1. How are we not to pray according to last week's sermon?

2. What is the significance of addressing God as Father in comparison to how the non-believers may pray?

3. What does the word "hallow" mean? What does it mean to hallow His name? Is this something God does or is this something people must do?

4. What tangible things are we asking God to do when we petition Him to have His kingdom come?

5. Why is there a distinction between His will being done on earth as it is in heaven? Isn't God ruler of everything already?

1. What are some negative patterns of prayer that we are not to follow when we pray?

2. What is the significance of addressing God as Father? How does our relationship with God affect the way we pray?

3. What are some preliminary things that we are to acknowledge before we make any petitions.

4. What specific petitions are we are bring to God and why?

1. What was the older brother doing when he heard the party for the younger brother?

2. What was his main complaint toward the father?

3. How does he address his younger brother to the father?

4. What was the primary sin of the older brother?

1. What prompted Jesus to tell the story of the prodigal son?

2. According to Deuteronomy 21:17, how much of the father's inheritance would the second son have gotten when it was time to receive it?

3. Considering how wealthy the father seems to be, why did the father grant the selfish wish of the second son?

4. This story is divided into four parts. Try to identify the four different scenes mentioned in this parable.

1. What were the three observations made in last week's sermon about the three parables?

2. In what way does God seek and save the lost?

3. How does each of the parable end?

4. How is the lost being found described at the end of the first two parables?

1. From previous week's sermon... What was it about Jesus' teaching that drew all the tax collectors and the sinners to Him?

2. What was it about Jesus receiving and eating with the tax collectors and sinners caused the Pharisees and the Scribes to grumble at Jesus?

3. Name at least 4 commonalities that the all three parables teach.

4. What is the main point of all three parables?

1. Why do you think tax collectors and sinners are identified separately?

2. What drew the tax collectors and sinners to Jesus?

3. Why did it bother the Pharisees and the Scribes that Jesus allowed the Tax collectors and the sinners to come to Him?

4. In what way did the Pharisees and the Scribes resemble their ancestors?

1. Who was Jesus speaking to? Why do you think Jesus was giving them this difficult warning?

2. How do you reconcile all the passages of honoring your father and mother with Jesus saying we must hate them to be his disciples?

3. What two illustrations are given to illustrate why we must count the cost of following Christ? What do the illustrations reveal about what we're called to do?

1. What does the "big dinner" represent in Jesus' parable?

2. What excuses were given by the characters in the parable? What do these excuses reveal about them?

3. Who were the initial invitation given to? What group of people do they represent?

4. Who do the poor, crippled, blind and lame represent? Who are the ones on the highways and along the hedges?