Here is a Day by Day guide to learning and applying:
Read: the daily Scriptures and Answer the Question from the sermon.
Create: Create your own questions/comments from the scriptures
Discuss: Talk about your questions and reactions to the scriptures.
3/16/25
Scripture: Matthew 26:39-44, Matthew 27:33-46, Isaiah 52:13-15, and Psalm 22
Title: Why Have You Forsaken Me?
BIG IDEA: The execution of God’s son was the execution of God’s plan for God’s people.
Memory Verse: Matthew 26:39 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
REMINDER:
A Disciple...Loves All People, Discovers Identity in Jesus, Deepens Relationship with Jesus.
What have I done this week to feed my soul, feed others, and feed my flesh?
What stood out to you in the sermon this week?
What did God reveal to you in the Scriptures this week, maybe for the first time?
Scripture Study Tip
What does it say, What does it mean, and How do I apply it to my daily life.
Read Matthew 26:36-46
Why did Jesus pray the same prayer three times?
Read Matthew 27:46
Share a time when you felt forsaken by God or felt the pain of unanswered prayers.
How did you get through that?
What are some spiritual disciplines you relied on?
What are some “remez” verses that have gotten you through times like that?
Read Isaiah 52:13-15; 53:1-10.
Christ died a brutal death in your place.
Describe what He endured from the Garden of Gethsemane until He said, “It is finished.”
What does Psalm 22 tell us about God’s plan, how does it impact your faith and how might you use this as you spread the Gospel?
Around Psalm 22:22, David switches from lament to praise.
What do you think causes that switch?
How can this be a model for our worship and prayer life?
ACTION STEP
A Disciple…Loves All People, Discovers Identity in Jesus, Deepens Relationship with Jesus
- Practice what you will say to someone who asks you how Jesus can be the ONLY way to Heaven.
2) Pray for an opportunity to share that with someone this week.
3/9/25
Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16, Ephesians 2, and Luke 23:32-43
Title: The Scandal of Grace.
BIG IDEA: The man on the middle cross said I could come.
Memory Verse:
REMINDER:
A Disciple...Loves All People, Discovers Identity in Jesus, Deepens Relationship with Jesus.
What have I done this week to feed my soul, feed others, and feed my flesh?
What stood out to you in the sermon this week?
What did God reveal to you in the Scriptures this week, maybe for the first time?
Scripture Study Tip
What does it say, What does it mean, and How do I apply it to my daily life.
This past/current week:
How were you obedient to God?
Have you been reading/listening to the Psalms?
Where did you struggle?
READ Ephesians 2 and Luke 23:32-43
Describe the attitude and experience of each of the criminals on either side of Jesus.
What do Jesus’s words to the repentant criminal on the cross reveal about the salvation process and God's character?
Read Matthew 20:1-16
What does the parable of the workers reveal about God's character?
How are the actions of the Master “fair”?
Share a time when you felt you were treated unfairly or have been confused by what God
allowed to happen.
What steps did you take, or could you take, to surrender that to Jesus?
Consider the letter from the woman on death row. What makes the Grace of Jesus
scandalous?
What are the reasons you don’t fully understand the GRACE of JESUS?
Have you ever wondered, am I really saved, or have I done something to lose my salvation?
What does the Bible say about that?
If a non-believer asks what you must do to get into heaven, what will you say?
ACTION STEP
A Disciple…Loves All People, Discovers Identity in Jesus, Deepens Relationship with Jesus
Pray for an opportunity this week to tell at least one person (maybe your “one more”) how the criminal on the cross got into heaven. “The Man on the middle cross said I could come.”
Constant Reminder
Six questions for gospel-centered discernment. Memorize and ask these six questions to discern and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in your life.
G - God's glory: Will this decision primarily be about my glory or God's glory?
O - Other Christians: What do other gospel-saturated, Christ-centered, wise friends say about this upcoming decision?
S - Scripture: Does the Bible command, permit, or prohibit this decision? What does inerrant, infallible Scripture say?
P - Prayer: Have you abided with, rested in, asked from, listened to and waited on God in this decision over time?
E - Evangelism: Will this decision give me the opportunity to share the gospel and invite people to faith in Jesus?
L - Lifestyle: Will this decision lead me to live a lifestyle of love marked by the Fruit of the Spirit and holiness?
