Commitment
OPEN IT: Other than to Christ and the Church, what is the biggest commitment you’ve ever made? Did you follow through on it? Matthew 7:21-27 DIG INTO IT: 1. Read Matthew 7:21-23 and answer the following questions: Matthew 7:21-27 – ESV 21. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of […]
Dust
Last year for one of the men’s groups, while I was preparing, something gave me the idea to do a study on the use of the term “wall” in the Bible. This was a really cool study and thru another series of events, I was lead to another term in the Bible. Last year we […]
Our Prayers
1 Pet. 5:7; 2 Kings 20:1-6; Psalms 51:15:17 OPEN IT: If you only had one more prayer request to make before your life was ended what would you ask for? DIG INTO IT: 1. Read 1 Peter 5:7 and answer the following questions: a) Is Peter’s advice hard for you to follow? Why or why […]
Pray Through Your Home
Prayer for your home: Heavenly Father, Thank You for the gift of this home. I acknowledge that it is ultimately Yours, and I dedicate every room and space to You. I invite Your presence to fill this home and make it a place of peace, love, and joy. As I pray over each room, I […]
Pray Over Home Pt2
Us to Others: 2 Chronicles 7:15-16 – ESV 15. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. 16. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all […]
Pray Over Home Pt 1
Can anybody think of a story or a phrase from your past that you never forget, and you keep referring to a lot? It can be just one sentence or a whole story. For instance, in one sermon I heard about 20 years ago. The pastor ended with this line, “the first time Jesus came […]
RESPONDING TO JESUS
OPEN IT: If you could have personally witnessed one event in history, what would you want to have seen? DIG INTO IT: 1. Read Matthew 1:18–25. Matthew 1:18-25 – ESV 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together […]
Eight Woes to the Scribes and the Pharisees
Let’s remember2 Timothy 3:16) 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, Here we see Jesus call them Hypocrites over and over, which is one of the worst things you could call a Pharisee of Scribe at that time.When you are called out on something in your […]
Fruits and Works
John 15 1-17 The bible says in James 2:14 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no works? Can such faith save them? -How do you view what the Bible tells us that good works cannot get you into heaven but faith will, but not […]
Psalm 34
Psalm 34 A while back, we talked about the butterfly effect. We discussed it when the Israelites entered Jericho, which was when God finally fulfilled his promise of giving them “the promised land“ When they went in, he gave them instructions not to take anything for themselves, but there was one person who disobeyed, and […]