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May 18: “You Complete Me, Lord Jesus”
1. How does the Lord complete us? 2. Have you ever known a complete Christian? 3. What is the most prevalent attribute of a complete Christian? 4. What is the difference between a complete Christian and a mature Christian? 5. How do reason & experience play a part in completeness? 6. Do we have to wait to get to heaven to be complete? 7. What keeps you from being complete? May 4th: “You Go, Girl!” 1. What woman has most influenced you life? Why? 2. Where would your life be without her? 3. How have you experienced God’s love through women in your life? 4. What does fear of the Lord have to do with a woman of God? 5. How are the qualities of strength and honor apparent in a woman of God? 6. What is a virtuous woman? 7. How do we repay love shown to us by women of God? April 27th: “On a Mission from God” 1. What does it mean to be on a mission from God? 2. How does knowing the Holy Spirit put you on a mission from God? 3. Who are people in the scriptures who were on a mission from God? 4. Are only ordained people supposedly on a mission from God? 5. What’s the difference between those who are ordained and those who are Christian? 6. What would it take for you to accept a deeper mission from God? 7. How would you explain that we are all on a mission from God? April 20th: “Life of Addiction” 1. What has God delivered you from? 2. How can you tell you have been delivered? 3. Why is addiction so destructive? 4. Does God deliver us without our help? 5. How does addiction destroy a family? 6. What does it mean when we are addicted to God? April 13th: “Breathing Life into the Body” 1. When do you give oxygen to a person? 2. How can you give spiritual oxygen? 3. Once a person is on oxygen can they ever come off it? 4. How is confirmation strengthening the body? 5. How are we the body of Christ? 6. How does a body function alone? 7. Why is life important to a body? April 6th: “Nothing But Net” 1. What did Jesus mean when He said “I will make you fishers of men”? 2. What is the net we are to use? 3. If we work to catch people for God, how will He clean our fish? 4. How does God help us in our work? 5. How important is timing in fishing for fish or people? 6. What kind of bait can we use? 7. Has God ever caught someone through you? March 30th: “Have You Seen Him?” 1. Where do scriptures say He appeared after resurrection? 2. Why is it easy for you to believe He appeared to the Disciples after being put in the grave? 3. How long did Jesus appear before He ascended? 4. Did Jesus appear on earth after He ascended? 5. Does Jesus appear now to His followers? 6. How did Jesus look when He appeared to the Disciples? 7. Will Jesus appear again according to the Bible? March 23rd -Easter Sunday: “What Did it Take for You to Believe?” 1. What did it take for you to believe? 2. Why is it hard to believe Christ rose from the dead? 3. How can you help others believe? 4. What proof if any do you have that He is alive? 5. Why is it important that we believe? 6. What difference does it make in your life that you believe? 7. How does the Holy Spirit help strengthen your belief? March 16th: “Hosanna in the Highest” 1. How does waving palms show royalty? 2. What difference would it have made if they had made Jesus the earthly king? 3. Why do you think Jesus wept as he entered Jerusalem? 4. Do you think it pleased Jesus to hear people shouting, “Hosanna!”? Why? 5. How is it different when we stand to wave palms & shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” 6. What must be right when we wave and shout? 7. Do you think we will be waving and shouting when He comes again? March 9th-“Get in the Way!” 1. Why is it so hard to remove obstacles that are between us and God? 2. All obstacles are not sin—name some of them. 3. Name some obstacles that are sin. 4. Give a short definition of “sin.” 5. Can you be out of the way and then get back in the way? 6. How do obstacles get in between Christians? Name some of them. 7. What does it take to remove pride? March 2: “Spring is in the Air” 1. How do flowers and everything budding give feelings of new life around us? 2. Why is it so important to have new beginnings? 3. How is the seed of the Word of God to be planted in the hearts of Christians? 4. What is the significance of the mustard seed & faith? 5. How does the Holy Spirit sow in our spirits? 6. What does it mean that fields are white to harvest? 7. Does faith ever become so strong that it doesn’t need care? February 24: “Home is Where the Heart Is” 1. Home is where we most want acceptance. Have you not known acceptance at home or church before? 2. What does home mean to you? 3. Doe a new home change the definition? 4. What happened when you left home? 5. What is your dream home? 6. How do you think the Prodigal Son felt going home? 7. How are the older son’s feelings like some people in church? 8. What is the father’s role in this story? February 17th: “Armed & Dangerous” 1. II Cor. 5:20, What does it mean to be Christ's ambassador? 2. Why is it so important to have the armor of God before battle? 3. After being armed, what does it mean to have a kink in your armor? 4. How does humility play in the armor? 5. How did Jesus battle Satan in Matthew 4:1? 6. What are flaming arrows of the evil one? 7. What does prayer have to do with armor? February 10th: “More Than a Valentine” 1. What does true love have to do with a special day for the love of your life? 2. Why do we need Valentine’s Day? 3. Why is love more than a Valentine? 4. What is “the thought that counts”? 5. What does it mean to have a love in your life? 6. Why is love patient and kind? 7. What is the difference in being in love with God and being in love with others? February 3rd: “Why Go to Church?” 1. Why do we go to church? 2. How does going to church improve your life? 3. What is Lent? 4. Why have Ash Wednesday Services? 5. Why is it important to be a member of a church? 6. How do we get those back who have quit going to church? “Who Sets Your Agenda?” January 27 1. What was Jesus’ agenda & how did it affect everything? 2. From the beginning, what was Jesus’ purpose? 3. Did He share His purpose with others? 4. What determines your daily, weekly, yearly agenda? 5. How does your agenda affect your daily life? 6. What does it take to change your agenda? 7. How does changing your agenda affect you and others? “Three Simple Rules” January 20 1. How in depth can you perceive these three rules? 2. Are they too simple to be appreciated? 3. How is “do no harm” different from “do good?” 4. Can people disagree & still not do people harm? 5. What is the difference between a Christian doing good and a non-Christian doing good? 6. “Stay in love with God” assumes you love God already. On a scale of 1-10 how much do you love God? 7. How could you be more in love with God? January 13: “A Hug from God” 1. When does the Holy Spirit start working on a person? 2. What is the “job” of the Holy Spirit? 3. Does the Holy Spirit ever leave a person? 4. What is the unpardonable sin? 5. What names did Jesus give the Holy Spirit? 6. How many Spirits of God are there? Name some of them. 7. How must we worship God, why? January 6th: “A New Year for a Changing World” 1. How are you different now than you were a year ago? 2. What are you hoping for this year? 3. How will you be different in another year? 4. Is your life changing right now? How? 5. How do others affect your world? 6. What would it take for you to be more of a witness for God? 7. D you expect much from God this year? December 30th: “My Eyes Have Seen Your Salvation” 1. Why was it important for Mary & Joseph to offer a sacrifice? 2. By keeping the law they showed they were good Jews—what are ways we show we are good Christians? 3. Why do you think God promised Simeon he would not die until he saw the Messiah? 4. How was Simeon’s testimony another sign? 5. What advantage did Anna’s testimony give? 6. How has others’ testimony about Jesus affected you? 7. How does your testimony affect others? December 23rd: “Mary Did You Know?” 1. What do you think Mary knew about the coming Messiah before Gabriel came to her? 2. Why do you think she readily accepted what Gabriel said to her? 3. Why did this young girl accept Gabriel’s message while the old priest Zechariah doubted Gabriel? 4. Why do you think Mary went to Elizabeth? 5. What is the difference between Mary’s question & Zechariah’s? 6. Gabriel said “Blessed art thou among women,”—at what age did she become a woman? 7. Does a young person have more hope than an older, more experienced person? 8. Do you think God has something for you to do? December 16: “Praise Ye the Lord” 1. Why is praise important for Christians? 2. Why does the Bible say we were created? 3. How can you better praise God? 4. Can we praise God in our spirit? 5. When should we praise God? December 9: “From Doubt to Praise” 1. How does doubt destroy your faith? 2. How is sadness connected to doubt? 3. How has Christ overcome doubt in your life? 4. What is your answer to people when they say your faith is so strong? 5. Do you have any doubt(any) that when you die you will go to be with Jesus? December 2 (9a.m.) : “A Little Child Shall Lead Them” 1. Why is it important to become as a child to enter the kingdom of God? 2. In what ways are children like the kingdom of God? 3. When are children most like Jesus? 4. What can you learn from watching children play? 5. What was Jesus' attitude toward children and why? November 25: Judgment 1. When are you most tempted to judge others? 2. When are you most tempted to judge yourself? 3. Have you ever felt the demonic power of judgment on yourself or your family? 4. Why and how does God save us from the condemning judgment of Satan? 5. Have you asked God to forgive you for judging yourself and others? November 18: “The Thankful Heart” 1. What are you most thankful for? 2. What is a “good” Thanksgiving for you? 3. How do you show thanksgiving to God? 4. Have you ever been away from home at Thanksgiving? 5. How does God help us to be thankful no matter where we are? November 11th: “All to Him I Owe” 1. Why do some people feel we are in debt to God? 2. If we are in debt to God, how do we pay our debt? 3. What is the difference between a spiritual debt and a material one? 4. What is a scapegoat? 5. How has Jesus become our scapegoat? 6. How does Jesus pay our debt? 7. What would it take for you to feel completely debt free? 8. Can our debts be paid with money? November 4th: “Temples of the Living God” 1. Why is it important we realize we are God's temple? 2. How does it change our lives knowing we are God's dwelling place? 3. Why do you think Paul had to tell the church at Colossians 3 times they were the temple of God? 4. What is the difference between having the Holy Spirit dwell in you and being the temple of God? 5. At what point in our lives does the Holy Spirit come in? 6. At what point do we become the temple of God? 7. Who has become our high priest that we might be the temple? (Hebrews 11) 8. How does claiming we are the temple show we accept Jesus as our high priest? (Hebrews 4) October 28th: “The Giving Christian” 1. Have you ever known a giving person? 2. How did they affect your life? 3. Do you know people who are takers…never satisfied? 4. Have you ever known a fellow Christian who directly affected your life with a gift? 5. What would it take for you to give more of yourself to God? 6. Jesus calls us to walk with him in faith. How is walking with the supreme God different than walking alone? 7. Would others consider you a giving person? October 21st: “Forgive, Forgiven, Forget” 1. How have you known God’s forgiveness? 2. How is forgetting part of forgiveness? 3. Have you ever had a hard time forgiving someone? 4. Is forgiving yourself tied to accepting God’s forgiveness & forgiving others? 5. Is there someone you cannot forgive? 6. Is there someone you want to forgive but they won’t let you? 7. Is repentance part of forgiveness? 8. How has knowing you are forgiven affected you? October 14th: “I Will Always Love You” 1. How have you experienced God’s love through a person? 2. How have you shown God’s love to someone? 3. How does our church show God’s love? 4. How can we improve on showing God’s love? 5. Is there anyone you cannot love? 6. What do you do when your love is rejected? 7. What does God do when he is not loved? 8. How has experiencing God’s love affected you? September 30th: “The Beast of Burdens” 1. What are the burdens people you know are dealing with? 2. How do people rationalize why they do not change? 3. What is your most recent burden? You do not have to share it, but at least identify what it is, write it down and pray over it. 4. What is the greatest burden from which God has delivered you? 5. Did you think God could deliver you two months before He did? 6. What is keeping you from laying down every burden you have? 7. What does it mean to you to look to Jesus? September 23rd: “The Miracle of Multiplication” 1. Have you ever seen God multiply anything? 2. Do you give more of your time, talent, or tithe? 3. How important is your time? 4. Have you ever out-given God? 5. What would it take for you to be a cheerful giver? September 16th : “This Light of Mine” 1. Tell about a time someone was a blessing to you. 2. When you have body pain, how does it affect your ability to function? 3. How can you be a better part of the body of Christ? 4. Do you know your spiritual gifts? 5. Explain why your gift is necessary to the body at Providence. September 9th: “Thank you, Jesus!” 1. When you hear “thank you Jesus” what comes to mind? 2. In your life have you been overcome with God’s presence so that you began to praise Him? 3. Do you praise Him in the sanctuary of your spirit daily…weekly…spontaneously? 4. Does Jesus really want our adoration, praise, celebration and thanksgiving to Him? 5. When you praise Jesus, how does it affect you? 6. How does life, hurry, busy-ness affect your time of praise? 7. Ephesians 1:12 “in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory.” What do you need to do to be able to praise Him more? September 2nd: “A Labor of Love” 1. What do you consider God’s field? 2. What’s the difference between chores & work? 3. Have you worked in God’s field? 4. Have you seen fruit rotting on the vine? 5. Did you do anything about it? August 26th: “The Home Rules! Part 2” 1. Does your family know the importance that God has in your life? 2. Did you learn anything about yourself from this week’s message? 3. How important is it to raise your family in the church? 4. Will your checkbook attest to your love for your family? 5. If you kept a time calendar what percent do you think you would give to your family? 6. What is unconditional love? August 19th: “The Home Rules!” 1. If God is first in your life, can your family attest to that? 2. Which one of the first five rules hit you between the eyes? Why? 3. What will you have to change to be able to say you follow the first five rules? 4. How important is it that you receive a hug each day from those you love? 5. How good a listener are you? August 12th: “Hey, God!” 1. What do you believe happens when you pray? 2. Are prayers from Christians who are right with God stronger than prayers from those who are right with Him? 3. Does the purity of our thoughts influence our prayers? 4. Why is prayer so important to you? To God? 5. Does worry play a part in prayer? 6. How does prayer set Christians apart from other religions? 7. Name one thing you know happened to you because of prayer. August 5th: “What’ll Ya Have?” 1. Why is it called “The Lord’s Supper”? 2. What is the symbolism between Passover and the Lord’s Supper? 3. How were Jesus’ dealings with Judas different from those with the other disciples? 4. How is the bread a fair representation of the body of Christ? 5. How does wine represent Jesus’ blood? 6. Will there be wine in heaven? 7. What does Holy Communion mean to you? July 29: “Open Hearts & Doors at Providence UMC” 1. Why must we be open to others? 2. How do trust & forgiveness play a part in openness? 3. How do we show our openness? 4. Have you ever felt closed out from people in a church? 5. How does God teach us to be open? July 22: “Teens on Fire” 1. Why is it important for teens to be on fire for God? 2. How does passion play a part in the fire? 3. Who causes teens to be on fire? 4. Does music play a part of the fire for teens? 5. How do others put their fire out? July 15: “The Touch of the Master’s Hand” 1. What does it mean to have the Master’s touch? 2. Do we get fresh touches? 3. What does the Holy Spirit have to do with the Master’s touch? 4. Can Christians not feel God’s touch? 5. When does God want to touch us? July 8: “It is Well with my Soul” 1. What does it mean to be well with your soul? 2. What is the difference between well with your soul and everything to be alright in life? 3. Do you know Christians who can not say “It is well with my soul”? 4. How does God make it well with our souls? 5. What do faith, hope, trust and love have to do with all being well with your soul? July 1: “God’s Covenant with us is Forever” 1. Name some covenants in scripture. 2. What is the difference between a covenant and a promise? 3. How did God seal His covenant with Jesus? 4. How does God seal His covenant with us today? 5. What does it mean to have a covenant with God? June 24: “Thank you, Providence!” 1. How does God keep his fire burning in you? 2. How did the fire of the Holy Spirit start in you at Providence? 3. What can you do to help keep the fire burning? 4. What gifts has the Holy Spirit given you? 5. How do you share Christ through those gifts? |
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