“If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: … but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:15
“If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: … but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.””
Joshua 24:15
Oswald Chambers on trusting God.
“We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises.”
Jeremiah 45:5 offers a timeless antidote to self-centered ambition while providing assurance of God’s care for His servants. It calls us to release grasping after personal greatness and rather embrace contentment in God’s provision and presence, wherever He leads.
Digging into John 10:9–10
How is Jesus the gate or door of salvation? (10:9)
How does Jesus make your life full? (10:10)
How can we better hear the voice of Jesus with all the competing voices shouting at us constantly?
Digging into John 10:4-6
What prevents you from hearing or knowing his voice? (10:4)
What are the “strangers” in our culture that try to lure us away from the Good Shepherd? (10:5)
What are some teachings of Jesus that you have a hard time understanding? (10:6)
Digging into John 10:1-3
1. In what way has Jesus been a gate or door in your life? (10:1-2)
2. How important is the fact that the Shepherd calls the sheep by name? What does that mean to you? (10:3)
3. When you hear his voice, how prone are you to follow? (10:3)
Digging in to Luke 24:32…
When was the last time (or a significant time in your life) when your heart burned at what you read in the Bible? (24:32)
We can be so casual in reading the Bible, unless we seek to apply the words we read. Let Jesus speak and the Spirit convict.
Digging deeper into Luke 24:27-28
1. How important is the Scripture in our understanding of Jesus and his global purpose? (24:27)
2. How do you feel about Jesus acting as if he would go on farther without them? (24:28)
Remember: we follow Jesus, he doesn’t follow us.
Digging deeper into Luke 24:25…
1. When have you been guilty of unbelief? Why are we so often “slow of heart to believe”? (24:25)
2. What great truth has God taught you that at first you failed to understand?
3. In what ways has God clearly spoken to you?
Digging deeper into Luke 24:21-22…
1. Describe a time when you saw your hopes dashed and how did you handle it? (24:21)
2. Life can be full of surprises, so when was a time in your life where God or his people amazed you? (24:22)
Discuss among your small group!
In Joshua 3:7
1. God Establishes Leaders. He will exalt him; it wasn’t self-promotion.
2. God’s Presence Is Key. Success isn’t about skill alone, but whether God is with you.
3. God Works Publicly to Strengthen Faith. It’s not about one‘s ego, but the people‘s confidence.
“You are not called to close the deal. You are called to deliver the message. God changes hearts. You open your mouth. And the message is not complicated. At its core, it is substitution: Jesus in your place. Your sin on Him. His righteousness on you.”
- Harp @ Betterman
Diving deeper into Luke 24:15-16, the guys on the Road to Emmaus.
1. When was a time when Jesus showed up and you failed to recognize him at first. (24:15)
2. What do you think prevents people from believing in Jesus? (24:16)