Advent Week 2 – Peace

Week 2 – Peace   Read  Matthew 1:18-21, John 14:18-27 and your notes from Sunday morning’s sermon.    Intro:  We talked last week about how Jesus’ birth gives us hope.  This week let’s look at one of the results of placing our hope with Jesus:...

Advent Week 1 – Hope

Advent Week 1 – Hope   Read Matthew 1:18-23 and your notes from Sunday morning’s sermon. (Also Luke 2:1-21 if you would like)   Intro:  What does it mean to have Hope in Jesus? We discussed that this past Sunday as we began preparing our hearts for...

KoH2 – Week 5 Love Your Enemies

Week 5 – Love Your Enemies   Read Matthew 5:43-48 and your notes from Sunday morning’s sermon.   Intro: In this section, Jesus gives us another example of a common teaching based on scripture and then gives us His view on the subject. In this example,...

KoH2 – Week 4

  Week 4 – Retaliation   Read Matthew 5:38-42  and your notes from Sunday morning’s sermon.   Intro: Jesus moves on to teach us now about retaliation. He uses several examples, but the overarching theme here is that we should not be out for...

Kingdom of Heaven 2 – Week 1

Week 1 – Dealing with Anger   Read: Matthew 5:21-26  and your notes from Sunday morning’s sermon.   Intro: As we pick back up in Matthew, lets remind ourselves of the context of what we’ve learned so far. Jesus has just told everyone that He has come...

Mo Money Mo Problems – Week 4

Week 4 – Generosity   Read: your notes from Sunday morning’s sermon.   Intro: This week at church we talked about Generosity. What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus living generously? We know that Jesus was the most generous person who ever lived...