Next steps, Sunday, May 1 sermon

Last Sunday's sermon was from John 20:19-31, titled, "He Comes Back!" What are the "next steps" God will have us take in response to the Word we heard?

 

1. When you have experienced a setback or crisis, do you do what the disciples did - hide and try to protect yourself?

2. When/if you react as did the disciples, how have you experienced Jesus just showing up, "coming back" when you thought he was gone?

3. When you have experienced a setback or crisis, do you do what Thomas did - run away or leave?

4. When/if you react as did Thomas, how have you experienced Jesus "coming back" if you "gave up" before he "showed up"?

5. How are you challenged to show God's peace, presence and power, especially if you have to forgive someone? Are you willing to prove to others (or to yourself) that your thoughts about sin were wrong?

6. What questions/thoughts/convictions were raised in your mind after hearing this sermon or reading this passage? How is God speaking to you now?

 

Pastor Kenneth Q. James
Psalm 119:33-34
"Let truth, the light of my heart, speak to me, and not my own darkness!"
Augustine, Confessions, Book XII, Chapter 10