. That is going to take growth, and that means change, and that change means some difficult choices! Talk about a time when you had to make a difficult choice in order to move from where you were to where you wanted to be…
What is God's purpose for His People? ( Romans 8:28-30, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, Ephesians 2:10,)
Pastor Scott said, "The #1 catalyst for spiritual growth is Bible engagement with no close second." How does Scripture confirm this? ( 2 Timothy 3:14-17, 1 Peter 2:2, Proverbs 2:1-11,)
How does Scripture urge us to study God's Word daily and diligently? ( Deuteronomy 6:4-8, Joshua 1:7-9, Ephesians 6:11-17,)
Which Scriptures affirm the truth that God's Word is completely without error? ( Matthew 5:17-20, 2 Peter 1:19-21, Proverbs 30:5-6,)
Is it possible to know God's Word in detail, but completely miss the spirit of it? ( Matthew 15:1-9 and 23:23-24, 2 Corinthians 3:4-6, John 5:37-40,)
Our choice to obey the Word of God is sometimes challenging, yet how does God enable us to obey? (Romans 7:14-25, Philippians 2:12-13, Isaiah 26:12,)
How does a firm foundation in God's Word and obedience to it enable us to stand firm in faith when troubles come? ( Matthew 7:24-27, 2 Peter 1:3-8, Hebrews 10:35-39,)
Respond:
Scott ended the message with the exhortation from James: “Don’t just listen to God’s Word; do what it says”. Spend some time praying that the Lord will give us the humility, diligence, hope and courage to walk in step with His Spirit this week!
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