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Nehemiah - For a time to build - Sunday 19 February
Scripture Reading:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Nehemiah 4:1-33, 6:15-16, 1P2:4-12, Matthew 7:24-29
Ice Breaker: Can you share a past experience which seemed
to be impossible to solve but was eventually resolved .
1) What “walls” are broken at the moment in or around your life?
2) Share your concern about these broken walls.
3) What do you think God is saying to you through your concern?
4) How can we help each other as a group with these broken walls?
5) What “brick” do you need to begin the rebuilding process?
Living with Joy: Sunday 29 January
Scripture Reading:
Nehemiah 8:10, Psalm 28:7, John 15:11 and Gal 5:22
Ice Breaker: Joy is love's consciousness…
Share a moment in your life that captures the truth of this
statement.
1. a. Share your "recipe" for joy.
b. What, in your experience, is the one "base ingredient" without
which there is no joy?
2. Chat about whether or not there is evidence in your life concerning joy not being about external circumstance, but about how we internalise our existence?
3. The devotions related to this theme speak of joy being the result / consequence /product of being awash in God's light,
Living with Faithfulness - Sunday 22 January
Scripture Reading:
Galatians 5:22-23, Proverbs 3:5-6, Matthew 25:14-23
Ice Breaker: Who has been an example of faithfulness in your life?
1. Why do you think faithfulness is a good thing?
2. Why do you think we are so often unfaithful?
3. Why do you think faithfulness can be hard at times?
4. How do you think we can cultivate greater faithfulness in our lives?
5. What one step would you like to take in your life to grow in faithfulness?
Preparing the way for Jesus - Sunday 11 December
Scripture Reading:
Is 40: 1 - 11; Phil 4: 4-9; Jn 1: 19-27'
Preparing the way for Jesus
Read Isaiah 40: 1 - 11
When Kings visited a community it was tradition to prepare the way. Holes would be filled in, humps would be flattened, obstacles removed from "the way". A similar demonstration is recorded when Jesus entered Jerusalem and the crowd lined the way and through palm branches and cloth along the way.
There is a call to "Prepare the way " in your heart this Christmas.
Is the old testament really necessary? - Sunday 4 December
Scripture Reading:
John 5:33-47 Micah 5:2-5 Luke 2:1-7
Ice breaker: Share an account from the Old Testament that holds significance for you.
1. With reference to the Bible readings, respond to the
following statement: “The good news of Jesus is that He
completes the story of the people of Israel.”
2. Try to give Biblical witness to this statement: “One life
reality of the Old Testament that is completed in Jesus is
that which starts hidden, and often in obscurity, can, by
God’s directing, lead to unimagined endings.”
3. What evidence is there to suggest that this life reality
Christ will come again - Sunday 27 November
Scripture Reading:
1Thes 5:1-11, Acts 1:11, Mark 13:32-33 .
CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN
Ice-breaker: If your prayers during this last week had been answered by God, how would the world have been different today?
(After the ice-breaker it may be helpful to discuss what this
question teaches us)
1) Why do you think people speculate about the future?
2) Why is it so important to “keep the end in view” ?( This is Stephen Covey’s 1st habit for effective people)
3) What does it mean for you personally that Christ will come again?
Overcoming Prejudice - Sunday 20 November
Scripture Reading:
Lk 6:27-30; John 15:12-17.
Ice Breaker: Recount an incident when grace was shown to
you by someone; an incident when someone didn’t treat you
as you deserved to be treated?
1. Luke 6:27-30 calls us to love, bless, pray and give indiscriminately.
a. How fully can you respond to this call?
b. What group of society (race groups, the elderly, the
youth, the rich and the poor, the disabled, the homeless,
politicians, the mentally ill, refugees, addicts, criminals,
Practicing the Presence - Sunday 13 November
Scripture Reading:
Acts 17:22 – 28, Eph 6:18, 4:6 and Matt 4:17.
Ice Breaker: Share When do you feel closest to God? When do you feel far from God?
1) Look at these verses: Acts 17: 24-28; Ephesians 4:6: Mathew 4:17. What do you learn about the Presence of God from these verses?
2) What are your thoughts about PRACTICING the Presence of God?
3) How do you intend to practice the Presence of God these coming days?
4) What will be your major challenge?
Living Beyond Greed - Sunday 6 November
Scripture Reading:
1Tim 6:6 – 10, Luke 12:13 – 21 and John 3:16.
LIVING BEYOND GREED
Ice Breaker: Share what one material item you would “love”
to have. Is it a want or a need?
1) How content are you with what you own/have?
2) When you look around you at other people, should you be, are you, concerned about their needs?
3) Why is salvation more important than satisfaction? (Satisfaction in material possession. Salvation in the context of how you live in the Kingdom of God now)
4) What can you do to care more and collect less?
Staying moral in a tough world - Sunday 30 October
Scripture Reading:
Deuteronomy 5: 1 – 22, Colossians 3: 1 – 14 and Matthew 5: 17 – 20 or Mark 12: 28 - 34
Ice Breaker: Who in your opinion would you recommend
as a “moral role model?” (Jesus is not an option for this exercise)
1)
a. What is the relevance or not of the TEN COMMANDMENTS today?
b. How would you sum up Colossians 3: 1 – 14 in a single phrase?
c. Who is “your neighbour” and what do you think Mark means?
2) Why do think the world has gone “wrong”?
3) Share ONE positive step you will take in the next week to make your contribution to the “Moral Health” of our world.
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