What does it look like for Jesus to come alongside and walk with you?
What are you waiting for? What does waiting look for?
When have you settled for less because you were unwilling to wait?
How would you describe the power found in being able and willing to wait in your circumstances?
How can advent be a time of waiting and preparing your heart?
In what way may what you want be different from what is wanted for you by Christ? How does this inform or challenge your faith in Him?
When have you experienced your heart burning within you? What do you do with these experiences?
What habit do you need to practice to strengthen your spiritual muscle?
How do you experience Jesus sustaining you in the journey?
What step can you take to turn your attention toward Christ this season?
Hoping For Heartburn
Sun, December 02, 2012
December 2, 2012 • Joe Springer
In Essentials... Unity
June 28, 2015 • Joe Springer
What shapes your sense of what is essential? How have your essentials changed over the years? How do you live with others whose essentials are different than yours? What role does charity play in your living out what is essential to you? When have you seen knowledge make arrogant? When have you been built up by others in the context of love? When have you seen the building power of love in your relationships? Are there things that you are willing to give up for the building up of others? When have you been willing to be 'all things to all people' so that you may win some?
Under Pressure
June 14, 2015 • Joe Springer
What experience or observations have you had around church discipline? How does accountability create space for formation of the individual and the church community? How do you respond to the call to be accountable? When have you experienced pressure that resulted in your own transformation? When have you experienced sin and/or failure of one result in pervading damage to the community? Are there areas of your life where you need to be held accountable? Who can you ask to come alongside you? Can you think of a friend who may be in need of being confronted regarding an area of their life that is sinful or destructive? What is at stake for you to talk to them? How do you live by a different set of standards than those with whom you work or live? As you look at the week ahead, how can you make mutual accountability a part of your relationships with other believers?