RESPONDING TO JESUS
OPEN IT: If you could have personally witnessed one event in history, what would you want to have seen? DIG INTO IT: 1. Read Matthew 1:18–25. Matthew 1:18-25 – ESV 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together […]
WILLINGNESS TO RISK
Matthew 14:22-34 OPEN IT: What is the riskiest thing you have ever done? What made it risky? DIG INTO IT: a) Why did Jesus stay behind and send His disciples across the lake without Him? b) Why do you think Jesus spent time alone in prayer? c) What purpose was there in Jesus walking across […]
The Parable of the Talents
(Matthew 25:14-30) If someone loaned you a million dollars and you had to pay it back in ten years, what would you do with it? Read: Matthew 25:14-30 14. “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15. To one he gave […]
Bible Study Habit 3
Matthew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Devotional Core Habit #2: Speak with God In some ways, prayer is both easy and challenging at the same time. On the one hand, prayer is surprisingly easy. You don’t have […]
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Has anyone ever felt that they got a raw deal working? Like the did more work but got paid the same or even less than others? The setting of this fascinating parable is a typical scene in first-century Israel. Day laborers gather in the marketplace, hoping someone will offer them employment for the day. Their […]
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
Does anyone here have someone that they were wronged by BUT have forgiven? Does anyone here have someone that they were wronged by and have NOT forgiven? Story: On July 17, 2015, twenty-one-year old Dylann Roof entered Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and was welcomed into a Wednesday night Bible study. […]
Why Did Jesus Teach with Parables?
What is a parable? Story – with a lesson, to a specific audience and to all of us bonus – anyone know the diff in simile and metaphor? Simile – Matt 10:16 – 16. “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Metaphor […]