DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• What is comforting and faith-building about God's Omniscience and Omnipresence?  Are those truths hard for you to affirm in some ways?  
• How should it affect the decisions we make in our lives if God "knit us together" and "knows us" to such a degree? What does rebellion to those truths bring into our lives?  
• Let's pray and thank God for his vast thoughts toward you and exhaustive knowledge of all things!  

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• In our current culture what does it mean to "Be Still (or cease striving) and know that He is God,” as the nations rage and so much seems unstable? 
• What are ways we can cultivate a sense of God's presence; that He is "with us" in our day-to-day lives? 
• Pray for any needs at your table

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• Finish this sentence:  "When I am afraid........"   
• How can we develop a trust in the Lord as our first instinct in those times? How does God's knowledge and care for us (He holds our tears in a bottle) help in the middle of fear?  

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• What are some ways we can pursue Unity in our relationships at missio? What are things that get in the way of that pursuit? 
• How does Christ's work in saving us by Grace Alone help us in pursuing unity? 

SERMON OUTLINE:

1. Establishing Authority 1-2
2. Who can ascend? 3-6
3. Triumphal Entry 7-10

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• What does this text teach you about Christ?
• What does this text teach you about your relationship with to Christ?
• What does this text teach you about God’s character and promises?

SERMON OUTLINE:

1. Name and majesty  1-3, 9
2. The promise and fulfillment 4-8

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• Do you believe that this God of Majesty cares for you so much that you are seen by Him in the vastness of creation? Why or why not?
• Knowing that Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of this text, how does this passage stir your affections towards Him?

SERMON OUTLINE:
1. Historical Context

2. Prophetic Context

3. Personal Context

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
What does this text and its contexts teach us about God? How does this text affect your view of Christ’s love for you?

What does this text teach us about our relationship to God? Does this change any of the things you have believed about His view of you?

What does this passage teach us about the promises God has made in this text? How does this play into how you approach your daily relationship with Christ?

SERMON OUTLINE:

1. An awkward scenario unfolds (Luke 7:36-39).

2. Jesus reframes the scene in light of His character (Luke 7:40-50).

3. A picture of how those who love Jesus respond (Luke 8:1-3).

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• Look at verse 44, who does the American church tend to not see? Who do you personally struggle to see?
• When do you most struggle to serve others? How does this passage help?
• How can we grow in our love for Jesus? Answer in tangible and practical ways.

SERMON OUTLINE:

1. Messengers from John 7:18-23

2. The least in the Kingdom of Heaven 7:24-30

3. Hard-hearted children 7:31-35

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• Do you believe that Jesus is who He says He is? How has He met you when you have doubted this?
• “When you feel yourself becoming hard-hearted, what are the factors? How can you actively repent of those factors and live with a soft heart?”