Posts with the category “groups-discipleship-tools”
Proverbs: All Hearts Need Discipline
October 30th, 2024
This Proverbs mini-series is focused on developing a biblical anthropology of “the heart.” In the first three weeks, we will ask: What is the heart? How is it shaped? And how does it become wise? In t... Read More
Proverbs: The Wise Heart Trains Desire
October 27th, 2024
This Proverbs mini-series is focused on developing a biblical anthropology of “the heart.” In the first three weeks, we will ask: What is the heart? How is it shaped? And how does it become wise? In t... Read More
Proverbs: The Heart is the Spring of Life
October 18th, 2024
This Proverbs mini-series is focused on developing a biblical anthropology of “the heart.” In the first three weeks, we will ask: What is the heart? How is it shaped? And how does it become wise? In t... Read More
Vision Series: Personal Faith & Church
October 2nd, 2024
Our Fall Vision Series aims to explain Fellowship Denver Church's mission—helping people discover and follow the original Jesus—in a way that invites new people to discover or join the mission and equ... Read More
Vision Series: Transformation & Grace
October 2nd, 2024
Our Fall Vision Series aims to explain Fellowship Denver Church's mission—helping people discover and follow the original Jesus—in a way that invites new people to discover or join the mission and equ... Read More
Vision Series: Words & Deeds
September 27th, 2024
Our Fall Vision Series aims to explain Fellowship Denver Church's mission—helping people discover and follow the original Jesus—in a way that invites new people to discover or join the mission and equ... Read More
Vision Series: Scripture & Orthodoxy
September 20th, 2024
Our Fall Vision Series aims to explain Fellowship Denver Church's mission—helping people discover and follow the original Jesus—in a way that invites new people to discover or join the mission and equ... Read More
Vision Series: Doctrine & Life
September 13th, 2024
Our Fall Vision Series aims to explain Fellowship Denver Church's mission—helping people discover and follow the original Jesus—in a way that invites new people to discover or join the mission and equ... Read More
Vision Series: Contend & Contextualize
September 8th, 2024
Our Fall Vision Series aims to explain Fellowship Denver Church's mission—helping people discover and follow the original Jesus—in a way that invites new people to discover or join the mission and equ... Read More
1 Thessalonians 4:9-12
April 26th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONSome sociologists today claim that we live in a meaning vacuum (Meaning of Life). Ben Sixsmith - writer and Journalist in Poland, says that “we now live in a philosoph... Read More
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
April 19th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONMany people agonize over God's will for their lives. What career should I pursue? Who should I marry? Should I buy this house or that house? They look for signs, open ... Read More
1 Thessalonians 3:6-13
April 12th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONWe all have people who inspire us to live better lives. Some inspire us to get in better shape, pursue a dream we have been putting off, or be better friends, spouses,... Read More
1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5
April 5th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONIn 2017, Tim Farron, the leader of the British Liberal Democrats, resigned from public office for a reason he deemed “discrimination against him as a result of his Chr... Read More
Easter Sunday
April 1st, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONThis week, we are breaking away from our series in 1 Thessalonians to celebrate Easter Sunday. The resurrection of Jesus points to the final victory that all humans de... Read More
Passion Week (Palm Sunday)
March 22nd, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONThis week, we are breaking away from our series in 1 Thessalonians to prepare our hearts for Easter Sunday. But before we can celebrate the resurrection of Jesus in al... Read More
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
March 8th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONOver the last several years, the media has highlighted the scandalous fall of high-profile evangelical pastors and ministries. Through chart-topping podcasts and well-... Read More
1 Thessalonians 1:6-10
March 1st, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONOne of the most common experiences of the Christian life is that we tend to doubt God when specific circumstances arise. For example, sin can make us question our stan... Read More
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
February 24th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONAmong the more difficult teachings of the Christian faith is the doctrine of predestination. According to this biblical doctrine, all people are born into this world d... Read More
Mark 3:7-35
February 18th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONAccording to recent surveys, between 70-80% of Americans say they believe in God. And yet well over half of these people also believe that “all roads” lead to God and ... Read More
1 Peter 4:7-11
February 9th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONIn recent years, National Geographic has produced a show entitled “Doomsday Preppers.” A prepper believes that a catastrophic event that could end civilization will li... Read More
Mark 10:17-31
January 28th, 2024
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONIn today's passage, Jesus describes the church as a family. What do you think it means to call the church a family? Read Mark 10:17-31 aloud. In this passage, a very w... Read More
Romans 8:26-30
November 20th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONDescribe a time when you felt weak, needy, or vulnerable. What was going... Read More
Romans 8:14-17
November 19th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONIn his timeless book Knowing God, J. I. Packer says, “Adoption is the hi... Read More
Romans 8:12-13
November 8th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONIn the movie Castaway, Tom Hanks plays a character named Chuck Nolan. N... Read More
Romans 8:9-11
October 30th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONIn the beginning chapter of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, we meet ... Read More
Romans 8:5-8
October 29th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONSome people think in very black-and-white terms, and others have a high ... Read More
Romans 8:1-4
October 21st, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONMalcolm X once shared in his autobiography about the Earth’s most promin... Read More
Exodus 15:1-21
May 9th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONRecount when you no longer had to carry a heavy burden or you completed ... Read More
Exodus 14:1-31
May 4th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONHave you ever felt unsure of the outcome of a significant future event o... Read More
Exodus 13:17-22
April 26th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERCONTEXTExodus tells the story of how God redeemed his people from slavery in Egypt and made a covenant with them to be their God and for them to be his people. Exodus touches on many im... Read More
Exodus 12:14-28, 13:1-16
April 16th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONWe all have moments that have impacted us significantly, not just in the moment but continually through life as we remember and reflect on them. Share an incredibly im... Read More
Exodus 12:1-13, 29-42
April 16th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONShare a tradition among your friends or family that you celebrate. Descr... Read More
Easter | April 9
April 3rd, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONAs you begin, discuss the following statement made by C. S. Lewis. Do you agree or disagree? How do Lewis’ words speak to your own life?If you read history, you will f... Read More
Holy Week | April 2-9
March 29th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONDescribe the best gift you have ever received. What made the gift so special?CONTEXTHoly Week is the week leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus and, three days later,... Read More
Exodus 7:8-11:10
March 8th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONWe are slow learners in various ways. We all have areas of our lives where we have repeated the same mistake over and over again. What is an area like this in your lif... Read More
Exodus 6:1-7:7
March 8th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYEROPENING DISCUSSIONHave you ever experienced a “broken spirit”? A time when life felt hopeless, and it was hard to believe things would change? CONTEXTThe book of Exodus continues the st... Read More
Exodus 5:1-23
March 8th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONDescribe a time when things in life didn't go as expected. How did you r... Read More
Exodus 4:18-31
March 2nd, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYERAsk God to guide your discussions and to experience his presence as you read his word together.OPENING DISCUSSIONShare about a time when you had to leave somewhere/something to enter in... Read More
Exodus 4:1-17
February 21st, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYER OPENING DISCUSSIONShare about a time when you were asked to do something that seemed intimidating or uncomfortable, but you knew you should do it. How did you initially respond when as... Read More
Exodus 3
February 15th, 2023
BEGIN IN PRAYER OPENING DISCUSSIONShare a time when you unexpectedly encountered God. What was the context? Is there a lasting impact from that encounter? CONTEXTThe book of Exodus continues the story... Read More
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Question 1: "What Is Our Only Hope In Life And Death?" - Romans 14:7-8Question 4: "How And Why Did God Create Us?" - Genesis 1:27Question 3: "How Many Persons Are There In God?" - Matthew 28:16-20Question 2: "What Is God?" - Psalm 86Q5 - What else did God create? | Family Discipleship ToolQuestion 5: "What Else Did God Create?" - Genesis 1:1-2:3Worship Beyond A SongQ6 - How do we glorify God? | Family Discipleship ToolQuestion 6: "How Can We Glorify God?" - Deuteronomy 11:1-13Lent Resources for FamiliesQ7 - What does the law of God require? | Family Discipleship ToolQuestion 7: "What Does the Law of God Require?" - Matthew 22:34-40Q8 - What is the Law of God stated in the 10 Commandments? | Family Discipleship ToolsQuestion 8: "What is the Law of God Stated in the Ten Commandments?" - Exodus 20:1-17
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Q9 - What does God require in the First, Second, and Third Commandments?Question 9: "What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments?" - Exodus 20:3-7Q10- What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments | Family Discipleship ToolQuestion 10: "What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments?" - Exodus 20:8-12The Law and LoveQuestion 11: What does God require in the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments? - Exodus 20:13-15