Warm up questions: How do you most often express your love for others? How do others show love to you? Let’s read the passage (1 Thessalonians 2:13-20) with the following questions in mind: What does it say? Briefly summarize the end of this chapter: “We shared the gospel with you
Warm up questions: How would you feel if your neighbors, classmates, or coworkers berated or looked down on you because of a deeply held opinion or belief that you have? Let’s read the passage (1 Thessalonians 2:11-16) with the following questions in mind: What does it say? Chris Juby briefly
Warm up questions: What do parents want for their children? What will parents do to achieve this? Why would they be willing to do this? Let’s read the passage (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12) with the following questions in mind: What does it say? Simply summarizing this new passage in no more
Today we celebrate the third Sunday of Advent season. Advent is a time where we wait in expectation and prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In some Christian traditions, this third Sunday has a special name: Gaudete (Gaw-day-tay) Sunday. Gaudete is Latin for “Rejoice” – to feel or show great joy or happiness. Are you full of great joy and happiness this Sunday?
So, what makes you happy?…
God by His very nature is self-reliant and self-sufficient. He doesn’t need anything from us, His creation. We can not give to God anything that is not already His. So, as we have been speaking recently, why should we give to God and how exactly can we do that if He owns all anyway?