Death Becomes Us
Hi Harvesters!
2008 is slowly slipping out of our hands and the New Year will be upon us soon! I hope you’ve all had a good year of growing in the Lord: being stretched in your faith and practice. 2008 has definitely been a big lesson for me in dependence upon Him and reliance on His strength.
Here are the notes from this last week’s sermon and some discussion questions/exercises!
Harvest South Bay
November 16, 2008
Death Becomes Us
The Gospel of Mark: Mark 8:22-36
Having a Clear Vision of God: In order to see God fully we must be fully submitted to Him
Three Instructions to Clear our Vision
1. We need to change our values
2. We need to change our perspective
3. We need to change our plans
Weekly application exercises
1. Pray for those experiencing loss from the fires here in Southern California. Find one way that you can meet the need of someone in crisis that involves personal cost.
2. Ask a mature believer in Christ what steps you can take in order to stretch your faith and grow deeper in maturity in your faith.
Additional Questions/Exercises
1. Take an accounting of your expenses for the last month. How do you finances reflect your heart, your insecurities, and what you value? Evaluate if your values have been impacted by the recent financial crisis in our country.
2. Christianity Today ran an article several years ago on Saint Ned: Ned Flanders from the TV series “The Simpsons.” The magazine touted Ned Flanders as a great example of Christlikeness (minus some of the hijinks that he encounters later in the series): he is devout, he is extreme, and he reflects virtually every fruit of the Spirit to an uncomfortable degree. We observe many pious Christians in the same light: as objects of ridicule or people who are too extreme, yet Jesus calls us to have an extreme change of values and perspective. How can we be more extreme in the development of the fruit of the Spirit in our lives?
3. What plans for your life (and your families’ lives) do you hold onto tightly? How free is your soul to be steered by God in the direction that He would require?
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