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In what areas are you tempted to work from your own strength instead of from abiding in Christ? I think alot of times I tend to React Spontaneously without seeking the Lord's wisdom or consulting him about things. Also relying on my own strengths like organization and analytic skills. When...

what is the writer saying? How can I apply this to my life? After identifying himself as the author the letter begins with an “explosion of praise”. verses 3-14 are one long sentence. Paul exalts the work of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in our lives. This is what is called the...

Your worldview includes how you see God, yourself, others, the past, present, and future, money, time, good and evil. It influences everything in your life. Every time you make a decision, you access the worldview database in your mind and decide that, because I believe this, this is what I’m...

What worldview do you think people would say that you have? Which of your everyday words and actions reflect that response?

That has been helpful in my life I do it from time to time.

read 1 Timothy 4:7-8. Paul uses the image of training when talking about spiritual growth. Spiritual habits, like prayer, are things we practice to improve. As you ask God to help you train in your prayer life. Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself...

Tell about a time you felt God answered a prayer in your life. What did you learn from that experience?

Most people believe prayer is a good thing but feel their prayer life could improve. What questions or obstacles have you faced when it comes to prayer?

How can these actions be used to study the bible in more depth? Look at James 1:19-25 again. Write down the action words in the passage. 19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. 20 Human anger[a] does not produce...

James 1:19-25 contains key thoughts on how to build your life on the Bible. Read this passage silently to yourself and choose a word or phrase that stands out to you. Explain your choice. 19 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to...

READ Matthew 7:24-27. 24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But...

What are some reasons followers of Christ hold on to issues of a person’s past?

How is listening to a person’s hurt different than gossip?

What are the benefits of appealing to someone versus commanding someone?

How do such silly controversies become such huge disagreements?

He had been directed to Macedonia by a vision from God (Acts 15:9-10). Philippi was a Roman colony with all the privileges of Roman citizenship. It was the principal city of the region and a center of pagan worship. Witnessing in Philippi was the closest thing to witnessing in Rome without being...

Please read Acts 16:11-15

Read Acts 15:36-41. Disagreement: The Reality. Acts 15:36-41 New International Version 1984 (NIV1984) Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas 36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how...

Disagreement is inevitable – even between Christians. Why is this true?

Read 1 John 5:1-5. How does this passage echo John Bunyan’s view that, “If you tell people that Christ’s righteousness has been given to them as a gift, and they really believe that, they will do whatever He wants?” 1 John 5 Faith in the Son of God 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is...