Discipleship Questions

1. How has prayer made a difference in your life?

2. How would you assess your own prayer life? Where is it strong? Where does it need to grow?

3. Read 1 Timothy 2:1-2. Take a moment to pray for those who occupy positions of authority in your life.

Discipleship Questions

1. Read Romans 8:32. How does the Gospel give us confidence that God will meet our daily needs?

2. In what ways has God provided you with strength and stability?

3. How does God give us hope for the future? Apart from God, what hope is there for the future?

On August 26, 2019, Pastor Jon Needham was invited to speak on the topic of biblical sexuality at a gathering for Thrive Kitsap; a group of young adults from different local churches that meets regularly for Bible study, prayer and fellowship.

This recording contains the teaching time and also a lengthy Q&A session at the end.

Discipleship Questions

1. When was a time that you remember experiencing God's glory through His creation?

2. Read Psalm 19:7-14. David lists a number of ways that God interacts with His people through His word, (e.g. the law of the LORD, the testimony of the LORD, etc.), and the outcomes that should accompany those interactions. What are the outcomes that are mentioned? How have you experienced those outcomes in your life as you have spent time with God's word?

3. It is not enough that we know what God's word says. Rather, the Psalmist's goal is that we would know AND delight in God's word. How have you grown in delighting in God's word? What opportunities do you see for growth?

1. How would you describe David's response to God in verses 1-3? In what ways can you identify with his response?

2. What attributes of God does David celebrate in the first 30 verses of this Psalm?

3. What is the connection between David's theology and his confidence seen in verses 29-30? How can the truth of who God is give you greater confidence and joy?

Discipleship Questions

1. How does God’s presence in your life give you the strength to bring your requests to Him when you fear or are in distress?

2. In what ways have you experienced delight in God’s people? What might hinder your delight in God’s people?

3. In what ways do you delight in God? How do you need to exercise repentance and initiate delight?

Discipleship Questions

1. According to Psalm 14 and Romans 1, unbelief is a willful choice that our hearts make. What do you think motivates our unbelief?

2. The rejection of God leads to societal harm. List some of the examples of these harms that are mentioned in Psalm 14. How have you personally experienced some of these consequences as a result of your own unbelief?

3. How does belief in the God of the Bible change the way you think about purpose, morality, justice, and meaning?