Today we look at the First of the Ten Commandments: "You shall have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3), and we study how we can ensure that God (and God alone) is the only one we look to for life.

// Small Group Questions

1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group.

2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind?

3. What does it mean to make God our life?

4. What are some areas that you struggle with that compete with making God your life?

5. How can we guard our hearts against anything that would seek to divide our loyalty to God?

As we continue our sermon series on the Ten Commandments, we study why they matter and what their purpose is.

// Small Group Questions

1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group.

2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind?

3. Review the Ten Commandments together and come up with summary statements for how we are to love God and one another based on them.

4. What would it take for us to fulfill I Peter 2:9 individually and as a church?

5. Since the biblical definition of freedom is to enjoy the benefits of what we should do, how should this inform our daily decisions?

As we begin our study on the Ten Commandments, we see why God gave us the law, why we should study it, and why the law is good.

// Small Group Questions

1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group.

2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind?

3. Where do you see the contradictions our culture has created for itself in trying to develop its moral code?

4. God gave the Law to provide freedom of relationship. How does this change your perspective on the Law?

5. What are you hoping to learn from this study?

Today, on Resurrection Sunday, we conclude our series by seeing how the victory of Jesus should be applied. Join us as we study the grace of Jesus, how He provides us with a new identity, and how it serves as a motivation for our service.

As we continue our series leading up to Resurrection Sunday, we examine how the Religious Leaders, the Disciples, and the Crowd all had misguided passions, and we study how to direct our passions towards Christ and His glory, authority, and will.

// Small Group Questions

1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group.

2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind?

3. Share with one another times where your passions have gotten the best of you, resulting in you getting off track.

4. How can we protect ourselves from this in the future?

5. How can we be more intentional during Holy Week to prepare ourselves to celebrate Resurrection Sunday?

Today begins our Easter Series, Kingdom of Victory, leading up to Resurrection Sunday. Today, we'll be studying the beauty of what God intended (Genesis 1-2), the tragedy of the fall of man (Genesis 3:1-13), and the prediction of victory (Genesis 3:14-15) as we look forward to His new creation (Revelation 21).

// Small Group Questions

1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group.

2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind?

3. How can we enjoy God more in the here and now?

4. How can we actively lessen the allurement of sin in our daily lives?

5. Share with one another any current spiritual struggles and spend some time praying for victory.

As our study moves into Malachi 3, we focus on the sovereignty of God. We trust God for our eternal destiny, but often stumble in the details of our present life, which ignores His sovereignty over all things. Join us as we study what true submission to God looks like.

// Small Group Questions

1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group.

2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind?

3. How can we see beyond the circumstances of life and trust in the character of God?

4. Malachi 3:1-6 speaks of being ready for the Lord's return - How should this impact our daily living?

5. How should Malachi 3:7-12 affect our management of the resources God gives us?

As we dive into the second chapter of Malachi, we learn how authenticity in our worship and devotion to God demands four new affections in the lives of His people, and how we must always be on guard so that our love and devotion to God will be complete and total, leading to obedient living.

// Small Group Questions

1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group.

2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? This would be a great opportunity as a group to use the Ask a Pastor feature and that way we can address it either directly or in the messages in the future.

3. What competitors to your love and devotion to God are you facing?

4. What are some helpful lessons that we can draw from Malachi 2:1-16 to assist us in our devotion to God and our relationships?

5. Spend some time praying for healthier relationships and for those who are struggling in their relationships.

This morning we examine Malachi's second oracle calling for God's people to correct their illicit practices and indifferent attitudes. Paul echoes this message in Romans 12 with a call for the NT church to live their lives as a sacrificially as our spiritual worship. Though the Old Testament traditions and modes of worship have changed, the responsibility of God's people to worship with authentic motives remains the same.

// Small Group Questions

1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group.

2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? This would be a great opportunity as a group to use the Ask a Pastor feature and that way we can address it either directly or in the messages in the future.

3. God said He is both Father and Master. What comes to your mind when you hear these two titles of God?

4. How do these two titles of God impact our worship as a living sacrifice?

5. Spend some time as a group focusing on God's worth by sharing how you have experienced God's holiness and grace.