Sermon

Romans: Jesus is the Love of God

SPL · December 8, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Brent Brodie · Listen

Tell the story of a time when you were lost. What emotions did you feel during that experience?
List the kinds of things that make people feel separated from God. Have you ever felt separation like that?
Do you ever struggle to know what to pray? Explain.
Explain how Jesus eliminates separation between us and God.
What threatens your life or well-being these days? How could God’s inescapable love hold you together through what you face?

SPL · December 1, 2019 ·

Andrew Allison · Listen

Before you became a Christian what was your impression of Christians? What was your impression of Jesus?
Why was Saul on the hunt for Christians?
What did you learn about Jesus from this passage?
Why would Jesus involve Ananias? What does that say about Jesus’ plan for the Church?
How did you come to faith in Jesus? Who might have been praying for you?
Who are you praying for?

SPL · November 24, 2019 ·

Andrew Allison · Listen

How do funerals make you feel? Have you ever buried a loved one? What was that like for you?
Jesus was told Lazarus was sick and he ‘stayed where he was 2 more days.’ Why didn’t Jesus go right away and heal him?
Both sisters tell Jesus, “If you’d been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.” Have you ever felt like God let you down?
Explain what Jesus meant when he said He is the Resurrection and the Life.
Raising Lazarus is the last sign (miracle) John records. The implication is this sign sealed his (Jesus’) death. “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Do you believe Jesus laid his life down for you? What does that mean to you in your day-to-day living?

SPL · November 17, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Sunday, November 17 · Allyson MacLeod · Listen

With which character do you identify most closely from the scripture lesson from today: wayward son, welcoming father, jealous brother?
Has there been a time in your life when you identified with a different role?
Where or when have you experienced the generosity of God?
Often we like to save, conserve, withhold, keep for ourselves while expecting and praying for the generous blessing of God. We want God to be open-handed while we are close fisted. How does Jesus invite us into a life where we spend ourselves
What does “spending yourself” for Jesus look like in your life right now?
We might automatically think of generosity or indulgence as related to our finances. In what other areas of your life could you be generous?

SPL · November 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Andrew Allison · Listen

How did one or both of your parents affirm you as a child and as you became an adult?
Explain the 3 pieces of the Father’s affirmation of Jesus, (a) You are mine (b) You are loved (c) in you I am well pleased. What basic human longing do each of these speak to?
Is it right thinking to believe that what the Father has spoken over Jesus, He also speaks now over you and me? Explain.
Why does the timing of this affirmation matter? It happened before Jesus did anything impressive.
What positions are you in that allow you the opportunity to affirm someone else?