Speaker: Pastor Andrew Haak

Reflection Questions:

Speaker: Pastor Josh Willms

Reflection Questions:

When you pray for your own needs, what do you most often pray for? How do these prayers line up with the how Jesus teaches us to pray and how may they differ?

Given Jesus' teaching on forgiveness and the Lord's prayer, are there those in your life that you need to forgive? Do you need to forgive yourself? What might be stopping you from offering forgiveness?

Speaker: Pastor Andrew Haak

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Speaker: Pastor Andrew Haak

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-42

Reflection Questions:

Who is someone in your life who modeled gracious generosity in the face of offence, obstacle, or even oppression? What did it look like?

How does generosity change your heart? Both the act of giving and the act of receiving?

Think about a situation you find yourself in. What would it mean to reflect God's generous love, despite the provocation and pressure, despite your own anger and frustration?

Speaker: Pastor Andrew Haak

Scripture: Matthew 5:33-37

Reflection Questions:

How have you experienced trust and honesty build up a community? Or, how have you witnessed distrust and dishonesty dismantle a community?

In what way are you being invited to conform your speech habits so that they are more aligned with Christ and his kingdom?

Speaker: Pastor Andrew Haak

Scripture: Matthew 5:31-32

Reflection Questions:

Speaker: Keith St. Jean

Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30

Reflection Questions:

Jesus is in the restoration business. Where have you experienced his ability to restore you to your humanity? How can you participate in the restoration practice?

Can you discover a time in your life when someone loved you? What was that experience like? Did it change you? If so, how?

Speaker: Jesse Nickel

Scripture: Matthew 5:21–26

Reflection Questions:

1. How do Jesus’s words here challenge and/or

encourage you?

2. What would it look like for you to put Jesus’s

teaching here into practice? What parts of your

life is it particularly relevant for?

3. Do you think anger is inherently a bad thing?

Does it always indicate a heart oriented away

from the kingdom?

4. How do you receive the call to pursue

reconciliation? What would it look like for you

to “seek first” this part of God’s kingdom and

righteousness?

Speaker: Pastor Andrew Haak

Scripture: Matthew 6:9

Reflection Questions:

How does your closeness with God lead to prayer marked by confidence, trust, and affection?

In what ways does seeking God's honour through prayer, shape what you pray about?

How do your expression of devotion and worship positively contribute to God's reputation?

Speaker: Pastor Andrew Haak

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-8

Reflection Questions:

How has the Sermon on the Mount shaped your understanding of trusting and turning to God in prayer?

Who are the examples in your life that have modeled Kingdom-oriented, God-honouring prayer for you?What have you learned from them?