Dec 11, 2022
Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10
By: Ben Lairamore
Series: Exodus
Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10  What does a hard heart look like?  How does God work through a hard heart?   Questions for Discussion & Application
  1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
  2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
  3. Why does the all-powerful God ask Pharoah to let His people go? Does God need Pharoah’s consent?
  4. In the various descriptions of Pharoah’s hard heart, which of them stands out most to you? Why?
  5. What is the Bible’s remedy for a hard heart? (See John 3:3.) 
  6. How does it encourage you to see that God triumphs over His enemies in displays of glory and judgment? (See Exodus 9:14-16 & Philippians 2:9-11.)      
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  • Dec 11, 2022Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10
    Dec 11, 2022
    Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
    Let My People Go – Exodus 7-10  What does a hard heart look like?  How does God work through a hard heart?   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. Why does the all-powerful God ask Pharoah to let His people go? Does God need Pharoah’s consent?
    4. In the various descriptions of Pharoah’s hard heart, which of them stands out most to you? Why?
    5. What is the Bible’s remedy for a hard heart? (See John 3:3.) 
    6. How does it encourage you to see that God triumphs over His enemies in displays of glory and judgment? (See Exodus 9:14-16 & Philippians 2:9-11.)      
  • Dec 4, 2022Seeing God’s Bigger Plan – Exodus 5-6
    Dec 4, 2022
    Seeing God’s Bigger Plan – Exodus 5-6
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
    Seeing God’s Bigger Plan – Exodus 5-6  Moses’ obedience to his mission led initially to greater suffering for Israel.    Israel grumbled about the increased suffering of their lives and failed to see and trust the bigger plan of what God was doing.  Moses questioned God and asked why He had sent him to Egypt since God had not immediately delivered Israel but had instead allowed their suffering to intensify.   God mercifully encouraged the weak faith of Moses and of Israel with a reminder of His bigger plan.   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. When has obedience to God caused you to experience more difficulty in life? How did you respond to this increased difficulty?
    4. Have you ever struggled with grumbling about the suffering and difficulty in your life? How does it encourage you to remember that God has a bigger plan and purpose? (See Romans 8:28-29.)    
    5. Have you ever found God’s timing to be difficult? What helped you to be patient as you waited on God? 
    6. What is God’s bigger plan for us as Christians that we need to remember? (See Revelation 21:1-22:5.)  How will remembering this bigger plan help you to trust God in the midst of your current difficulties?
  • Nov 27, 2022God’s Mercy in Moses’ Calling – Exodus 3-4
    Nov 27, 2022
    God’s Mercy in Moses’ Calling – Exodus 3-4
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
    God’s Mercy in Moses’ Calling – Exodus 3-4  God chooses to accomplish His mission through Moses, a weak and doubting vessel.   Before God calls Moses to his difficult mission, God mercifully reveals Himself to Moses and assures Moses that He will be with him.    God mercifully encourages the weak faith of Moses and makes concessions to help him embrace his mission.   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. When God calls us to a difficult task or to a difficult step of obedience, who must be the object of our focus if we are to be faithful?  
    4. Why does God choose to use weak and doubting vessels to accomplish His mission (see 2 Corinthians 12:9)? How have you seen this to be true?
    5. What difficult mission has God called all Christians to embrace? How has God encouraged you to embrace this mission?   
  • Nov 20, 2022God’s Promise & Plan – Exodus 1-2
    Nov 20, 2022
    God’s Promise & Plan – Exodus 1-2
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Exodus
    God’s Promise & Plan – Exodus 1-2   In fulfillment of God’s promise and plan, Israel multiplied in Egypt despite oppression.     In fulfillment of God’s promise and plan, Moses was drawn out of the water that was meant to bring him death.      In fulfillment of God’s promise and plan, God heard the groaning of His people.   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. How does it encourage you to see that the plans of Pharoah were repeatedly thwarted by God, especially when we consider what is happening in the world today?
    4. How does trusting in God’s promise and plan lead you to act with courageous obedience?
    5. When is the last time that you groaned to the Lord? How did you see His faithfulness?   
  • Nov 6, 2022Why Community? – Acts 2:37-47
    Nov 6, 2022
    Why Community? – Acts 2:37-47
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Sunday Morning Message
    Why Community? – Acts 2:37-47  Because God’s plan has always been to create a community of people for Himself.  Because there is safety in the community of God’s people.   Because the community of God’s people shows the beauty of God to the world.   Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s message?
    2. How does today’s message challenge you personally?
    3. As Americans we are conditioned to think in very individualistic ways. How does God’s Word challenge you to think less as an individual and more as a part of a church community?  What specific steps does this lead you to take? 
    4. How does it make you feel to know that you are part of such a wonderful community as the church?
    5. What impact has our church community had on your life personally?
    6. What examples have you noticed of God’s beauty being seen through our own church community?
  • Oct 30, 2022Singing Well – Psalm 96
    Oct 30, 2022
    Singing Well – Psalm 96
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Sunday Morning Message
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. What songs of the faith have most ministered to you? Why?
    4. Is the Lord the audience that you think of when you sing in congregational worship?
    5. What can you do in order to better “sing to the Lord a new song”?
  • Oct 23, 2022How Should We Live in Light of the Coming Day of the Lord? – 2 Peter 3:11-18
    Oct 23, 2022
    How Should We Live in Light of the Coming Day of the Lord? – 2 Peter 3:11-18
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: II Peter
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. Why must we be convinced of Jesus’ return in order to live in a way that pleases God? What are some examples where we find this to be true?
    4. What does it look like in your everyday life to be waiting for the Day of God?
    5. In this book, Peter is seeking to guard believers from falling away from following Christ. What things have you learned from 2 Peter that will help you to persevere in the faith?        
  • Oct 16, 2022The Day of the Lord Will Come – 2 Peter 3:1-10
    Oct 16, 2022
    The Day of the Lord Will Come – 2 Peter 3:1-10
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: II Peter
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does today’s passage challenge you personally?
    3. What do the scoffers say in verse 4? Have you ever heard such scoffing?
    4. How does Peter respond to the scoffers in verses 5-9? How does this response encourage your own confidence that Jesus will return as He promised?
    5. We see in verse 9 that God delays His return of judgement because He is patient and merciful? What does the merciful heart of God compel you to prioritize in your own life in order to reflect His heart of mercy to others?
    6. According to verse 10, what will happen on the Day of the Lord? Are you prepared for this coming Day?    
  • Oct 9, 2022Another Look at the False Teachers – 2 Peter 2:10b-22
    Oct 9, 2022
    Another Look at the False Teachers – 2 Peter 2:10b-22
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: II Peter
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does this passage challenge you or encourage you?
    3. Why can the arrogant confidence of a false teacher make his teaching even more deceptive for an unstable believer?
    4. Why are the false teachers compared to irrational animals in our passage? How does the rejection of God and the truth about God lead people to look more like irrational animals than image bearers?
    5. The false teachers promised the freedom to live an unrestrained life. Why is doing whatever you want without restraint actually slavery instead of freedom?
    6. What truth from this passage encourages you to persevere in following Jesus?
    7. How will you apply today’s passage in your own life?
  • Oct 2, 2022Weeds in the Garden – 2 Peter 2:1-10
    Oct 2, 2022
    Weeds in the Garden – 2 Peter 2:1-10
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: II Peter
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does this passage challenge you or encourage you?
    3. What are some destructive heresies that the church faces today? Why might these heresies be appealing and seductive?
    4. How can we guard ourselves against destructive false teaching?
    5. In today’s passage we see many historical examples of God judging evil. What additional examples of this can we see in the Scripture?
    6. Today’s passage makes clear that God knows how to rescue the godly and judge the unrighteous. How does this reminder encourage you in your walk with the Lord?     
    7. How will you apply today’s passage in your own life?
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