1. Do they have a vision for leadership of small groups?
2. Is their Christian faith vital and growing?
3. Do they have essential biblical qualities required of a leader in the Christian community?
4. Have they some of the characteristics/skills required to lead a group, particularly the servant attitude towards leadership, and are they personable?
5. Does their situation allow them to be committed to leadership?
6. How have they handled previous leadership positions?
7. Are they teachable?
Finally, given all the above, we must constantly pray for the gift of wisdom and be prepared to wait before the Lord for the right leaders.
Monday, February 18, 2008
James 3:1-12 - How To Manage Your Mouth
James 3:1-12 - How To Manage Your Mouth
1. If you could hear a recording of everything you said last week, what would you want to edit out?
2. What can you learn about a person by listening to him or her speak?
3. What unique responsibility does a teacher bear? (3:1)
4. If a person were never at fault in what he or she said, what would that show about the person? (3:2)
5. What is the purpose of a bit in the mouth of a horse? (3:3)
What is the purpose of the rudder of a ship? (3:4)
What damage can a small spark cause to a great forest? (3:4)
6. How did James describe the tongue? (3:6-8)
7. What is so difficult about taming the tongue? (3:7-8)
8. What inconsistencies are we capable of? (3:9-10)
9. What can a spring or a fruit tree teach us about speech? (3:11-12)
10.Why will God judge teachers more strictly than other people?
11. Why are sins of speech often overlooked as not serious?
12. What positive words do your family and coworkers need to hear from your mouth this week?
1. If you could hear a recording of everything you said last week, what would you want to edit out?
2. What can you learn about a person by listening to him or her speak?
3. What unique responsibility does a teacher bear? (3:1)
4. If a person were never at fault in what he or she said, what would that show about the person? (3:2)
5. What is the purpose of a bit in the mouth of a horse? (3:3)
What is the purpose of the rudder of a ship? (3:4)
What damage can a small spark cause to a great forest? (3:4)
6. How did James describe the tongue? (3:6-8)
7. What is so difficult about taming the tongue? (3:7-8)
8. What inconsistencies are we capable of? (3:9-10)
9. What can a spring or a fruit tree teach us about speech? (3:11-12)
10.Why will God judge teachers more strictly than other people?
11. Why are sins of speech often overlooked as not serious?
12. What positive words do your family and coworkers need to hear from your mouth this week?
Monday, February 11, 2008
James 2:14-26 How To Have Real Faith
How To Have Real Faith
James 2:14-26
James 2:14-26
1. If you were 100 kms. from home with no money, no credit cards, no friends, no transportation, and no place to stay, what would you do to survive and make it home?
2. What is the relationship between faith and deeds? (2:14)
3. What illustration did James use to explain how real faith affects a person's deeds? (2:15-17)
4. What is wrong with having faith without deeds? (2:18-26)
5. What do the demons believe about God? How does it affect them? (2:19)
6. What did Abraham do to show his faith? (2:21-23)
7. How is a person justified before God? (2:24)
8. How did Rahab show faith? (2:25)
9. How are faith and deeds like the body and the spirit? (2:26)
10. How is being a Christian supposed to change the way we live?
11. What is one way to tell if a person has a real, living faith?
12. What is difficult about applying what we hear in church to our everyday lives?
13. If God has forgiven us and promised us eternal life, what motivation do we have to live in obedience to Him today?
14. In what home, work, or neighborhood situations might you be able to show faith in God this week? How?
Monday, February 4, 2008
New Online Bible Reading Resource
Scripture Union have just announced a website which provides a range of helpful Bible Reading and devotional aids.
WordLive – a website which allows you to step into a multi-media Bible reading experience and deepen your relationship with God.
WordLive offers a fantastic range of creative approaches you can follow to engage with God’s Word. WordLive is designed to be intuitive and simple. Each day when you log on you will be prompted to pray and then read the Bible. The next step is up to you.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
James 2:1-13 How To Treat People
James 2:1-13 How To Treat People
1. How much money would it take to make you consider yourself rich?
2. Where do you see prejudice being practiced?
3. What practical example did James use to illustrate how favoritism was practiced in the church? (2:1-4)
4. What has God promised to the poor of this world? (2:5)
5. What do rich people have a history of doing to people in the church? (2:6-7)
6. What is the royal law found in Scripture? (2:8)
7. What does practicing favoritism do to a person who is trying to keep the law? (2:9)
8. What does a person have to do to be considered a lawbreaker? (2:10-11)
9. Why should we be merciful? (2:13)
10. In what ways have you been a victim of favoritism or prejudice?
11. How do we use physical appearance, job status, and athletic ability to show favoritism toward people?
12. In what practical ways can we show genuine love to people of different races, cultures, and economic standing?
13. Why is favoritism or prejudice often overlooked as a sin?
14. From whom can you ask forgiveness this week for showing prejudice toward him or her?
1. How much money would it take to make you consider yourself rich?
2. Where do you see prejudice being practiced?
3. What practical example did James use to illustrate how favoritism was practiced in the church? (2:1-4)
4. What has God promised to the poor of this world? (2:5)
5. What do rich people have a history of doing to people in the church? (2:6-7)
6. What is the royal law found in Scripture? (2:8)
7. What does practicing favoritism do to a person who is trying to keep the law? (2:9)
8. What does a person have to do to be considered a lawbreaker? (2:10-11)
9. Why should we be merciful? (2:13)
10. In what ways have you been a victim of favoritism or prejudice?
11. How do we use physical appearance, job status, and athletic ability to show favoritism toward people?
12. In what practical ways can we show genuine love to people of different races, cultures, and economic standing?
13. Why is favoritism or prejudice often overlooked as a sin?
14. From whom can you ask forgiveness this week for showing prejudice toward him or her?
Small Group Covenants
Some small groups find the setting of a covenant as a helpful way of setting goals together and maintaining a degree of accountability to each other. A covenant is a set of agreed guidelines, principles or goals that are agreed on by all the members for a set period of time (usually for 6 or 12 months). A covenant is especially helpful in helping the group evaluate how the group is going and whether particular aspects of the groups life together needs to be giving more attention. Each group member should give assent to the covenant and should be given a copy. Some people view covenants as being "too legalistic" or confining but in discussing this with your small group the benefits of growing together in discipleship and accountability should be emphasised.
Some examples of Small Group Covenants can be found at ...
1. stmarkschurch.org/
2. Messiahlincoln.org
3. kingofkingsomaha.org
4. lifebydesignministries.com
Monday, January 21, 2008
Free Christian Bible Studies
A range of free topical Bible studies to download.
ChristianBibleStudies.com
ChristianBibleStudies.com
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