Big Idea Evil rises in the world around us, but God is always going before us. Read: Esther 3:1-15 Bible app link Discussion Questions What was the most impactful thing from the text and the sermon this week? Has there ever been a situation in your life when you’ve been passed over and someone less deserving was promoted? How did you handle the disappointment? What are some dangers you must be aware of that can poison your heart in those situations?...

Big Idea Compromise with the world will always complicate the life of God’s people. Read: Esther 2:1-11 Bible app link Discussion Questions What was the most impactful thing from the text and the sermon this week? Mordecai and Esther were caught by years of compromise and became like the Persians. Discuss some of the ways are you most tempted to compromise with the world? Verse six focuses our attention on the fact that the Jews were exiles in Persia....

Big Idea God is faithful to His promise, even when it seems He is absent. Read Esther 1:1-22 Discussion Questions What was the most impactful thing from the text and the sermon the past two weeks? There has been a massive increase in the number of people who do not believe in God and claim no religious affiliation. Why do you believe so many people have a hard time believing there is a God?...

Big Idea People need to hear about the promise of forgiveness through faith in the living Savior. Read: John 20:19-23 Bible app link Discussion Questions What was the most impactful thing from the text and the sermon this week? John wrote that the disciples were locked in a room “for fear of the Jews” why were they afraid and what significance did Jesus’ message of peace have for them? Jesus sent His disciples to continue the mission He was given by the Father and promised to give them the Holy Spirit....

Ice Breaker What’s one skill or hobby you’ve always wanted to learn, but haven’t had the chance to yet? Big Idea Jesus prays for the disciples because the Father delights to help His children. Read: John 17:6-19 Open Bible app Discussion Questions What was the most impactful thing from the text and the sermon this week? What did Jesus pray for his disciples in this passage? Why do you think these requests are significant?...

Big Idea: Being a faithful and wise servant, means you are prepared for the coming judgment. You are obeying Jesus’ commands to make disciples, and you are a good steward with all that he has provided you. Christ’s return is your hope and you are ready for the coming kingdom. Matthew 24:45-51 For sake of context, we will read all of chapter 24 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?...

Ice Breaker: What is something that you own that you would have a hard time giving away? Big Idea: Salvation is only possible because of the person and work of Jesus. Anyone who is seeking eternal life must go to Jesus and simply repent of their sins and trust in Him for salvation. Jesus invites people to have life. Read: Matthew 19:16-30 16 And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?...

Read Luke 19:1-10 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way....

Big Idea A follower of Christ will put Christ and his commandments above everyone including self. Read: Matthew 10:34-39 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household....

Big Idea Jesus invites people to have life. Read: John 7:37-39 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as[a] the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified....