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Apr 16
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Before It Is Finished – Easter Sunday

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Trust on the Cross / Luke 23.46 & John 20.14-16, 26-29

The following questions are provided to help you dig in and apply the sermon on Sunday.  You can use these questions in your personal reflections, but we would encourage you to discuss these with other people in your life as you seek to grow in your relationship with Jesus.
  1. The final words from Jesus on the cross, “Into your hands I commit my spirit” are words of intimacy and trust. How so?
  2. What walls, curtains or veils in relationship do you see Jesus continuing to break down so you can experience intimacy with Him and others?
  3. “Jesus loves you as sinner.” How does that simple truth encourage you today?
  4. As you look back on this Lenten season what is the most significant shift in your belief, or behavior? What was the most profound experience that impacted you during this season?
  5. What reunion do you desire? What reunion does God’s heart desire? What’s your role in that reunion taking place?

    Take some time and praise Him for His work in making a way for you to live abundantly, and eternally. If you missed Sunday’s sermon, you can watch it online.

Apr 09
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Before It Is Finished – Week 6

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Completion of the Cross / John 19.30

The following questions are provided to help you dig in and apply the sermon on Sunday.  You can use these questions in your personal reflections, but we would encourage you to discuss these with other people in your life as you seek to grow in your relationship with Jesus.
  1. The sixth time Jesus spoke from the cross He said, “It is finished.” What is finished?
  2. Briefly describe atonement. What’s the implication of atonement for your life?
  3. What is not finished? How do you reconcile that which is finished with that which we must still face?
  4. What’s one way you can seek to finish this Lenten season well?
  5. Complete the sentence stem: Because “it is finished” I…
 If you missed Sunday’s sermon, you can watch it online.
Apr 02
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Before It Is Finished – Week 5

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Desire of the Cross / John 19.28

The following questions are provided to help you dig in and apply the sermon on Sunday.  You can use these questions in your personal reflections, but we would encourage you to discuss these with other people in your life as you seek to grow in your relationship with Jesus.
If you missed Sunday’s sermon, you can watch it online.
  1. How are you growing in your understanding of what was accomplished on the cross?
  2. In Jesus the divine and human nature was united. How important is that to you? Why is this theological truth essential to our understanding of God?
  3. On the cross Jesus experienced thirst. Where else do you see His humanity in Scripture?
  4. What does it mean to you to know Jesus endured the cross as a man? How does His humanity help you connect intimately with Him? How does His humanity draw Him closer to you?
  5. Reflect and mediate on Hebrews 4.14-16. What speaks most personally to you in these verses?
    Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Mar 26
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Before It Is Finished – Week 4

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Pain of the Cross / Matthew 27.45-46

The following questions are provided to help you dig in and apply the sermon on Sunday.  You can use these questions in your personal reflections, but we would encourage you to discuss these with other people in your life as you seek to grow in your relationship with Jesus.
  1. As Jesus hangs on the cross, there are 3 hours of darkness (Matthew 27:45-46). What is a time or season of your life that was defined by darkness?
  2. When you hear Jesus’ words, “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” what do you feel?
  3. Jesus was not surprised by anything that occurred on the cross. How does this encourage you?
  4. Knowing that Jesus was quoting Psalm 22, what is most powerful about this Psalm for you?
  5. Jesus knows what it feels like to be forsaken by God. How does this comfort you in the times when you feel forsaken as well?
  6. Don Carson says, “The God on whom we rely knows that suffering is all about, not merely in the way that God knows everything, but by experience.” How does encourage you in your suffering?
  7. The horror of the cross shows us the depth of our sin and our overwhelming need for a savior. How does this cause you to worship your Savior more deeply today?
 If you missed Sunday’s sermon, you can watch it online.
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