Read Matthew 6:9-13.
What does the Lord’s Prayer tell us about who God is, and who we are?
Why not pray the Lord’s Prayer slowly, stopping at the end of each phrase to allow each person in the group an opportunity to offer a short prayer of their own?…
1. Why didn’t Jesus go straight to heaven when he rose from the dead?
2. In how many ways could the following sentence be completed:- ‘Because Jesus has ascended to heaven, we know that…’
3. If Christ’s followers are not supposed to be standing looking into the sky (Acts 1:11), what are we supposed to be doing, according to this passage? And why do we need power (verse 8) to do this?…
(a) From reading Luke’s account, what would lead you to think that this is a true story, based on eyewitness testimony, rather than some kind of fairy tale?
(b) This event leads to two exclamations, as recorded in Luke 8:25. The first is the exclamation of Jesus: “Where is your faith?” Why do you think Jesus seemed so surprised at the disciples’ lack of faith? And in what ways might he be surprised at our own lack of faith? …
Ephesians 2:1-10; 3:14-21; Philippians 2:1-18; 2 Timothy 2:1-13; 3:10-17
The following questions were designed for a study in a series on the story-line of the Bible. This particular study was entitled: ‘With God for ever – church expansion and growth: Growing in our relationship with God.’
There is a lot of Scripture here! I’ve suggested one question from each of these five passages. You might want to focus on one or two of the passages, or possibly get people to work in twos and threes.…
