God Spoke, We Heard

Bethany Community Church

God Spoke, We Heard

Sun, June 23, 2013

June 23, 2013 • Joe Springer

What does it mean to you that Christ is enough?

What distracts you from seeing Christ as enough?

When have you been invited to "sit in the sand" and wait for Jesus to reveal himself to you in a new way?

How has God made Himself known to you?

In what ways do you see only a facet of God and accept it as the whole story of God?

How do you reconcile the nature of God in the Old Testament with the nature of Christ in the New Testament?

When have you experienced someone drifting away? How did it impact you?

What causes you to drift away from Christ? In what ways are you complacent about your salvation in Christ?

How do you experience scarcity in your life? What are you fearful of and how does that impact your choices and life?

How can Christ enter your sense of scarcity and insecurity and become enough?

What would it look like for you to live more fully into the fullness of God in Christ?

How do your priorities need to change in order for you to live into a fuller understanding of God? How do your relationships need to change?

How can you invite Christ into your daily life, rather than looking to Sunday as your day for Christ?

What area of your life is Christ calling you to surrender to that He can be enough? Who can you confess to, and ask them to pray and hold them accountable?

Faith Believes

December 13, 2015 • 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?