The Road to the Cross, Part 1
Pastor Zach Bearss
March 11, 2018
THE ROAD TO THE CROSS IS REPENTANCE
SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS
CONNECT:
Read through Psalm 51 together.
What spoke to you personally in the message?
ENGAGE:
Discuss this ancronym in light of David’s life and confession in Psalm 51.
A-admit
C-confess
H-heal
E-enter back
Discuss the illustration of the Pond Water and how it reflects our hearts.
APPLY:
Reflect on the statement: Many times who God breaks the most He uses the most. How has He used or can He use your brokenness for His glory?
Do you have a mentor in your life who challenges and holds you accountable you spiritually, such as Nathan was to David?
PRAY:
Pray for one another to have a contrite, humble heart that is willing to be repentive before God and others such as David’s example in Psalm 51.
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The Road to the Cross, Part 2: Greatness through Servanthood
Pastor Tom Dages
March 18, 2018
Small Group questions
1-What was most worshipful about the service on Sunday?
2-Would Jesus say it is wrong to pursue greatness?
3-Give an example of how you have seen greatness pursued lately by 1) position 2) power 3) prestige?
4-What is meant by Jesus coming down into servanthood to display greatness?
5-What step down into greatness is most amazing to you: 1) His step down into humanity 2) into resisting sin 3) into footwashing 4) into death on the cross? Explain your answer.
6-Why is it essential to grow in our servanthood greatness by keeping our eyes focused on Jesus and staying dependent upon His Spirit?
7-In what aspect of servanthood do you feel the Spirit prompting you to excel-your workplace, coaching, marriage or parenting?
The Road to the Cross, Part 3: God’s Personal Visit
Ben Little
March 25, 2018
Small Group Questions
What was the most meaningful part of the service for you?
Read through John 17. What stands out to you most about Jesus’ prayer?
We are all in desperate need of salvation, but we tend to shape Jesus in the form we most want to see. How have you shaped Jesus? Where could you see that He might have more to offer than you imagined?
What would be different in your life if you saw evil the way Jesus does?
What places is Jesus weeping over in your life? Have you wept with Him? Have you let Him into that broken place? What would it look like to let Him into that brokenness?
How might Jesus want to use your brokenness to bring hope to others?
The Road to the Cross, Part 4: Easter Sunday
Pastor Zach Bearss
April 1, 2018
Small Group Questions
CONNECT
What spoke to you this Sunday either through the Sunrise Resurrection Walk, the Baptisms, and/or the message?
ENGAGE
Read out loud together John 20:1-18. Place yourself in the story. What do you think your response would have been: belief? unbelief? weeping? running? telling what you saw?
Discuss the tenderness of Christ with Mary Magdalene as well as the majesty of God revealed in this story.
Discuss this C.S. Lewis quote: “Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts to us in our pains. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” How has pain been God’s gift to you and put you on your knees looking for hope?
APPLY
Don’t wait. The hound of heaven is after you. What is God asking you to do that will make this year be different than last year: accept Him? embrace Him? go tell others about Him?
Pray for one another to seek God’s will for each of your lives in the upcoming year as you look for a new beginning in one area of your life.