Exodus 17:1-7 1. Read Exodus 17:1-7. 2. In Exodus 17:17, what stands out to you most about Israel's response to the lack of water? What specific words in the text reveal the condition of their hearts? 3. There is a distinction between biblical lament and sinful complaining. How would you explain the difference in your own words? Can you think of an example where you han...
Keep ReadingEphesians 16:22-36 Read or recite James 1:2 4 together. Read Exodus 16:22 - 36. According to Deuteronomy Ch. 8:1 - 3, Yahweh gave His people bread from Heaven in the wilderness to sanctify them (to increase their affection for Him, trust in Him, and obedience to Him). The LORD has given us His Word to sanctify us (Matthew 4:1 4, John 17:17). What passage of ...
Keep ReadingExodus 16:13-21 Read or recite James 1:2 4 together. Read Exodus 16:13 21. Throughout our time in Exodus, what has the LORD brought to your attention and used to grow you in your affection for Him? What stood out to you from Sunday's sermon? Condition #2 of Yahweh's test, found in verse 19, concerned what God's people were to do with any leftover b...
Keep ReadingExodus 16:1-12 Read or Recite James 1:2 4 Read Exodus 16:1 12 How has God, in His grace, trained you for godliness this past year? What are the two waysgrace is commonly misapplied in the local church? The Lord promised to perform two extraordinary miracles on behalf of His people: bread from Heaven in the morning and meat in the evening for over a...
Keep ReadingExodus 16:1-4 Read this month's memory verses, James 1:2 - 4, together. Read Exodus 16:1 - 4. The bread from heaven given to the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sin foreshadowed the ultimate bread from heaven, Jesus Christ. Where are some other places in the Old Testament that Jesus Christ is foreshadowed? Why does one who sins against God deserve immedia...
Keep Reading1 Timothy 4:6-8 1. What stood out to you from Vision Sunday? 2. How are you currently being trained for godliness at MBC in the three levels mentioned: General Training (Sunday Mornings), Specific Training (Bible Studies, Community Groups, etc.), Intensive Training (Mentorship)? 3. Who is training you for godliness? 4. What is helping you train for godliness? 5. Who a...
Keep ReadingHebrews 3:12-131. What has been evidence of God's grace at work in your life over the past week?2. From Sunday's corporate gathering, how were you exhorted (challenged/encouraged) to continue on in the faith? Could be a conversation, a song, a Scripture, a point in the sermon, the time for the Lord's Suppersimply share how the gathering of the saints was edifying to your s...
Keep ReadingExodus 16 Sing a hymn together. Read Exodus 16. Pastor Nate mentioned that God takes his people through challenging times to grow us in holiness. Who have you seen go through a challenging time and grow in their holiness through it? How did this encourage you? We see in this passage that God's people sin by failing to trust the Lord amid their wilderness experience. ...
Keep ReadingExodus 15:22 - 27. Read this month's memory verses, Psalm 98:1 3, together. Read Exodus 15:22 - 27. Describe a wilderness experience that the LORD led you into in 2025? How did the LORD use that wilderness experience to sanctify you? Be specific. How did the LORD provide refreshment and renewal for you during your wilderness experience? Be specific....
Keep Reading1. Read Matthew 2:1-12. 2. In Matthew 2:112, we see four responses to Jesus the King:trouble, indifference, hostility, and worship. How does Matthew show each of these responses in the passage? Other than worship, which of the other responses do you find yourself most tempted toward at different times in your lifeand why do you think that is? 3. Herod was "troubled" be...
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