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Pastor Tim Richards continues the series, "The Gospel According to Joseph."  

2. Read Exodus 40:5-15 and 40:20-23. Why do you think the cupbearer failed to honor Joseph’s request?

3. Considering Joseph’s grand dreams (Genesis 37:5-9) but the sad story of rejection and enslavement that followed, does it surprise you that Joseph seemed so confident in interpreting the dreams of the cupbearer and baker (Genesis 40:8)? What conclusions might you draw about Joseph from this?

4. Can you find any connections between this story from Joseph’s life and the story of Jesus?

Pastor Lance Lewis continues the series, "The Gospel According to Joseph."  

Sermon Questions

1. Joseph was faithful to God and still ended up sold into slavery, falsely accused, and forgotten in prison. How do you reconcile faithfulness with unjust suffering, and has there been a time in your own life when doing the right thing didn't lead to the outcome you expected?

2. The sermon distinguishes between temptation and sin, quoting the line about not letting birds "build a nest in your hair." What practical steps did Joseph take to avoid temptation rather than just resist it in the moment, and what would "making no provision for the flesh" look like in your own life right now?

3. Three examples are given of people who kept serving faithfully even when forgotten or unrewarded — Joseph with the cupbearer, Eric Liddell in the prison camp, and Jeannette Davis in her illness. What do you think allowed each of them to keep serving without bitterness, and where do you find that same motivation?

4. The sermon offers three lessons on suffering: it tests us, it shapes our character, and character development takes time. Which of these three feels most relevant to something you're currently facing, and why?

Pastor Tim Richards introduces a new sermon  series on the life of Joseph called, "The Gospel According to Joseph."  

Sermon Questions

1. How would you describe your family tree – symmetrical or messy? Why?

Sermon Questions

2. Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 is a poetic description of old age. Read it and see if you can decipher the different elements described.

3. Why does the Teacher want to paint this rather grim picture of old age?

4. How would you sum up the message of Ecclesiastes? What does it teach you personally?

1. “Getting” Jesus – (a) have you recently discovered something about Jesus that you didn’t realize or appreciate previously? (b) is there something about Jesus that you don’t “get” (don’t understand, or don’t fully appreciate)?

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues his series on Ecclesiastes entitled, "The Book of Smoke," looking this week at chapter 8:1-17. 

2. Read Ecclesiastes 8:12. Despite his frustration, what gives him hope?

3. Read Romans 8:17-21. What, if anything, do you find in common between Paul’s words in Roman’s and the Teacher’s words in Ecclesiastes?

4. Have you ever had an experience where you felt a grave injustice was done but the bad guys got away with it? What counsel or encouragement do you draw from these passages?

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This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards will be continuing the series on Ecclesiastes entitled, "The Book of Smoke," looking this week at chapter 7:1-29. 

2. Read Ecclesiastes 7:1-5. Why does the Teacher think it’s good to go to funerals?

3. Read Ecclesiastes 7:15-20. Is the Teacher recommending being a little bad? (Note: It may be helpful to read some notes from a Study Bible or Commentary)

4. Read Ecclesiastes 7:26-29. Is the Teacher a misogynist? What is his main point? (Again, a Study Bible or Commentary may be helpful)

Pastor Tim Richards continues the series on Ecclesiastes entitled, "The Book of Smoke," looking this week at chapters 5:8-6:12. 

2. The Teacher in Ecclesiastes has often stated that he perceives much of life’s toil as vain. Now he says a person should find joy in it. Considering what he says in verses 18-20, what allows a person to move from a sense of tedium to joy in their work?

3. What does the teacher mean when he says “he will not much remember the days of his life”? Is that a good or negative thing?

4. Each of us has a lot in life but Jesus indicated that if we are his followers our lots are also part of something bigger. Read Matthew 9:36-38. Jesus pictures the world not as a small lot but a large field ready for harvest. His prayer was for workers who would use their resources to enter into that harvest. How and where are you engaging your wealth, possessions and power (Eccl 5:20) in the work of that bigger field?

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards will be continuing the series on Ecclesiastes entitled, "The Book of Smoke," looking this week at chapter 5:1-7. Online service can be viewed via live stream on YouTube, or a DVD copy can be requested through the church office. 

2. Read Ecclesiastes 5:1. What do you think the Teacher means, telling people to guard their steps when they go to the house of God?

3. Read Ecclesiastes 5:2-3. Why does the Teacher advise that words uttered to God be few? In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Paul says we should pray without ceasing. Is that a contradiction? If not, how do you harmonize these two ideas?

4. Read Ecclesiastes 5:3 & 7. It is interesting that the Teacher in this passage seems to warn about personal dreams.  Is it wrong to have a dream? What is the danger the Teacher is concerned with? What application can you find in your own life?