Series: Joyful & Justified - Main Idea || The God who brought us into our new friendship with God will keep us going in our faith and ensure that we arrive in heaven with him.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-159248.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. Was there ever a time when you doubted Gods love for you? If so,

a. what were the circumstances around your doubt?

b. have you overcome them?

2. As an assurance of Gods love for us, whats been more compelling for you your personal experience or Jesuss death?

3. Our joy surges when we see believe gospel truths. How might this one help you sustain your joy no matter what life brings you?

a. Romans 5:11 (NLT) So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.

Watch at: https://youtu.be/zIivGw8WUZc File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/06/20/06/21/33/ee8ba5ae-9eec-4c67-9fbb-32c23b85eba3/Justified%20&%20Joyful%20(Romans%205_5-11)%20Forever%20Friends%20FILL%20INS%20.pdf

Series: Joyful & Justified - Main Idea || It is when we suffer that we discover what we are really trusting and hoping in: ourselves, or God.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-158983.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. Consider a specific difficulty or hardship you have experienced as a Christian (it may be something you are experiencing right now). Were any of these true for you?

a. It led you to focus, to single-mindedness.

b. It led you to a deeper experience of Gods presence and love.

c. It led you to a greater closeness, a sense of nearness.

d. It helped you sift out the unimportant from the important.

e. It helped focus your attention more on prayer and on what God has done for you.

2. Was there ever an area of suffering or disappointment in your life which you are seeing as punishment from God, instead of God working to bring you closer to him?

3. It is when we suffer that we discover what we are really trusting and hoping in: ourselves, or God. Why do you think that might help us more than our own uninterrupted affluence?

Watch at: https://youtu.be/U56eY_WJ7mI File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/06/13/12/05/38/f11ad703-3d97-4942-aceb-2d1438d12092/Joyful%20&%20Justified%20(Romans%205_2-5)%20Joy%20in%20Suffering%202_4%20FILL%20INS.pdf

Series: Joyful & Justified - Main Idea || We can have peace with God because of what Jesus has done for us.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-158456.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. Saving faith is a trust transfer the removing of ones hopes trust from other things to place them on God as Savior. Do you remember when how you first made that trust transfer?

2. Justification is not merely the removal of a negative (hostility)it has a positive aspect: relationship. This is friendship w/God. We can now go to God continually with our requests, problems, failures; and he hears us relates to us. How is that friendship developing in your life?

3. If Jesus took our rap sheet (guilt) and gave us his resume (righteousness), why might we still be so self-confident in our own righteousness or self-condemning of our own unrighteousness?

Watch at: https://youtu.be/0B5Nwq4zJxI File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/06/07/02/59/08/b2970e22-394a-4120-9fb3-d4c51509adc0/Justified%20&%20Joyful%20(Romans%205_1-2)%20Inner%20Peace%20FILL%20INS.pdf

Series: A New Way To Be Human - Main Idea || All new human employees employers will serve each other in the same manner attitude they would serve God.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-158126.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. This passage in Ephesians neither condones nor condemns the dehumanizing cultural system of slavery. Does that bother you? (Why or why not?)

2. We who belong to Jesus are to do our jobs with excellence and work with all our hearts with contrasting attitudes not as resentful people-pleasers, but as representatives of Jesus whos rewarded in a future heaven. Would you consider this instruction difficult to execute in your line of work?

3. Have you ever had an authority figure (employer?) who motivated you with sincere respect instead of making threats? What was that (or would be) like?

4. Of all of these descriptions of what our Jesus has done, whats your favorite?

a. JESUS is our true better Master and King of all the Universe. He chose

i. to become a slave to set humans free from spitritual slavery

ii. to call his disciples a friend of God wash their smelly/dirty feetto

iii. accept our best effort while overlooking our inadequacies

iv. to demand our work of perfect obedience, knowing wed fail, and willingly do it himself in our place.How might this passage help you translate transform all the evil in this world thats damaging human lives?

12 For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

Watch at: https://youtu.be/WVs5TE5OMd4 File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/05/29/17/26/24/cbd47e4b-6b03-4b8b-8aee-c9bdafb0e25a/Book%20of%20Ephesians%20(Ephesians%206_5-20)%20New%20Way%20To%20Work%20%20FILL%20INS.pdf

Series: A New Way To Be Human - Main Idea || Our new human identity is so deep thorough, it even transforms the way authorities exercise their power over subordinates and how subordinates respond to positional authority.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-157717.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. If youre a parent, whats the best advice youve received (or lesson youve learned) about parenting?

2. Can you think of a way that your own faith in Jesus has helped you parent more effectively?

3. In what way do you think genuine Christians should be a different employer or employee than non-Christians?

4. How might our Christian faith be on display more brightly by submitting to the rule of Jesus in our everyday homes and workplaces from Monday to Saturday than by our devotion to worship on Sunday?

Watch at: https://youtu.be/MG54f_K-uPs File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/05/22/13/05/44/39115cb6-29a3-4a36-8a02-456019d40483/Book%20of%20Ephesians%20(Ephesians%206_1-9)%20New%20Way%20To%20Be%20Family%2011_12%20FILL%20INS.pdf

Series: A New Way To Be Human - Main Idea || Our marriage relationship is designed to shine as a bright & attractive reflection of Jesus humble self-giving love.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-157120.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. If youre married, do you remember why you got married or even what your expectations for marriage were?

2. Which of these seems more challenging for expressing love in a marriage: willingness to give up control or a willingness to give up ones own life?

3. How have you or someone you know struggled with the self-centeredness generated by prioritizing ones own individual happiness or woundedness?

4. Which of these Christian principles seems to stir in you the most Spirit-generated selflessness?

a. Dont think less of yourself or more of yourself but think of yourself less.

b. In Jesus your needs are being met so that you dont look at your spouse as your savior.

c. Self-centeredness by its very character makes you blind to your own while being hypersensitive, offended, and angered by that of others. But the gospel, brought home to your heart by the Spirit, can make you happy enough to be humble.

5. Which of these 3 responses might be the best place for you to start seeing more transformation in your life or marriage?

a. Seek humility.

b. Seek forgiveness.

c. Seek help.

Watch at: https://youtu.be/UhbDLzGzSIA

Series: A New Way To Be Human - Main Idea || Our marriage relationship is designed to shine as a bright & attractive reflection of Jesus humble self-giving love.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-157120.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. If youre married, do you remember why you got married or even what your expectations for marriage were?

2. Which of these seems more challenging for expressing love in a marriage: willingness to give up control or a willingness to give up ones own life?

3. How have you or someone you know struggled with the self-centeredness generated by prioritizing ones own individual happiness or woundedness?

4. Which of these Christian principles seems to stir in you the most Spirit-generated selflessness?

a. Dont think less of yourself or more of yourself but think of yourself less.

b. In Jesus your needs are being met so that you dont look at your spouse as your savior.

c. Self-centeredness by its very character makes you blind to your own while being hypersensitive, offended, and angered by that of others. But the gospel, brought home to your heart by the Spirit, can make you happy enough to be humble.

5. Which of these 3 responses might be the best place for you to start seeing more transformation in your life or marriage?

a. Seek humility.

b. Seek forgiveness.

c. Seek help.

Watch at: https://youtu.be/9kNZSXe4jU0 File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/05/16/10/20/05/b01f7308-c85b-4d11-abcb-3006c39e7583/Book%20of%20Ephesians%20(Ephesians%205_21-30)%20New%20Marriage%20Contrast%20FILL%20INS.pdf

Main Idea || Two ways the Gospel changes our perspective of motherhood.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-156800.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. Was there ever a time you got caught up in trying to pursue perfection more than Jesus?

2. The Gospel says,

Jesus did what I could never doJ

esus lived in perfect obedience to His Father every moment of every day

Jesus completely paid for my past, present, and future sin with His death; He satisfied Gods wrath for my rebellion and sin

Jesus is my substitute in life and death

Through faith in Him, so

I am His daughter

I belong to Him and

He is at work transforming my life to reflect His character

After reading the above list of what the gospel says, think of your different roles/responsibilities. Can you think of any ways the Gospel has impacted the way you live out these roles/responsibilities?

3. God accepts us as we are but he doesn't leave us as we are. What aspect of Gods character (intimate, patient, forgiving) do you struggle to reflect? How could meditating on His character help you?

Watch at: https://youtu.be/ZWSqnn2ZTHU File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/05/09/20/54/09/dcb27c18-888e-44c1-80ed-cd6763f21f27/Mother%E2%80%99s%20Day%20(Stacey%20&%20Amy)%20(1).pdf

Series: A New Way To Be Human - Main Idea || Gods new family counters the culture by adopting boundaries behaviors that protect them and promote His reputation.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-156455.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. Instead of being known primarily for what they are against, Christians should be known for what they are for.

How does it make you feel when you see or encounter Chrsitians who imitate God well by their self-sacrificing love, thankful attitude or wise decisions?

2. Which of these three areas might need more of your focus to help you shine more brightly and reflect Gods image more clearly?

self-sacrificing love thankful attitude wise decisions

3. Can you relate to having either of these two experiences?

being full of and influenced by

i. the Spirit OR

ii. alcohol (or something else)?

4. During Sunday worship services, what circumstances seem to help your singing overflow out of your love for Jesus?

Watch at: https://youtu.be/bJkgw_uD5jY File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/05/01/07/29/45/b695c87a-efc7-4137-bcdc-c7321adf5937/Book%20of%20Ephesians%20(%20Ephesians%205_1-20%20)%20New%20Way%20To%20Live%20FILL%20INS.pdf

Series: A New Way To Be Human - Main Idea || God provides the power to exchange our old life for a new one.

Fill-In Notes: https://churchlinkfeeds.blob.core.windows.net/notes/39900/note-155915.html

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION:

1. What part of the message resonated with you?

2. If you have your own story of how the truth about Jesus transformed you from a former way of life into a new nature, would you be willing to share it?

3. Looking back over your spiritual journey, have you noticed any ways in which youve let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes?

4. Which of these 4 Gs means the most to you?

If I truly believe God is good, I dont have to look for my comfort in other things.

If I truly believe God is great, I dont have to manipulate people or control circumstances.

If I truly believe God is glorious, I dont have to fear others.

If I truly believe God is gracious, I dont have to prove myself or pretend Im someone else.

Watch at: https://youtu.be/05ym43TKNCE File Downloads: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2022/04/25/17/16/38/d7fd6aa9-674a-4012-8f19-04e18dae6943/Book%20of%20Ephesians%20(%20Ephesians%204_17-32%20)%20New%20Way%20To%20Change%20FILL%20INS.pdf