SERMON OUTLINE:

1. A Parable & Explanation

2. Hearing Rightly

3. Adoption

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. Do you know Jesus?

2. What does this text teach you about the sovereignty of God and your response?

3. How does this text stir your affections for Christ? How does it stir your affections for others to hear the Word?

SERMON OUTLINE:

1. A Brief Recap

2. Habakkuk 3:1-4 A Plea and Remembrance

3. Habakkuk 3:5-15 Looking Back

4. Habakkuk 3:16-19 Trusting Forward

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. Do you struggle with the Lord’s plan vs how you would do things? How so?

2. During these times of struggle and doubt do you find it easier or harder to look back and remember His faithfulness?

3. Is there a specific example of something the Lord has done for you that us helping you through a current difficulty?

SERMON OUTLINE:
1. What we typically chase after (Jeremiah 9:23).

2. What we must chase after (Jeremiah 9:24).

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Do you know Jesus?
2. What types of wisdom, might, or riches are you most often tempted to boast in?
3. How will you daily understand and know Jesus more?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. Have you thought that expressing lament is something that is normal and helpful for a Christian? Why or why not?  

2. Are there ways you have remembered or memorialized God's past faithfulness to you? What is an example of a time when you, at first, didn't recognize God's faithfulness to you in a situation but can see it now? 

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. How does remembering your status apart from Christ help you appreciate your belonging as a citizen in God’s kingdom? 
2. What are some ways you can deepen your participation in the rooted, committed family of God? 
3. Where is God calling you to participate in his mission to build up the church and extend his presence to more people and places? 

Michael Goldstein is an Acts 29 church planter from Denver, CO. Please check out their Instagram and Facebook pages for updates and to learn more about Fellow Citizens Church.

NOTES:

1. Confession 1-2
2. Confession/Assurance/Hope 3-4
3. Chorus of expectant waiting 5-6
4. Exhortation 7-8

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. What does your confessional prayer life look like?

2. How does Christ’s answer to those confessions urge you to tell others what you’ve experienced?

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?