Hearing God
Week 6: Serve
April 2nd, 2023
Pastor Kyle Johnson
Jesus’
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” —Matthew 23:37 (NIV)
Unfortunately, people often
That couldn’t
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. —John 15:13 (NIV)
Out of this
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. —Matthew 16:24-25 (NLT)
Serving is
Serving is
Serving is
We don’t work for our
In that there is
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. —Matthew 16:27 (NIV)
Notes:
Discussion Questions:
1 - Talk of a time when when someone served you well. How did it feel as you were receiving this blessing?
2 – Read John 15:13. Talk about the struggle with this in our selfish and self-serving world.
3 – Discuss what it must have been like for Jesus as He was beaten, carried His cross and then was nailed to it. What does this mean to you?
4 – In what way can you sacrificially serve someone this week? When will you do it?