At Trailhead, we believe that church is not just about growing in God’s Word but doing so in community. We have designed this study guide to help you follow along with Sunday’s message. Study the scriptures, take notes, and then reinforce what you learned by answering a few questions. Ask others to join you in discussion, whether it be with your family or online with your Trailhead study group. Let’s have church!
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Interactive Scriptures and Notes
2 Corinthians 9:11 (NLT)
Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 (NIV)
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
Isaiah 32:18 (NIV)
My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
Luke 10:5-6 (NIV)
“Whenever you enter someone’s home, first say, ‘May God’s peace be on this house.’ If those who live there are peaceful, the blessing will stand; if they are not, the blessing will return to you.
Luke 10:5-6 (AMP)
Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this household! Freedom from all the distresses that result from sin be with this family]. And if anyone [worthy] of peace and blessedness is there, the peace and blessedness you wish shall come upon him; but if not, it shall come back to you.
Luke 10:16 (NIV))
“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Other Notes
Discussion Questions
Before you can experience peace in your world, you must establish peace in your home. Why do you think that is?
As a Christian, why is it important to be a “lover of peace?” Can you be following Christ without loving peace?
Is it enough to keep your relationship with Christ restricted to what you do in the church building? Why or why not?
Personal Reflection
In thinking about this season we are in, do your life and the words you speak reflect one who loves peace? If not, what areas of your life are lacking peace? What can you do to change that?