Scripture reading : Galatians 5:13-26

Outline: 

Galatians 5: 13a - A Warning

Galatians 5: 13b-14 - A Truth

Galatians 5: 15 - A Stark Reality 

Discussion:

1. Where are you at constant opposition with the Spirit and your flesh? What are you doing to see the flesh overcome?
2. What does this text teach you about the character of Christ? How does the fruit of the Spirit reflect that?

Encouragement:

Find a DC, group of friends, or accountability partner that you can confess sins with. Confess your battles between the Spirit and your flesh. Hear their struggles. Pray openly and honestly together and separately for yourselves and for each other. Ask how you can serve each other in love. Pursue that accountability of confession, prayer, and check up with each other. Glory in the love of our Savior together! 

Scripture Reading: Lk. 18:9-17.

Sermon Outline:

1. Do you feel like you’re missing something? (Lk. 18:18-23)

2. Do you wonder who can be saved? (Lk. 18:24-27)

3. Do you believe Jesus is worth it? (Lk. 18:28-30)

Discussion:

• What is most likely to make you anxious or angry? How does this show your own tendency toward self-righteousness?  
• What has the tendency to “fill your hands”? How might that be preventing Jesus from filling your heart?
• How do you personally approach the discipline of generosity? How can you grow in this area?

Sermon Outline:

1. A heart for children: To hinder, help, or heal (Lk. 18:15-16).

2. Why a heart for children matters (Lk. 18:17).

Discussion:

• As you reflect on the three heart postures reflected in this passage (To hinder, help, and heal), when are you most likely to demonstrate each one? How does this passage convict and encourage you?
• How can our church grow in helping children come to Jesus? 
• How can our church grow in helping un-churched people come to Jesus?

Outline: 

Luke 18:9: The Setup

Luke 18:10-13: Two Very Different Men

Luke 18:14: The Declaration 

Discussion: 

1. Have you been justified by Christ? How you truly prayed like the Tax Collector, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner?”
2. In what ways do you find yourself like the Pharisee? The Tax Collector? In what ways are you tempted to lean on your own righteousness?

Encouragement:

Confess your self righteousness to Christ. Pray that he will remind you of his goodness and mercy. His forgiveness. Confess with your friends or family those places where you are tempted into self righteousness and ask them to hold you accountable! Thank God for the opportunity to come to Him and say, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!”

Outline -

Luke 18:1: The Meaning

Luke 18:2-5: The Parable

Luke 18:6-8: The Explanation

Discussion: 

Do you find yourself in a season where you have lost heart? What does your prayer life look like in this season? How does this text encourage you to “pray without ceasing?”

Encouragement: Take this text to your DC, closest friends, or loved ones. Confess and talk together about the things that are causing you to lose heart. Pray that the Lord will increase your ability to pray in and through these things. Spend time together prayer for each others cares and concerns, helping each other crawl back to the lap of your father that cares for and hears you. Encourage each other throughout this week to pray constantly and that those prayer will build faith! 

Sermon Outline:

1. The Kingdom is here (Lk. 17:20-21).

2. The King is coming (Lk. 17:22-37).

Discussion:

• How is Jesus’ teaching in this passage similar to or different from what you typically think of as ‘the end of the world’? How does His teaching give you hope for the future?

••What ‘false jesuses’ does our society promote? How is the real Jesus better?

Outline :

Luke 17:11-12 : A Journey With A Purpose

Luke 17:13-19: 11 Miraculous Healings

Questions:

1. What has Christ done for you that causes you to be grateful and worship Him?
2. Is there “spiritual leprosy” in your life that is  distracting you from what Christ has done for you? Like what? 
3. How does this story teach you Christ’s character towards you in your sickness? 

•4.Pray that this text will open your eyes and heart to what Christ has done for you! Pray for an increase of faith to believe these things! Pray that Christ would give you strength to worship Him with a grateful heart! 

Outline - 

Luke 17:1-4: Struggles, Forgiveness, and Repentance

Luke 17:5-6: Increase Our Faith

Luke 17:7-10: Unworthy Servants

Questions : 

1. Do you know Christ?
2. What does this text show you about Christ character and how does that encourage you in faith to live these things out?

•3.When is the last time you prayed for Christ to increase your faith? Pray this for yourself, your family, your friends and pray this with them! 

Sermon Outline:

1. The role of government and our response.
2. Citizenship and our allegiance.
3. Patriotism and our longing for home.

Discussion:

• What are you grateful to God for about our country?
• When have you seen Christians in America not handle our citizenship well? Which Scripture passage today speaks to your concerns?
• In your own words, how does living as a citizen of Jesus’ Kingdom help you be a better citizen of our nation?

Matthew 28:16-20

NOTES: All authority belongs to Jesus...

1. so we place our confidence in him as we make disciples
2. so we obey his command to make disciples
3. and he is with us as we make disciples

DISCUSSION:

• What are your reservations to getting into gospel conversations with others?
• How does Jesus' reign and presence with you change how you view your reservations?
• What step will you take this week to obey Jesus and make disciples?