"Break it Up!"
Digital Bulletin--https://mailchi.mp/alliancechurch/break-it-up
Questions for Personal Reflection and Group Discussion
•Why you do think hesed (unconditional-covenant love between God and one another) leads to JOY?
•Why do you think hesed and joy are two essential nutrients in the soil of our hearts for spiritual growth and transformation?
•Why is essential to break up the unplowed ground and remove the thorns/weeds in our life through God revealing and our repenting?
•Use the handout to continue to ask the Lord to reveal those areas of your life than need to be broken up, turned over, the weeds rake out, etc. Take adequate time to confess (to admit to God, yourself, and if need be, others) and then repent (turn away from) of these “weeds”.
•Share with at least one other person this week what you sense God is breaking up in your life and whatever weeds He may have revealed.
Break it Up!
February 6, 2022 • Jim Moynihan • Psalm 139:23–24, Titus 2:11–14, Hosea 10:12
No More Hiding
April 10, 2022 • Jim Moynihan
"No More Hiding" Digital Bulletin--https://mailchi.mp/alliancechurch/no-more-hiding Questions for Personal Reflection/Group Discussion 1. Why do you think shame is felt so universally? 2. I am not enough. I am bad. There’s something wrong with me… what other kind of statements reflect the shame we all carry because of sin? 3. How does the Gospel invite us to come “out of hiding”? 4. What kind of people do we need to be for others to feel safe to come “out of hiding” with us? 5. How may a church, our church, be a place that properly forgives and restores those caught in sin?
To Eat or Not to Eat?
April 3, 2022 • Jim Moynihan
"To Eat or Not to Eat?" Digital Bulletin--https://mailchi.mp/alliancechurch/to-eat-or-not-to-eat Questions for Personal Reflection/Group Discussion 1. What are examples of current “disputable matters” (Romans 14:1)? 2. What principles from 1 Corinthians and Romans stood out as most important to you in your journey right now? 3. What “boxes” are you tempted to think are the right ones? In what ways do you struggle to not judge those who are not inside your box? 4. What would living in a centered set kind of way look like for this same conviction? 5. How does living in a centered set kind of way promote true “iron sharpening iron” conversations? Suggested Resource: On Matters of Conscience, How Do You Decide? Article by David W. Jones
Challenged but not Changed
March 27, 2022 • Jim Moynihan
"Challenged but not Changed" Digital Bulletin--https://mailchi.mp/alliancechurch/challenged-but-not-changed Personal Growth/Group Discussion Questions In what areas do you feel the Holy Spirit has been challenging/convicting you but up to now there has not been a definite turning away from that sin? In practical terms, what would it look like for you to repent? That is, to have a full change of mind, that leads to a change of heart, that leads to a definite change of direction in your life? Who can you ask to walk alongside you in this?