Posts with the category “community-groups”

Community Group Study Guide — Where Else Would We Go?John 6:60-71Study Information:Jesus desires that we find our life in him and know that he alone has the Words of Eternal Life. Over the last few st...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Jesus Addresses the SkepticsJohn 6:41-59Study Information:We have been looking at Jesus’ words in John 6 about being the Bread of Life over the last few study guides. Jes...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — I am the Bread of LifeJohn 6:22-40Study Information:In our last section we learned that the crowd was following Jesus because they saw the signs he did with healing the s...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — SatisfiedJohn 6:1-21Study Information:One of the most interesting groups of people in the gospels are "the crowds” that follow Jesus. The gospel writers usually tell us w...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — The Scriptures Point to MeJohn 5:30-47Study Information:Jesus continues his discussion with the pharisees who earlier criticized him for breaking the sabbath and making h...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Jesus Gives LifeJohn 5:19-29Study Information:In our passage Jesus addresses the hostile crowd of the pharisees and describes his relationship with God the Father. He was...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Do You Want to be Healed?John 5:1-18Study Information:Jesus went to a place that was a common gathering place for people with physical issues looking to be healed. This c...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — In Need of a MiracleJohn 4:46-54Study Information:We learn in our text that some people do need to see God’s active work to believe and what we see in this text is that G...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Living Water - John 4 Parts 1 and 2John 4:1-45Main idea: Jesus is a gift from God as living water for eternal life. In our passage he offers relationship with the woman a...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — I Must DecreaseJohn 3:22-36Main idea: John the baptist’s role was to point to Christ as Jesus increased and John decreased. Humility happens when we know who God is and w...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Jesus High and Lifted UpJohn 3:14-21Main idea: God shows his love for us that while we were still sinners he sent his son into the world to save and not condemn. This cal...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Born From AboveJohn 3:1-15Main idea: God brings people into his kingdom by making them spiritually new. This is an act of the Holy Spirit as one looks to Jesus in faith. ...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Cleansing the TempleJohn 2:13-25Main idea: The temple of God was a place where heaven and earth overlapped in the Jewish mind. They’d offer sacrifice and prayer as they g...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — With Great PowerJudges 7:24-8:35Main Idea:God accomplished his victory through Gideon and the people of Israel but we are left wondering what just happened as Gideon does...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Weak FaithJudges 6:36-7:23Main Idea:Even after his initial encounter with God, Gideon still struggled with believing God was reliable and trustworthy. Gideon tests God an...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Hiding from GodJudges 6:1-35Main Idea:God’s people were facing oppression from surrounding countries as a result of their idolatry and drifting away from God. In response...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — A Call to CuriosityJohn 1:35-51Main idea: Jesus begins his ministry by calling his first followers. In our passage we see Jesus respond to the curiosity of two followers ...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Behold the Lamb of GodJohn 1:19-34Main idea: Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world and the king who brings the kingdom of God. His ministry will b...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — The Word Became FleshJohn 1:14-18Main idea: God the son took on full humanity to reveal God’s glory and grace to his people so that God can be known more fully. This surp...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Children of GodJohn 1:6-13Main idea: Being a follower of Jesus is a received identity. God sent his son to reconcile to himself those who’d receive him through faith and ...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — The Eternal WordJohn 1:1-5Main idea: Jesus is fully God and fully human and is our source of life and light. God responds to the sin and brokenness of creation by sending...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Growing up in Christ1 Corinthians 16:1-24Main idea: Paul closes out his letter to the Corinthians by giving them a picture of what maturity in Christ looks like. The cent...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — The Death of Death1 Corinthians 15:50-58Main idea: The Resurrection gives followers of Jesus a hope that the world does not have. The victory of Jesus means the death of ...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Resurrection Bodies1 Corinthians 15:35-49Main idea: Followers of Jesus look forward to an eternity where they will have new imperishable bodies modeled after Jesus’ own r...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Living in Light of the Resurrection1 Corinthians 15:20-34Main idea: Paul continues his discussion about the reality and results of the resurrection. Since Christ has defe...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Being Raised with Christ1 Corinthians 15:12-20Main idea: The good news of Jesus is bound up in his resurrection from the dead. Jesus did not stay in the tomb but was rais...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Gospel Centered Faith1 Corinthians 15:1-11Main idea: In this last major section of First Corinthians Paul helps us understand how the gospel is central for living out fai...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Orderly Worship1 Corinthians 14:26-40Main idea: Paul concludes his focus on Spiritual gifts by encouraging the whole church to come to worship ready to contribute, but to...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — The Pursuit of Love and Desiring Spiritual Gifts 1 Corinthians 14:1-25Main idea: Spiritual gifts are a conduit for the church to show God’s love and grace to one another....  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — When the Perfect Comes1 Corinthians 13:8-13Main idea: Spiritual gifts exist to help us know more about Christ and to be built up in love. These gifts are meant for us to ...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Love Never Ceases1 Corinthians 13:1-8aMain idea: 1 Corinthians 13 is one of the main points of the entire letter. In a church that is divided and competitive, Paul remind...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — One Body Many Members1 Corinthians 12:12-31Main idea: The church is one body made up of many different individuals who have placed their faith in Jesus. We are called to ...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — For the Common Good1 Corinthians 12:1-11Main idea: God gives gifts to his people to manifest the Holy Spirit and build up one another in faith. Spiritual gifts help build...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — The Lord’s Supper1 Corinthians 11:17-34Main idea: The Corinthian church was fractured and divided and that expressed itself in the abuse of the Lord’s Table. It appears t...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Because of the Angels 1 Corinthians 11:2-16Main idea: Paul calls men and women in the church to use their gifts in public worship and does so by showing how men and women...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Glory to God in All Things1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1Main idea: Our lives in Christ are not neutral, we’re either trying to honor and please God or serving some false god in...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Growing in Christ John 17:11-12, 15-17, 24Main idea: Jesus prays that his followers would be kept by the Father. We are kept by God so that we would grow in our enjoyment...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Sharing in Mission John 17:12-18, 26. Main idea: Jesus prays for his disciples that they would glorify him and reflect him to the world. Christians can often seek to remo...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — Sharing in Community John 17:11-12, 20-23Main idea: Our unity as a church demonstrates the love of God. Jesus prays that the fellowship that he shares with the Father wou...  Read More

Community Group Study Guide — A Way Out of Temptation1 Corinthians 10:1-14Main idea: Because of God’s great love for his people, we are to flee from idolatry (1 Corinthians 10:14). Paul helps the read...  Read More