Grow Group Questions - June 2, 2024
May 30, 2024 3:05 PM
Announcement:
Talk about as a group to either participate or volunteer at the Kids 5k Fun run to help our Kids support the Bogota Orphanage. Follow the link to find out more or signup.
Icebreaker: What was your favorite story or fable as a kid and why?
Sermon Discussion - Read Matthew 7:24-27
Spend some time in prayer, asking God to help you build your life on the solid foundation of Jesus' teachings.Reminder for next week- Read Matthew 13:1-23
Talk about as a group to either participate or volunteer at the Kids 5k Fun run to help our Kids support the Bogota Orphanage. Follow the link to find out more or signup.
Icebreaker: What was your favorite story or fable as a kid and why?
Sermon Discussion - Read Matthew 7:24-27
- What aspects of this parable stand out to you the most, and why?
- How does the context of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) deepen your understanding of the parable of the two houses?
- How do our responses to hardships (such as hurts, crises, wounds, and sins against us) reveal the true nature of our spiritual foundation?
- What are the characteristics of building a foundation on spiritual sand?
- Conversely, what are the characteristics of building a foundation on solid rock?
- How does this parable align with the teachings of Jesus in these verses?
- In what ways do we pick and choose from Jesus's teachings to create our own version of a spiritual foundation?
- What actions or claims might we make, saying "Lord, did I not...," that do not reflect the true fruits Jesus focused on for a faithful follower?
- Why do we sometimes seek to build our own foundation instead of relying on the one established by Jesus?
- How can we begin to rebuild or strengthen our foundation based on the teachings of Jesus?
Spend some time in prayer, asking God to help you build your life on the solid foundation of Jesus' teachings.Reminder for next week- Read Matthew 13:1-23