Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Deuteronomy 4

Questions:

• What methods do you use to help you remember faith lessons?

Monday, May 30, 2011

Exodus 4

Questions:

• How did God teach Moses?
• How did Moses teach Pharaoh?
• How is God teaching you?

Sunday, May 29, 2011

John 21:15-19

Dr. Schultz' sermon today is from John 21:15-19, and is "Jesus and Developing Faith"

SERMON NOTES, May 29, 2011

John 21:15-19

      Jesus' instructions help us, and our helping others, to grow in faith.

· “Feed my lambs… Take care of my sheep… Feed my sheep.”  (Jesus, to Peter)

· Faith grows a bit at a time.

· Do you starve a cold and feed a fever when you're feeling under the weather? Or is it the other way around? Good news -- starving is never the correct answer.^*

· The unfinished business of our Easter living is to intentionally grow in our faith and to help others grow in their faith.

^*http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/starve-cold-feed-fever

Questions:

1. How are your feeding your faith?

2. Whose faith are you intentionally nourishing?

3. Identify at least one (1) thing that you can share with a young-in-faith Christian? With a more mature Christian?

Saturday, May 28, 2011

John 21:15-19    

Question:
How are you nourishing someone's growth in faith?




[Picture. Statue outside the Church of St. Peter’s Primacy or Mensa Christi - the Table of Christ - on the northern shore of Galilee, Israel.]

Friday, May 27, 2011

John 21:1-14

Questions:

• What are you willing to try doing a different way today to be closer to Christ?
• What is preventing you from doing it?

[Art credit: http://www.spiritualite2000.com/Art/Australie/peche.jpg]

Thursday, May 26, 2011

John 14:1-14

Questions:

• Who do know who is grieving the death of, missing, someone s/he loves? 
• How will you comfort him/her today?

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

1 Peter 2:2-10

Question:
What are you building on your faith today?

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Psalm 31

Question:
When and where do you most feel God's protection?




[Art credit: http://eardstapa.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/psalm-31-in-you-o-lord-i-put-my-trust/]

Monday, May 23, 2011

Acts 7:55-60

"The Stoning of Stephen"

Question:
Stephen was prepared to die for what he believed. For what are you willing to risk your life?






[Art credit: 
http://www.stainedglassphotography.com/Galleries/Tiffany/Tiffany2.htm]

Sunday, May 22, 2011

John 21:1-14

Dr. Schultz' sermon today is, "Jesus and Doing What We Know in a Different Way."

SERMON NOTES, May 22, 2011

John 21:1-14     

Jesus directs us to live differently than we have been to experience a fuller life.

· [Jesus] said, “Cast your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” (John 21:6, CEB)

· Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

· Change is a challenge; the challenge is rewarding.

· Our response to Jesus is to be willing to make the change and to make the change.

Questions:

1. Identify at least one (1) habit that you can change to improve your life.

2. What help do you need in changing?

3. Whom will you let help you?

Saturday, May 21, 2011

John 21:1-13

Question:
What can you do differently in you life to bring greater results?




[Art credit: James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Second Miraculous Draught of Fishes (La seconde pêche miraculeuse), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 1/8 x 10 in. (15.6 x 25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.345 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 00.159.345_PS2.jpg). http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4616/The_Second_Miraculous_Draught_of_Fishes_(La_seconde_p%C3%AAche_miraculeuse)]

Friday, May 20, 2011

Philippians 4

Question:
How are you experiencing Christ's strength today?

[Art credit: http://www.christian-myspace-layouts.com/getbackground.asp?background_id=1377&q=philippians_4_13]

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Isaiah 11

Question:
What is one (1) thing that you will do today to help the world be peaceful?


[Art: The Peaceable Kingdom, by Edward Hicks. http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/American/1934.65.html]

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Psalm 111

[www.elenahopsu.com/spiritual.html]

Question:

In verse 10, "fear" describes a perspective of awe and respect toward God. How do you express this perspective in you faithfulness?

Tuesday, May 16, 2011

Psalm 49

Questions:
Read the last verse again. In what to do need to seek and secure understanding today?

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Luke 24:35-49 Jesus opens our mind to understanding. 

Dr. Schultz will preach from this text today. The highlighted text below are the keys for the Sermon Notes. The sermon is, "Jesus and Discovery" and is the 4th in the series, Living Easter is Unfinished Business.

• "Then Jesus opened their minds to understand the scriptures." (Luke 24:45, CEB)
• Discovery begins in what we already know.
• Discovery connects our experience with God's gift in Jesus.
• Jesus' unfinished business includes our discovery for our faith, lives, and faithful living.

Questions:

1. What are three (3) of your favorite historical discoveries?
2. In what small group (e.g., Sunday School class, Ministry Team, etc.) are your learning to understand the Scriptures?
3. What legacy of spiritual discovery are you living to give to your family and friends?

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Christ Appearing to the Apostles,
Samuel H. Kress Collection in The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Luke 24:35-49

Questions:

What Scriptures do you struggle to understand?

Have you asked your small group to study them with you?

Friday, May 13, 2011

Mark 16:1-8


Question:
What fear do you need to overcome to be able to talk about your faith in Jesus?

Thursday, May 12

Millstones, shaped in Capernaum, Israel.

Luke 17:1-10


Question:
Who do you need to forgive? 

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Psalm 106


Questions:
In what ways are you experiencing God's goodness today?
How are you sharing God's goodness with others?

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Mark 16:1-8

Question: In what kinds of events/circumstances/situations do you feel fear?          

Friday, May 6, 2011

James 1


Questions: 

• What are the real factors that lean you into doubting? 
• How can you affect those factors? 
• Have you done all that you can to affect those factors? Yes? Then have you given those factors to God?

Thursday, May 5

Matthew 14

Question:

When Peter looked away from Jesus, he began to doubt; and, doubting, began to sink. What can you do in challenging moments to keep your eyes on Jesus?  

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Ezekiel 34


Question:
Read vv30-21 again. Do you know that you need from God to dispel your doubting? Have you asked God to fill that need?

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Psalm 94


Question: Read v19 again. In what kind of situations/circumstances are you inclined to doubt?

Monday, May 2, 2011

John 20:24-31


Questions: 

• Why do you think that Thomas needed to see to believe? 
• In what areas of your faith do you need to 'see'?

Sunday, May 1, 2010

Matthew 28:16-20

Questions: Why do you think that some of the disciples ‘doubted’? What were they doubting?