What would it look like for JPBC to reflect the aroma of Heaven? What is the difference between being a servant and a consumer? What personal opinions and preferences do you have about our church that may not primarily reflect the aroma of Christ and his gospel? What’s a way you could reach outside and serve in a sacrificial way? What does it look like to teach and...
Learn More1. How can you pursue seeing God more? 2. What keeps you from seeing God? 3. Do you wrestle with trying to make yourself acceptable to Christ? How does the Gospel of Christ encourage you in this struggle? 4. What competes with God for being the preeminent in your heart? 5. How can we pray that we will desire to glorify God rather than our selfish desires?
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Share about how you applied God’s general principles of guidance to a specific decision in your life. Describe the difference between knowledge and spiritual understanding. Recall a recent trial. Did you find yourself praying more for instant relief or illumination on what God is teaching you through the suffering? How can you remain joyful, and long for joy, in...
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Why did Jesus wish to be baptized if he was sinless? What does it foreshadow? Why must we also see ourselves as sinners when looking at who Jesus is and what he did? Even in being a follower of Jesus, how have we still not earned the right to be his follower? How are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit written about within Matthew 3:13-17? What does it mean to be a faithful...
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1. How can you emulate and magnify Christ through your evangelism and and encounters with your friends, family, and neighbors? 2. What does it mean to be offensive to other people with your proclamation of the God’s gospel? 3. How might you be seeking the world’s acceptance rather than their salvation? 4. Why is evangelizing to our neighbors just as...
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Below is a highlighted country helping JPBC members actively pray for the nations. We as a church wish for the people of our world to hear the gospel and we pray they receive it, believe in Jesus, and live for him as a disciple. Quick Facts Ethnic Groups: 4; 11 million people Major vernacular languages: Greek Income/person: $32,105 (68% of USA) Religion: Christian...
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1. What do you think about in your “down time?” Is this what you delight in? 2. What does your choice of friends and influences say about your delight? 3. How can you be more disciplined in Scripture and fellowship to delight more? 4. What are the things in this world that you tend to try to find happiness in?
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1. What defines you more – guilt or freedom? 2. How can you pray more boldly and specifically to God as your welcoming Father? 3. How can you long for conversations about sin and the gospel? 4. How can you remind yourself (and others) of God’s forgiveness so that you do not carry around guilt? 5. How can you refrain from bitterness towards others (and...
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It’s a joy to celebrate Christmas and reminding ourselves that Jesus Christ came for us, to save us. To stay up to date on JPBC’s Christmas activities, please click over to jpbc.org/christmas to view the current date and times.
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How often do you think of Heaven? How can you be more heavenly minded? How do you respond to the thought of death? How do you think about death in light of the Gospel? How have you experienced disappointments in this life because of unhealthy, sinful expectations? How should Christians mourn differently because of the hope we have? Who do you encourage others by pointing...
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