January 28, 2024

Today was Vision Sunday, what is the “Vision Statement” of MBC? How is Romans 10:8-14 related to MBC’s Vision Statement, and how have these verses helped inspire that statement? How is 2 Timothy 3:16-17 related to that statement?
During Vision Sunday, Bob Warriner is bringing brought on to direct Children’s ministry and biblical counseling. Why is biblical counseling important to the life and ministry of the church?
During Vision Sunday, a charge and challenge were given. So, what was the charge and the challenge?
We, as believers, are called to be “wise.” What is “worldly wisdom?” What is “biblical wisdom?” What difference is there between the two and which of the two are Christians to be defined by?
Why is it important that believers are those who exhibit proper and skillful application of biblical knowledge?
Read Proverbs 1:1-7, 20-33; 2:1-15. What is the significance and value of biblical wisdom?
Now read Ecclesiastes 1:12-18. How is wisdom spoken of there? What difference is there between the wisdom spoken of there versus Proverbs? What does it mean to have wisdom but not the fear, knowledge, and love of God?
How is wisdom and the Gospel related?
What can wisdom do practically in the lives of believers who are parents? Children? Married or single?
The charge was to be what; to have what? In light of that charge, the challenge then is to what?
What is “prayer” and why is it essential to the life and faith of believers?
How is prayer and wisdom related? What passages can you turn to find that?
What are some examples from Scripture that point to the importance of “prayer” in the life and ministries of the Church, of the life and faith of believers?
What does a thriving prayer life indicate in the life of a believer?
How does a thriving prayer life affect the spiritual well-being of a believer? How does it affect the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of a believer; can prayer affect those things?
What happens to the spiritual well-being of a believer who does not pray? What does a struggling or even non-existent prayer life indicate? How does that affect the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of the believer?

January 28, 2024

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