"Let Us Run With Endurance"

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"Let Us Run With Endurance"

November 19, 2023 • Brett Wendle • Hebrews 12

Discussion Questions:

Sermon Overview:

This past week’s sermon was focused on enduring in faith through laying aside sin and looking to Jesus.

Digging Deeper:

1. Hebrews 12:1 calls us to “run with endurance the race that is set before us.” How is what we saw in Hebrews chapter 11 meant to motivate us to do this? (Note how Heb. 12:1 begins.)

2. In what ways are you tempted to stop “running the race set before you”?

3. Pastor Brett helped us see from the passage that one of the ways we will "run with endurance” (persevere in the faith firm to the end), is by laying aside sin. How can we grow in our ability to recognize “weights” and sins that trip us up or hinder our endurance?

4. What weights and/or sins are slowing you down / hindering you? What would it look like for you to lay them aside? Who in your life can help you do that?

5. Hebrews 12:12-17 speaks of pursuing peace and holiness together. Do you strive for peace? What does that look like for you?

6. Do you strive for holiness? What does that look like for you?

7. Pastor Brett helped us see from the passage that another way we will "run with endurance” (persevere in the faith firm to the end), is by "looking to Jesus.” How can we grow in “looking to Jesus”?

8. How does looking to Jesus motivate you to run with endurance?

Take It Home

What is one thing you want to take away, remember, do, or change in light of this week’s sermon and discussion?

Prayer Requests:

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God Equips Us for a God-Pleasing Life

December 3, 2023 • Brett Wendle • Hebrews 13:20–21

Discussion Questions: Sermon Overview: This past week’s sermon was focused on three encouragements to pursue a life pleasing to God in dependence on God: (1) God makes perfect peace (v. 20a) (2) We have a living, almighty shepherd (v. 20b) (3) God works in us to do his will. (b. 21) Digging Deeper: · In your own words, what does a life of pleasing God look like? · What aspects of your life are pleasing to God? · What have you noticed in one another’s lives that is pleasing to God? · What aspects of your life are displeasing to God? · God knows we need encouragement to live a life pleasing to him. What from this passage encourages you to live a life pleasing to him? · Verse 20 describes God as a “God of peace.” How have you in the past experienced God’s peace? How would you like to experience God’s peace in the future? · From verse 21, Pastor Brett described how God actually works in us to do his will. How does this free you from feeling weighed down by the call to live a God-pleasing life? · How could you even more cooperate with the Holy Spirit as helps us live a life pleasing to God? Take It Home: What is one thing you want to take away, remember, do, or change in light of this week’s sermon and discussion? Prayer Requests: _____________________________ Music and Lyrics Used by Permission CCLI# 1595532

A Life Pleasing to God

November 26, 2023 • Brett Wendle • Hebrews 13

Discussion Questions: Sermon Overview: This past week’s sermon was focused on how we respond to Jesus’ sacrificial death for us by pleasing God with sacrificial lives. We please God in at least three ways: With our love for one another (vv. 1-6) With our loyalty to what we’ve received (vv. 7-17) When we look to him to keep us faithful (vv. 18-21) Digging Deeper: Read Hebrews 13:1-19. Put a star next to one or two encouragements that stick out to you. Then, discuss what you’ve starred. One of the ways we can please God is by our love for one another (see verses 1-6). How have you experienced God’s love for you through other followers of Jesus? Being generous is a way of showing love to one another (vv. 2-3). What are some practical ways you could show generosity to people in your life who are in need? Being sexually pure is a way of showing love to one another (vs. 4). Why does sexual purity impact the wider community? Being content is a way of showing love for one another (vv. 5-6). In what areas of your life are you most tempted to be less than content with what you have? How does contentment with what we have impact the wider community? Who is a past faithful leader you respect? What would it look like for you to imitate their faith (v. 7)? Are there ways you find it hard to “obey” and “submit” to your church leaders (v. 17)? How come? How does the verse help is do what it is calling us to do? Of all the encouragements mentioned in Hebrews 13, what is one that you want to think more about and grow in? Why? How can the Gospel Community be a part of helping you in this area? Take It Home: What is one thing you want to take away, remember, do, or change in light of this week’s sermon and discussion? Prayer Requests: _____________________________ Music and Lyrics Used by Permission CCLI# 1595532

"So Great a Cloud of Witnesses"

November 12, 2023 • Brett Wendle • Hebrews 11

Discussion Questions: Sermon Overview: This past week’s sermon was focused on the idea that followers of Jesus should endure because of their confidence by faith in a promise-keeping God. • What faith is: certainty of unseen realities (vv. 1-3) • What faith receives: God's commendation (vv. 4-7) • What faith sees: the fulfillment of God's promises (vv. 8-22) • What faith enables: costly obedience (vv. 23-28) • What faith delivers from: death (vv. 29-31) • What faith endures: opposition (vv. 32-38) • What we have that they didn't: perfection through Christ (vv. 39-40) Digging Deeper: • How did Pastor Brett define faith from Hebrews 11:1-3? • Why is it impossible to please God without faith, as verse 6 says? • Why would having faith in God please him and receive his commendation? • What are some promises of God that you have seen fulfilled? What are some promises that you still are waiting to be fulfilled? • Share a story of a time when it’s been costly to obey Jesus. How did your faith help you obey? • What kind of opposition are you currently facing because of your faith? • What kind of opposition do you anticipate facing because of your faith? • How does it impact you that other Christians have suffered for their faith? • There's a long list of heroes in chapter 11. Did one of them stick out to you? If so, how come? Take It Home: What is one thing you want to take away, remember, do, or change in light of this week’s sermon and discussion? Prayer Request: _____________________________ Music and Lyrics Used by Permission CCLI# 1595532