http://kettlebrook.org en © http://kettlebrook.org Kettlebrook Church Kettlebrook Church info@kettlebrook.org info@kettlebrook.org Messages from the Kettlebrook Jackson site... Messages from the Kettlebrook Jackson site... Messages from the Kettlebrook Jackson site... http://clovermedia.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/store/45/45b9101d-76d5-4288-9ce9-37093077ca6e/thumbnails/mobile/522df4b7-089e-40a9-8667-b9ba068a6f81.jpg http://kettlebrook.org no Kettlebrook Church Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2327037 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:35 Ryan LaTour Panel Questions: · Do you think you are doing what you were created to do (in terms of “work”)? Why or why not? · What are some of the barriers that you face in trying to bear the image of God in your work? · How has your faith changed the way you see your work? Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2310774 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -1000 00:38:57 Troy Loether http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2310786 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -1000 00:09:30 Guest Speakers http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2292954 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:32 Steve Farina Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2292806 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:36:14 Guest Speaker http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2235658 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:45 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2222411 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:43 Guest Speaker: Manohar Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2209282 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:29 Guest Speaker: Jen Ellefson Questions for Reflection/Discussion: Here are 3 reminders in the Book of Romans to encourage, strengthen and challenge us to continue on this vision which God has called us to: 1) The Good News Think about your own journey, when you first heard and responded to the Good news of Jesus Christ. How passionate are you about sharing the Gospel? Do you have compassion for those who are unreached? 2) Calling How much of a priority is making disciples in your life? 3) Gifts What are your gifts? How can you use your gifts to support the work of reaching the unreached? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2196602 Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:26:35 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What was your experience with conflict growing up? How have these experiences shaped the way that you approach conflict today? 2. Read Matthew 7:1-5. How should these words shape our approach to conflict? 3. Read Matthew 18:15-17. What steps do you see Jesus outlining? What is the goal of the process? 4. Why is it easier to confide in the wrong person instead of going to the person we have an offense with? Why is there a temptation to draw in a third party? 5. “Winning the conflict” versus “winning your brother/sister” are radically different approaches to conflict. How might you be guilty of trying to “win” a conflict in your life instead of winning a brother/sister? Who in your life might need to be “won” back in your life through radical, self-sacrificing reconciliation? 6. Re-read the letter that Paul wrote to Philemon. What is the significance of verse 18? Where did Paul learn this approach from? What can we learn from this in our own lives? 7. Where in your life can you be a radical, self-sacrificing reconciler in the name of Jesus this week at work, in your family, neighborhood, at school, etc.? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2178768 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:08 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2166900 Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:07 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Did you ever have or make a fort as a child? If so, what do you remember most about making forts? 2. What broader stories have influenced how you see the story of your own life? 3. Read Psalm 103:19-22. What sticks out to you as you read this text? 4. In Psalm 103, David describes God as Forgiving, Compassionate, Father, and King. Which of these four specific characteristics resonate most with you and why? Do you struggle with any? Why or why not? 5. One of the downsides of sitting on our own thrones is the burden that goes with it. What might the stresses and pressures in your life reveal to you? 6. When we sit on the throne of our own life, we are also can see others as a threat to us. Where/how might this be the case in your own life? 7. Are there areas of your own life that you have built a fort around that you want to be sovereign over instead of God? If so, what areas and why? How might Jesus re-frame this area of life for you? What specifically could you do about it this week? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2152482 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:56 Dave Lisowski Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. When is a time you have experienced compassion from someone? 2. What did their compassion make you feel? 3. In what ways do you struggle to believe God is compassionate? 4. Where in your life are you experiencing the compassion of God? 5. What areas are you allowing God to carry in your life? What areas are you resistant? Why? 6. Who is God calling you to show compassion (suffer with) today? How will you tangibly carry this out this week? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2138209 Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:27:24 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2119956 Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:35:33 Ryan LaTour Questions for Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2101276 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:28 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2088425 Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:37:27 Mike Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2071507 Sun, 22 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:47 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Verse 4 talks about being 'In Christ' - how do you know if you are 'In Christ?' 2. What is one area that God has empowered you to show the good news of Jesus in everyday life? (how has God changed your everyday life through the good news of Jesus?) 3. What is one area that God still needs to empower you to show the good news of Jesus in everyday life? 4. How might Jesus speak encouragement to you in the midst of that struggle? What would be 'good news?' 5. What are some of the supports that help you to continue to be pointed from 'be you, do you, for you' to 'Christ in you, Christ through you, for others?' Share as a group what that looks like in your everyday life? 6. How do you still desire to see the good news of Jesus bear fruit through your everyday life and the everyday life of our family at Kettlebrook? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2057607 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:09 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. When you hear the word “father” what comes to mind (memories, images, experiences, feelings)? How would you describe your earthly father? 2. In what ways has your earthly father reflected (or not reflected) God the Father? 3. Read Colossians 1:1-6a. What can we learn from these verses about what Paul (& Timothy) believe about God? 4. When you think of “family” what comes to mind? How would you describe your family? 5. It was noted that sin is everything from “murder” to “meh”. In what ways might you be “meh” when it comes to God? Why do you think this is the case? What are the implications? 6. In what ways is the gospel good news for eternity? How is this possible? 7. If you are “in Christ”, in what ways are you currently engaged in family that is “in Christ”? If you are not engaged, what might it look like for you to take a step in that direction? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2047933 Sun, 08 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:15 Ryan LaTour Questions Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2047964 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:11 Troy Loether Reflection Questions: 1.Looking back, what is one way that you have seen God at work in your own heart and life? 2. Looking ahead, what is one step you can take to become less, and for Jesus to become greater in your life? Questions Discussion: 1. As you look back over your journey of faith so far in 2019, what milestones are most prominent? What have been some recent victories? Recent struggles? If you are struggling to come up with milestones, why do you think that is? 2. As you look ahead and think about your journey of faith, what are you most excited about and why? What are you anxious about and why? 3. Read John 10:40-42. What do we learn about the ministry of John the Baptist that might inform our own ministry as individuals and as a family? What was the outcome in verse 42? 4. What is one way that you might seek to speak truth about Jesus and point others to Jesus (as John the Baptist did) in your own life in this next week/month/year? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2035860 Sun, 25 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:40:52 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Has anyone ever stood in the way of your understanding of, or relationship with God? What was that like for you? 2. In what ways might you have done something like this in someone else’s life? 3. Read Acts chapter 11. In this chapter, racism, legalism, and consumerism seek to keep the gospel from others. In what ways have these three things influenced your faith journey? 4. Which of the above observations from this chapter are the most inspiring to you? Convicting? Why? 5. In what ways did Jesus model these observations for us when He walked the earth? 6. In what ways could you apply these observations in your own home and life this week? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=2000378 Sun, 11 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:04 David Syzdek http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1980709 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:10 Guest speaker, Nate Tobey http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1957563 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:06 Guest Speaker, Greg Diffor http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1946163 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:11 Steve Farina Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1) What is the inherent power within us? Who has given us this power? 2) Where in your coming to faith with Jesus have you seen Him show you His power? 3) What 1 step should you take from this message to get in touch with the power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in you? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1937623 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:35:43 Andy Christopherson Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom / how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1926246 Sun, 23 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:06 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Have you ever experienced a “honeymoon” phase in a relationship? What was that like? 2. What, in your life, would you say that you are continually devoted to? 3. In what ways, if any, would you say that you are devoted to God? What does that look like? 4. What possessions and goods might you have that you could share with others in need? What step could you take to do that? 5. In what ways (if any) are you engaging in the kind of fellowship described in today’s text? 6. John Stott says that “Those first Jerusalem Christians were not so preoccupied with learning, sharing, and worshipping, that they forgot about witnessing?" How about you? Would the same be said of you? Why or why not? 7. Who are you seeking to demonstrate the good news of Jesus to within the context of the rhythms of your life? 8. In what ways is the life you are living compelling enough to cause others to ask questions? How might you be able to point them to Jesus when they do? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1916936 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:03 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom/ how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1906051 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:25:29 Mike M. Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1) Read Acts 1:1-11. Try to retell the story in your own words or have a few people in a group do so. What do you learn about God from this passage? What do you learn about people (ourselves)? 2) Imagine what it must have been like during the 40 days with Jesus (v.3). What would you have liked to ask Jesus during that time? What would you have liked to hear from Jesus during that time? 3) What did Jesus actually talk about during these days (v.3)? What do you think he said about that particular subject? 4) What were the disciples going to receive after Jesus ascended to heaven? Why is that important? What was Jesus’ expectation about what would be a normal and natural outcome of this (v.8)? 5) What do you think it means to be a witness? How does that look here in America in 2019? 6) What is one way you would like to bear witness to Jesus this summer? How can the group help you to do that? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1896525 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:12 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. In what ways (if any) does your life rhythm change in summertime? In what ways would you maybe wish it would change? 2. Re-read 1 Timothy 3:1-3. Of the characteristics that Paul lists for leaders of the family of faith, which of these stick out to you and why? 3. Why do you think “hospitable” made the list of these important qualities/characteristics? 4. Share a time when someone has been intentionally and radically hospitable to you. What was that like for you? 5. What barriers get in the way of you being hospitable (or more hospitable)? 6. How, according to the Scriptures has God been intentionally and radically hospitable? In what ways should this inform and motivate our hospitality? 7. What might be some ways you can be intentionally hospitable this summer? With who might you be intentionally hospitable this summer? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1887437 Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:20:47 Mike M. Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. If you are a follower of Jesus, when did you become aware of the Holy Spirit’s presence in your life? What was that like? What difference did it make? 2. We often make the assumption that once we become a follower of Jesus, all our problems will go away and we’ll just automatically become ‘better’ people. What is wrong with that assumption? 3. Read Galatians 5:16-17. What are the two dynamics in conflict with each other? How have you seen this in your own life? 4. In Galatians 5:19-21 Paul lists a varied list of specific behaviors typical of our ‘flesh’ (sinful nature). Each one of us has our own proclivities towards some of these more than others. Which ones do you naturally lean towards. Do you know why? 5. Once the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our lives, he goes through the ‘house’ of our life and points out things/areas that need work or need to be changed out. What do you want him to change out in your life right now? 6. Verse 24 says that those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. How do you think we do that? How do you plan to do that next time your ’sinful nature’ rears its ugly head? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1878265 Sun, 19 May 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:42:20 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. When was the last time you have been “convicted” about something in a positive sense (feeling driven to do something to help)? In a negative sense (feeling guilt or shame about something you did)? 2. Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will convict the world in regards to three specific things. What are those three things (see above message notes)? Which of these three stick out most to you and why? The least and why? 3. When you find yourself being convicted, does it usually cause you to push away from God or draw nearer to God? Why do you think this is the case? If “push away” is your answer, what might this mean about your conviction(s)? 4. Read John 14:25-26 slowly and carefully. What do these two verses add to your understanding of the Holy Spirit? 5. What indicators do you have in your heart and life that the Holy Spirit is at work? Indicators that He is maybe not at work? 6. How might the Holy Spirit be convicting you recently? How might the Holy Spirit be inviting you to respond to these convictions? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1869208 Sun, 12 May 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:39 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom/ how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1878256 Sun, 05 May 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:00 Mike M. BIBLE PROJECT VIDEO: Holy Spirit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNNZO9i1Gjc http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1849829 Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:20 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1841995 Sun, 21 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:25 Mike M. Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom/ how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1833640 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:35:31 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. What situations/conflicts/requests in your life are currently “unresolved”? What is like for you to have something “unresolved” in your life? 2. Re-read Lamentations chapter 5. The poet experiences personal, communal and national disgrace. Can you give an example of each of these from your own experience? 3. Of the above disgraces that you shared, which do you think are the result of your own sins, the sins of others, the brokenness of the world in general, or some combination? 4. In Lamentations 5:16, the poets writes, “Woe to us, for we have sinned!” In what ways is this true in your life? 5. In Lamentations 5:17, the poet’s heart fails and his eyes have grown dim. Is there a circumstance in your life that is causing your heart to fail and eyes to grow dim? Why is this the case? 6. In what ways can Jesus bring resolution to the unresolved in your life? What steps can you take to engage Him in this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1824104 Sun, 07 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:39:28 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom/ how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1815223 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:58 Steve Farina Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What of significance have you lost recently? Why did that loss make you feel vulnerable or needy? 2. Reflect on this past week. Where did you see the Lord’s faithfulness in the “little" matters of your life? How can you be absolutely certain that He loves you with a loyal love? Again, taking a moment to reflect, how can you “test” your ways for soundness? 3. When evaluating your life as to how to keep instructions that Jesus gave, are there one or two of His instructions that are causing an inner struggle for you? What do you think is the reason for that struggle? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1799746 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:39:15 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/ Discussion: 1. What stuck out to you? 2. What further questions does it raise? 3. What does it say about Jesus? 4. How will you respond personally? 5. With whom/ how can you share this? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1787157 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:46 Mike M. Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Do you prefer to attend weddings or funerals more? Why is that? What happens if we refuse to attend funerals? What happens to us as people? 2. Can you remember a season when you or a friend/family member were lamenting? What helped? What were the things that people did which were meaningful? What didn’t help (or maybe even hurt?) 3. Jesus says in Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn…”. Why is that so? Do you agree with him? Why or why not? 4. How does lamenting recognize the tension of the ’now, but not yet’ Kingdom of God in our world? 5. Read Lamentations chapter 2. What are things that you notice? What verses stood out to you? Why? 6. Pay attention to verses 18-19. Have you ever ‘cried out to the Lord’ over the brokenness of our world or ‘poured out your heart’ that things would be right in your world? What do we gain by this? Why do we diminish the power of prayer/petition in our lives? 7. What is one thing you can do this season of Lent to intentionally help connect you with (and not ignore) the pain in the world? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1814927 Sun, 10 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:30 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. When you hear the word “lament” what comes to mind? 2. Is there anything that you are currently lamenting? 3. Do you find it difficult to lament? Why or why not? 4. Read Lamentations chapter 1. In what ways can you identify with the poet/author? In what ways do you find it difficult to identify with the poet/author? 5. Of the above three “causes of lamenting”, which do you find yourself most likely to engage with and why? Least likely to engage with? 6. What are some of your own sins you might need to lament? 7. What lament(s) do you need to bring to Jesus? How do you think He would respond to your lament? 8. How might growing in lament help you appreciate Jesus more? What might that look like this week? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1776095 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:36:31 Mike M. Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Can you think of a song you have sung in church recently that basically leads us in a corporate repentance or lament? Why do you think there is such a lack of such songs in the American church repertoire? What might that reflect? Why do you think it is so hard for us to corporately or communally repent? 2. Daniel repented on behalf of his people once he heard the news that the destruction of Jerusalem was going to last 70 years. What do you think it will take for the church in America to come to such a posture? How about your church? 3. Read verse 4. Notice how Daniel addresses the Lord. What does that tell us about how Daniel thinks of God? How might that differ from how we normally address the Lord in prayer. How does this differ or how is this similar to other prayers we have studied in this series so far? 4. Read verses 5-11. What do you notice about Daniel’s confession? How inclusive is he? Why do you think he includes himself in this confession (notice he uses the pronouns ‘we’ ‘our’ and ‘us’). What does that tell you about Daniel? Do you think it is possible to corporately repent if we don’t include ourselves as part of the problem? 5. In verses 11-14 Daniel acknowledges that God’s ways are right and Israel is getting what it rightly deserves and what God always said he would do. Is there any correlation here for the Church? Do you think the United States may in any way be experiencing judgment from God? How do you see this? 6. (Verses 15-19). If we are asking God to turn from his anger and wrath (v.16) we need to be willing to turn from our corporate and communal sins. What do you think the church in the United States might need to confess and repent of? What would you put on that list? Is there any way that you, like Daniel did, could, on behalf of the Church, confess? What do you think that would accomplish? In the world? In your heart? How have you contributed to the problem and what can you do in your own life to make matters right? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1761608 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:35:49 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1754072 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:36:05 Mike M 1. Can you remember a time when you were called on to be brave or courageous? What was the situation? How did you do? 2. Do you think courage is the absence of fear? Why or why not? Where does courage come from? 3. Read Daniel chapter 5. What do you notice about King Belshazzar (vs.6,9)? Why do you think that is? What do you notice about Daniel (vs.22-23). Where did he get the courage to say those things? 4. As Daniel confronted the King, notice two things: 1) He was invited to this opportunity and 2) This was an obvious God-moment (the writing on the wall). Are Christ-followers sometimes called to likewise appropriately confront evil in our world? What might this look like? 5. 2 Timothy 1:7-8 says: "For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord." How might this verse apply to your life? 6. What is one area you need to have courage in. Ask your group or family to pray for you. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1741335 Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:43:24 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1732760 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:39:17 Guest speaker, Claude Hickman http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1723015 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:02 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1710154 Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:41:20 Mike M. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1710147 Sun, 13 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:50 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1685574 Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -1000 00:41:38 Mike M. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1670787 Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:38:19 Troy Loether http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1658759 Sun, 16 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:09 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1646828 Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:37:43 Guest speaker, Steve Farina http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1637140 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:23 Ryan LaTour and Troy Loether http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1625780 Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:38:08 Mike M. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1621789 Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:06 Guest speaker, Dave http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1603223 Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:35:48 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1591793 Sun, 04 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:40:29 Guest speaker, Tom Atwater http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1583952 Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:06 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1568562 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:35:05 Mike M. Questions for Reflection / Discussion: 1. Have you ever thought about a follower of Jesus’ interaction with culture? In what way? If you were to have a tendency towards condemning culture (isolation) or consuming culture (integration) which do you tend towards? Why? 2. Read Exodus 32:1-14. Have someone retell the story in their own words. What do you think happened to the Israelites? What were they thinking? What does this tell us about ourselves? 3. Have someone read 1 Corinthians 10:1-14. Paul says that the narrative in Exodus 32 is an example and warning for us who believe in Jesus Christ. In what way is it a warning? What do you think we are to be careful of (v.14)? 4. If idolatry is putting something (or aspects of the culture) above Jesus Christ in your passions and priorities, how do you think the American Church (or elements of the American Church) is in danger of idolatry? 5. Mike said we are in danger of being discipled by television rather than the word of God. Do you think this is true? Why or why not? Do you know more scripture verses or movie lines? 6. What is one thing you think you might need to change as a result of today’s reading and message? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1560798 Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:56 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1552665 Sun, 07 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:27:57 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. If you have not done so already, please scan the above QR code and take the survey. 2. What are some things that you are passionate about? Gifted in? 3. Of the above 5 people gifts listed in Ephesians 4:11, which do you most identify with and why? 4. “Diversity within our unity leads to maturity.” In what ways have you seen this to be true in your home, work, small group, church family, etc.? 5. What skills have you been gifted/equipped with? 6. What experiences (sufferings, successes, failures, etc.) has God used to grow you? In what ways might these experiences be used to help build up others in the body? 7. What barriers might you be facing with respect to using your giftedness to build up the body? 8. What next steps might you take to bless the body of Christ and the world? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1538436 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:10 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection: 1. What did this message and scripture say about God? 2. What did this message and scripture say about people? 3. What next step is God asking you to take? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1529525 Sun, 23 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:31 Mike M. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1521865 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:38:26 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1510685 Sun, 09 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:38:00 Guest speaker, Dave Lisowski http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1473313 Sun, 12 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:27:09 David Szydek http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1457397 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:39:29 Guest speaker, Greg Diffor http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1426332 Sun, 15 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:55 Guest speaker, Andy Christopherson http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1414692 Sun, 08 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:46 Mike M. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1399755 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:35:27 Ryan Latour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1388958 Sun, 24 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:30 Mike M. Questions for Discussion: 1. How does our culture usually define someone as being "blessed?" What does that typically look like? 2. How is Jesus' definition and description of who is really "blessed" so different from ours? Read through the beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12). Which ones make sense to you? Which ones do not? Why? 3. What do you think it means to be 'poor in spirit?' Why would that be a blessing? How is being 'poor in spirit' somehow connected with receiving the Kingdom of Heaven? 4. Why does our culture not value 'mourning' (v.4)? What is gained by mourning? Why is it important? Do you think God mourns? What would he mourn over? 5. If there was an attitude in this scripture which you would like to develop and cultivate in your life, which one would it be and why? 6. In what ways can I live out the values, attitudes, and priorities of the Kingdom of Heaven in my sphere of influence this summer? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1366113 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:00 Troy Loether http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1351907 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:15:02 Guest speaker, Dave Lisowski Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. When was a time when you have been a stranger or outsider? What did you feel during this time? 2. Who helped you feel like an “insider?” What did they do? 3. How well are you doing at telling the story of God through your hospitality? What joys/difficulties are you facing? 4. Who could you partner with or who could you help to grow in telling the story of God through hospitality? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1326892 Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:45 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection / Discussion: 1. What fears does this passage bring up for you? Why? 2. What do you find yourself doing in life that you hope you are repaid for? 3. Between making space, using your place, and receiving and extending grace, which one stuck out to you? Why? 4. What is one way your group could make space, use your place(s) and receive and extend grace to show hospitality? 5. What is one thing you feel like God is saying to you regarding showing hospitality? To your group? What will you do about it? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1311932 Sun, 13 May 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:36:38 Troy Loether Additional Resource: https://saturatetheworld.com/2018/05/01/sharing-your-table/ Questions for Reflection / Discussion: 1. Who are the most “hospitable” people you know? The least? Why did you pick them? 2. Growing up, do you remember your home being more open to others (including strangers) or closed? How has this shaped the way you see your own home/life? 3. When you hear the phrase, “A man’s home is his castle”… what comes to mind for you and why? 4. Describe a time when you felt like an outsider, a foreigner, a stranger. What was that like for you? Who do you know in your own life that might be experiencing this? How might you be able to specifically and intentionally empathize with them? 5. What are the two reasons or motivations in Leviticus 19:34 that God commands His people to be hospitable? Why are both of these motivations important? 6. In what ways does Jesus reflect the Father’s heart for hospitality in the gospel accounts? 7. In what ways could you obey God’s commands to be hospitable this week? This month? Who is someone on the outer-most circle in your life that you could begin to love like yourself? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1297050 Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:13 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection / Discussion 1. When you hear Jesus call you to love him more than your family, what do you feel? 2. How do you feel when hearing the story of Sally and of Curt and Kim Swank? That seems unreal/I feel lesser/I’m inspired? Why? 3. What did you most identify with: love God more than your time, more than your talents or more than your treasure? How? 4. What is one thing you feel like God is speaking to you about? What will you do about it? 5. Who will you need help from in order to do it? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1281480 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:11 Troy Loether According to Tim Challies, a humble person… 1. accepts ______________ for sin or wrongdoing. 2. complains about their ______________, not their circumstances 3. will serve the lowest __________ and the lowest _________ 4. is content to be ________________ by others magnifies ______________ Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. What circumstances in your life have pressed you into growing up and which circumstances have caused that growing up more rapidly than others? 2. If you could “grow up again”, in what ways would you want to grow up differently than the first time around? 3. What are some thing that you might admit that you personally still need to grow up in? 4. Read Luke 14:7-11 a few times. What sticks out to you as you read this parable? 5. As a group, brainstorm the different ways that Jesus does not just teach on humility, but displays humility. 6. Revisit the five points in the “notes” section above. How would you assess yourself in regard to these? In what ways might the Holy Spirit be convicting you in regards to these? 7. In what specific way/relationship/or role could you seek to humble yourself this week? 8. In what specific way could you seek to exalt/magnify Jesus this week? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1265433 Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:29 Mike M. Questions for discussion: 1. What does ‘growing up’ mean to you? Why do you think so many people grow old but refuse to grow up? What prevents them from doing so? 2. When do you feel like you ‘grew up?’ In what ways do you still need to ‘grow up?’ 3. Why do you think repentance is so important for growing up in the Kingdom? Is it possible to grow up in Christ without repentance? 4. Read Luke 13:1-9. What is God looking for in keeping with repentance? What does that look like? 5. Read Luke 18:9-14. Have someone retell the story in their own words. What does this story tell you about God? About people? What do you think you need to do as a result of this teaching? 6. What is one area in your life where you would like to see God’s Kingdom come? What do you think you need to do in order to see that happen? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1211879 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:42:53 Ryan LaTour Questions for reflection/discussion: 1. Would you consider yourself a skeptic, neutral or a believer in Jesus’ resurrection? Why? 2. What has made you doubt Jesus, faith, God in life? What have you done to explore that doubt? 3. If someone were to ask you share about your experience of Jesus, what would you share? 4. What point hit you most: credible gospel corroboration, compassionate gospel character or clear gospel call? Why? 5. What is one way you felt God speaking to you this morning through Jesus’ resurrection story? 6. What is one thing you will do as a result? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1196875 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:29 Ryan LaTour Questions for reflection/discussion: 1. The very circumstances that cause us to doubt God’s love are God’s loving way to make us like Jesus – agree/disagree? Why? 2. What are other examples in Scripture where God used suffering to make his people more like Jesus? 3. Share a time in your life that you suffered and didn’t understand why? Share in hindsight what God did in you during that time. Share also how you had to depend upon God during that time and how you were ‘not separated from his love.’ 4. Verse 30 talks about a progression: predestined to called to justified to glorified – what does all this say about God? What should be our hearts response? Why? 5. What on a regular basis can help you remember God’s cosmic plan (string example) and that he’s working out his purpose in your life even when you can’t see it? 6. What is one thing God is saying to you? What will you do as a result? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1170388 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:37 Ryan LaTour Questions for reflection/discussion: 1. Compare and contrast how society tells us to respond to our groanings vs. how God tells us to respond to our groanings. 2. Think about an area of your life you are groaning right now? What lie(s) have you believed in the midst of your groaning? 3. Where do you long that life would be what it will one day be? How can this Scripture encourage you in the midst of that? 4. What was your view of sufferings role in the life of a Christ-follower coming into this message? Now? 5. What is one thing God is saying to you right now? 6. What is one thing you will do about that? Who can help you? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1136694 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:52 Mike M. Questions for discussion: 1. Have you ever been in a ‘game changing’ situation? What was it? How was the situation entirely changed for you? 2. For context, read Romans 7:14-20. Have you ever experienced anything like that? Can you relate to what Paul is saying in any way? Explain. 3. What does Romans 8:1 mean to you? What is your emotional response to this news? Verse two says that we have been ‘set free.’ Have you ever been set free from anything? How does that feel? 4. How is the Holy Spirit a ‘game changer’ in the life of the believer (Read Romans 8:5-11)? What do you think our role is in all of this? 5. Read verse 9-11. List all the things these verses say are true of anyone who has the Spirit living in them. What are they and why are they important? 6. There are no commands in all of Romans 8. So what difference do these verses make to you on Monday-Friday? What is our appropriate response? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1103911 Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:06 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection & Discussion: 1. Before this message, what would have you said the ‘mark’ of a follower of Jesus was? Compare/contrast with what you heard 2. Think about a time when you were clearly led by the Spirit to do something or not do something? Share this with someone. 3. Were someone to look at your life, how would they see your life/your family’s life led by the Spirit? 4. What is the relation between believing God is your good Father and being led by the Spirit? 5. What in particular has the Spirit been convicting you about lately in your life? 6. What is one way God is speaking to you and one thing you will do as a result? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=1045406 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:55 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection / Discussion: 1. When are some of the things people find themselves mastered by in our context? Why do you think this is so? 2. Re-read Romans 6:14-23 – Paul paints a picture of either/or and that no one can serve two masters? How do you feel as you read that? 3. What is this passage saying are the result of being set free from sin? Where have you experienced this in your own life? 4. Share your story of 1 Timothy 1:14 in your life. 5. Where in your life are you susceptible to slipping in and allowing someone or something to still master you? 6. Who outside of God do you turn to when you are struggling to help you remember who you are in Jesus, and the power available to you? 7. What is one way God is speaking to you and one thing I will do as a result? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=991695 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:37:46 Mike M. Questions for Reflection: 1. What has been one of your most profound experiences of being set free? Have you seen that dramatized in a movie that really stuck with you? (12 years a slave, Shawshank redemption, Les Misérables) or your own experience? What do you think that was like for either the character or for yourself? 2. Have you ever thought of yourself of being ‘set free?’ What have you been set free from? What might your life have looked like if Christ did NOT set you free? 3. Why do you think the picture of baptism is so important? Read verses 3-4. What is baptism a picture of? 4. What implications are there for you personally if it is indeed true that you have been “set free from sin?” (verse 7) What does that infer or imply? 5. What do you think it means to ‘not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires?’ (verse 12). Do you think you have a choice to sin or not? 6. How do you think these truths of Romans 6:1-14 would change your life and the way you live? This week ask God to reveal to you the power behind these truths. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=979643 Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:26:33 Ryan LaTour Discussion Questions: 1. Based on your life experiences, when you hear the phrase “unwholesome talk” what comes to mind for you and why? 2. Read Ephesians chapters 4 and 5. Identify every time Paul is concerned with our words or what we say. Why do you think Paul brings this up so often? 3. If you did a self-assessment with respect to Paul’s exhortation in Ephesians 4:29, what would you conclude as to how you are doing? Would others agree? 4. Can you think of an example lately where you’ve said something good to someone but it wasn’t good news that resulted in grace? 5. Who in your life could help you grow in speaking good news that results in grace? Who could you help grow in speaking good news that results in grace? 6. What is one way God is speaking to you? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=960319 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:38 Mike M. Questions for Discussion / Reflection 1. Have you ever been held hostage by someone who had a Jesus agenda? How did that feel? 2. What keeps you from naturally, normally talking about Jesus with others? 3. If someone were to ask you “what is the gospel?” how would you reply? 4. Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-8. What, according to Paul, are the elements of the gospel? Why do you think it is important that he includes the phrase “according to the scriptures” twice? 5. What did Mike say are the five movements of God’s Story? Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? 6. Read Acts 13:13-39 and Acts 17:16:34. How are these two gospel presentations different? Why do you suppose that is? What is similar about them? 7. This week, see if you can go through the five movements of God’s story on your own and pray that God would give you an opportunity to appropriately share with someone in the next month. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=941329 Sun, 28 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:44 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection / Discussion: 1. When you think about others sharing their story, who or what is usually the hero? 2. Read Philippians 3:4-8 – were Jesus not your hero, what accomplishments might be the hero of your story? Why is Jesus a better hero? 3. Talk about a time where Jesus wasn’t the hero of your story? Talk about how God has changed you to where Jesus is now the hero. 4. Share your story of 1 Timothy 1:14 in your life. 5. Why is Paul’s attitude of seeing himself as ‘the worst of sinners’ (v.15) important to Jesus continuing to be the hero of his story? How does it enable him to disciple others towards Jesus being the hero of their story? 6. What is one area were you not intentional, Jesus could stop being the hero of your story? 7. What is one way God is speaking to me and one thing I will do as a result? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=927912 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:27:25 Kettlebrook Church http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=930168 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:05:08 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection / Discussion: 1. What is your experience with other people asking questions and listening? How would you rate yourself in this area? 2. Who is the best listener you know? What is it like when you are with them? 3. Who is the worst listener you know? What is it like when you are with them? 4. What barriers keep you from asking good questions and being a good listener? 5. Read Proverbs 20:5. In what ways might you grow in becoming a person of understanding? How is Jesus the ultimate example of Proverbs 20:5? 6. Pick one of the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke or John) and skim it looking for where Jesus is asking questions. What did you discover? 7. What is one way you can take time, listen and ask questions this week? How might this better equip you in gospel fluency? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=907265 Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:35 Troy Loether Questions for Discussion: 1. What languages and or topics would you consider yourself “fluent” in? 2. What elements do you think are necessary when learning a language? Why is this the case? 3. Read Ephesians 4:11-16. Highlight recurring themes. What sticks out to you and why? 4. Do you tend more towards “speaking the truth” or “loving”? Why do you think this is the case? 5. What is one area of your life that you need good news in? How is the gospel of Jesus Christ good news to this? 6. Jesus says, “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” If this is true, what does your mouth reveal about your heart? 7. What steps will you take this week to begin becoming more fluent in the gospel? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=891601 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:25 Mike and Kara http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=874821 Sun, 24 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:25:39 Ryan LaTour Questions for reflection/discussion: 1. When you think about life for the normal person, what are some of the burdens they might feel? 2. What are some of the burdens you feel during this season? 3. How is focusing on Jesus important to exchanging those burdens with his victory? 4. What is one thing you learned about God this message? You? 5. What is one way God spoke to you through this message? 6. Who is one person you can tell about it? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=841417 Sun, 17 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:12 Mike M. Questions for Discussion: 1. What is your favorite part about the Christmas season? What is your least favorite? Why? 2. Do you have any favorite nativity scenes from your childhood? What do you remember about them and why might they be important to you? 3. When did the meaning of the manger/nativity become important to you? When did it really make sense? 4. Read 1 John 1:1-4. What part of that scripture is important to you and why? What was John’s purpose for writing (see vs. 3)? 5. Why is it important that Jesus appeared in the flesh and the disciples were able to see, hear, and touch him? What does that tell us about God? 6. Why is the prophetic name for Jesus: ‘Emmanuel’ significant? Where do you need Jesus to be ‘Emmanuel’ for you this Christmas season? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=744379 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:30 Kettlebrook Church http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=724257 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:02:30 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=724258 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:27:16 Mike M. Overview Video of Titus (from The Bible Project): https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=PUEYCVXJM3k Questions for Discussion: 1. What has been your experience with either good or bad leadership? What made it a good or what made it a bad experience? 2. What role do you think leadership has on an organization, a group, or a movement? Why? Can you explain how that dynamic works? 3. Why do you think it is so important for the church to have good and healthy leadership? 4. Read Titus 1:5-9. What qualities stand out to you as being significantly important? Which ones puzzle you? Why? 5. In verse eight, the word for ‘hospitable’ literally means ‘love for strangers.’ Why do you think this is important for a leader in the church? 6. The list in these verses could also be used to describe any faithful follower of Jesus. Which quality do you want to see the Holy Spirit grow and develop in your life? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=680979 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:51 Kettlebrook Church http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=680985 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:02:45 Ryan LaTour Overview Video of Titus (from The Bible Project): https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=PUEYCVXJM3k Questions for reflection/discussion: 1. What does the word Christian mean to you? 2. What are 1 or 2 positive experiences you’ve had with Christians? What are 1 or 2 negative experiences you’ve had with Christians? 3. How does the hope of Jesus influence our communal life? 4. Who is one person or group of people (maybe representing a cause/viewpoint) that you have wrongly made an enemy, and therefore excused yourself from the responsibility to love? 5. What does Jesus need to remind you of in order for you to be able to show and share the love of Jesus with that person/group? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=662748 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:27 Guest speaker, Jenny Ellefson http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=647792 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:42:43 Mike M. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=648990 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:27:25 Mike M. Questions for discussion: 1. When you hear the word ‘priest’ what is your first thought or impression? Why is that? What does a priest typically do? 2. If you are a follower of Jesus, have you ever thought of yourself as a priest? Why or why not? 3. Read 1 Peter 2:9-10. What did you notice in this passage? Who are regarded as the priesthood? Why is this important? Why would it cripple the Church to only think of a special class of people as priests? 4. Read 1 Peter 2:11-12. Can you list some things that we as a royal priesthood are to do and not do? What might be some examples of ‘good deeds’ mentioned in verse 12? 5. Read Jesus’ parable in Matthew 25:31-46. How does Jesus think about some of the most vulnerable people in our world? As his followers, how are we to reflect this concern? 6. Brainstorm: what would be some specific things you can do to be a priest in Washington County? How would you live that out? How might your group live that out? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=598552 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:28 Mike M. Questions for discussion: 1. When you hear the word 'missionary' what is your first thought or impression? Why is that? 2. If you are a follower of Jesus, have you ever thought of yourself as a missionary? Why or why not? 3. Read Isaiah 6:1-8. What did you notice in this narrative? How does Isaiah respond when he "sees the LORD." How do you think we should respond? Is this your response when you go before God? 4. In verse 7, Isaiah is purified from his sin, so he can approach God. How is it possible for us to approach God? (read: 1 John 1:7, Hebrews 10:17-22). 5. Isaiah looked around and recognized the brokenness of his world (v.6:5). In what way do you seen the brokenness of the world? 6. Do you think God still asks the question "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" (v. 8). What is your response to that question? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=553221 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:56 Kettlebrook Church http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=553310 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:03:24 Ryan LaTour Questions for Discussion: 1. When you hear the word ‘church’ what do you visualize? 2. Do you say ‘go to church’? If so, what from this message would make this language seem incorrect? 3. What did God use this message to stir in your hearts regarding? The gathering? Joining a group of some sort? Joining in some way in Hartrord? 4. What is one way you currently are not living out the truth, ‘We don’t go to church, we are the church’ but would like to start? 5. Who can help you live out the truth ‘we are the church?’ 6. What is one thing God is speaking to you about from the message? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=545582 Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:05 Kettlebrook Church http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=553309 Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:02:31 Guest speaker, Nate Tobey http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=516367 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:03 Guest speaker, Steve Farina http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=506204 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:43:49 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=497341 Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:16 Troy Loether http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=479732 Sun, 23 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:37 Guest speaker, David Lisowski http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=472816 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:26:32 Guest speaker, Drew Cramer http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=458035 Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:48:19 Mike M. Questions for Reflection: 1. If someone were to ask you what the key to life is, what would you tell them? Why? 2. John Piper says “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? 3. Why do you suppose we find it so hard to simply be satisfied in God? What prevents us from finding happiness and satisfaction in God alone? 4. Read 1 Samuel 8:4-22 in your group. What were the Israelites essentially doing in your opinion? How are we like the Israelites? 5. Read Psalm 62:1-2, 5-7 and Psalm 63:1-4. What do you notice in these verses? What does this reflect about David? What about these verses do you want to be true of you? 6. What is one practice you can do this summer to be more satisfied in God? How can your group help you to do that? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=442083 Sun, 11 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:36:21 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=434942 Sun, 04 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:56 Mike M. Questions for discussion: 1. Have you ever had a situation where you were just overwhelmed by your circumstances or surroundings? What was that like? 2. What are the types of things that tend to overwhelm us or paralyze us as we journey on mission with Jesus? What have you experienced as you journey with him? 3. Read Matthew 14:22-33. What did you notice in this story? What specifically does Jesus do in this story? What do we learn from his responses to Peter? 4. What do you see in Peter? Are there any principles that may apply to following Jesus in all of life? 5. Are you currently facing any storms in your life right now? Is there an opportunity to ‘walk on water’ out to Jesus in the midst of it? 6. What is one area in your life where you need to cry out “Lord save me!” as you journey with him? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=423013 Sun, 21 May 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:46 Ryan LaTour Questions for Discussion: 1. What wall did you identify with most – anonymity or commitment-phobia? Why? 2. How do you see these walls play out in society in general? In your office? In your neighborhood? In your family? 3. What are some of the underlying reasons these walls are built in the first place? 4. How do these walls distracts us from following Jesus and helping others follow Jesus? 5. How can you seek to take a step deeper in relationship with other Christ-followers to help break down these walls? With whom? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=414472 Sun, 14 May 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:36 Mike M. Questions for Reflection: 1. Have you ever been distracted to the point of getting in trouble or it being dangerous? Tell the story. 2. Have you ever gotten distracted from a long-term, goal, objective, or ambition? What is it that distracts you? 3. If God has a vision for your life, how do you think we would discover it? How do you think it would somehow fit into God’s purposes for the world? What do you think those purposes might be? 4. Read Joshua 1:1-7. What were the Israelites supposed to do? What mission did God give them? Read Judges 2:7-12. What happened? How do you think that happened? 5. Read Matthew 28:18-20. Do we have a mandate or mission given to us? What is that exactly? Is it possible for the church to get distracted? How does that happen? 6. What is one way you can engage in the mission God has given his church in Matthew 28:18-20? If you had to choose between: Go, Send, Welcome, Pray, or Mobilize, which would be the way you would choose to be involved in the mission? How do you intend to do that? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=405432 Sun, 07 May 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:34 Ryan LaTour Questions for Discussion: 1. What do you take for granted in life? What do you take for granted spiritually in your relationship with Jesus? How could taking for granted the spiritual the spiritual benefits you have in Jesus distract you from following Jesus and helping others follow Jesus? 2. List at least 5 things that are true of you because of relationship with Jesus. Thank God for those each day this week. 3. Where are you pressing in life, thinking it is up to you? What does this reveal that you believe about yourself? God? 4. How could pressing distract you from following Jesus and helping others follow Jesus? How could you exchange pressing with praying? 5. Read Hebrews 12:2 – how do we fix our eyes on Jesus? (Think about what Jesus did to fix his eyes on the Father) What could you do this week to replace over-connected with technology with connectedness with Jesus. What technology would need to be limited and replaced with time with Jesus? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=396633 Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:31 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. If you had to describe the vision you have for your life, how would you describe it? In other words what are you doing and why are you doing it? How does this vision align with God’s vision for your life? 2. When do you find yourself the most distracted? The least distracted? Why? 3. What are you mixed fixed on in life? Why do you think this is the case? 4. Read Hebrews 12:1-3. What are the hindrances in your life that you need to either lay aside or throw off? 5. What is the/are the sin(s) that so easily entangle you? Why do you think this is the case? 6. If you are following Jesus, when have you found yourself growing weary or losing heart? What is that like for you? In what ways would fixing your eyes on Jesus help? 7. What might you be able to do specifically and practically this week to fix your eyes on Jesus? Who might you be able to do this with? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=384547 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:15 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=378883 Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:48 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Have you ever been vacuuming or using something with an extension cord and gone so far from the outlet that it popped out? What do we usually feel when the this happens, and why is that? 2. How is this similar to our relationship with Jesus Christ? 3. What would say is one of your greatest accomplishments in life? What would you say is one of your greatest spiritual accomplishments? What’s the difference between the two? 4. Read John 15:5-17. Revisiting the questions we asked on Sunday: What are some things in your life right now that you might be trying to do apart from Christ? What fruit is that producing (or not producing?) 5. How would you describe the spiritual fruit of your life? How is this fruit impossible without Jesus? 6. What does it mean to love to love others as Jesus loved us? 7. If you were honest, where do you look to for the sources of love in your life? 8. Who in your life is hard to love like Jesus loved you, and why? 9. In what ways is God calling you personally and specifically to “Go” and “bear fruit”? How might you respond to this calling this week? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=371145 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:15 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection: 1) When Jesus says he is the ‘true’ vine in verse 1, how is that true? 2) Jesus talks about pruning Christ-followers so that they will be even more fruitful, how have you experienced that in your life? 3) How do you/do you not ‘remain’ in Christ on a daily basis? What have you found best allows you to ‘remain’ in Him? 4) If you could foster one way to better ‘remain’ in Christ, what would it be? Who might be able to help you foster this? 5) Dream about what ‘fruit’ God might produce in you & then through you by you remaining. Share this you’re your spouse, kids, friend and/or family member. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=355304 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:33 Dave Lisowski http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=346418 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:26:45 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection: 1) Where do you feel like it’s up to you in being a disciple-making disciple? 2) Is there anything you feel like Jesus is telling you to do, but, fear is holding you back? 3) How does God usually speak to you through the Spirit? Times in the Scriptures? Times in prayer? Spending time in the outdoors? Windshield time? 4) How can you add intentionality into your everyday rhythms to hear from God through the Spirit? 5) Who is in your life that is spurring you to spend time with God, both individually and collectively? Share with them anything God spoke to you about this morning. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=337343 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:21:43 Mike M. Questions for Discussion 1. What are some of your (if any) memories of the season of Lent growing up? What were some traditions you may have observed? Do you know why you did what you did? 2. Why do you think that historically followers of Jesus take a season to prepare for Resurrection Sunday (Easter)? Do you think that is appropriate? Why or why not? 3. What do you hope to get out of this season of Lent? What would you like God to do in your life or spirit? 4. Read John 14:1-4. This is Jesus’ farewell speech to his followers (chapters 14-17); what do you think those words meant to his disciples? What do they mean for you today? 5. In John 14:6 Jesus makes an astounding claim. How do you interpret his statement? Do you believe him when he says this? Why or why not? What questions might still remain for you? 6. In question 3 we asked what we would like God to do for us this Lenten season. What do you think might be one thing God might be asking of us? Are you willing to do that? Why or why not? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=325087 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:27:22 Ryan and Kerry Hughes & Dave and Kayla Lisowski http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=315782 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:03:39 Ryan LaTour Questions for Discussion 1) In your parenting (or when viewing God as your Father) do you have an unhealthy fear of him where you feel he is out to get you OR Not enough fear (respect) where he’s a hang loose God? What people and experiences shaped that view? 2) What would it take to change your view of God and your parenting philosophy? How would you go about changing your belief(s) to in turn change your behavior? 3) We never graduate from the school of the love of God? Agree, disagree, why? 4) What are some practical ways you are training and instructing your children in the love of God? 5) Who is in your family’s life that your children can also learn from regarding loving God and others? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=315784 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:29:26 Stephanie Loether Wives of wisdom and grace are wives who... 1) _________________ with ___________________ 2) _________________ with ___________________ 3) _________________ with ___________________ 4) _________________ with ___________________ 5) _________________ with ___________________ Questions for Reflection and Discussion 1) If you could write some "This is Us" statements for your family, what would they be? 2) Do you have a mentor or mentor couple in your life? If so, share what that relationship is like. If not, what is holding you back from seeking one out? 3) What is one way this week you can advocate for your spouse or maybe another friend in your life? Share something you appreciate about that person with the group or at your next family meal. 4) What is your prayer life like with your spouse? Are you praying for him/her? Are you praying together? What does that look like? How can you take steps to grow in this area of your marriage? 5) How have you and your spouse learned to communicate with sensitivity over the years? Are there areas where you struggle with figuring out the best time and the best way to talk with one another? 6) Share a way that your spouse or a good friend in your life has influenced you with grace for good. What did that look like? 7) To you personally, how has Jesus proven to be your perfect King and/or sufficient Husband? Are there still things you are trying to get from your spouse that only He can give you? What might it look like for you to grow in understanding His sufficiency in your life? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=303998 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:37 Kettlebrook Church http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=304034 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:03:14 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Describe a time when you have learned from experience what not to do. 2. Describe a time when you have felt objectified. What was that like for you? In what ways might you be objectifying those in your life (this can be beyond sexual objectification)? 3. When you are struggling in your relationships, who are your “go to confidants”? How do they honor and support your marriage and family? 4. How do you respond when others come to you? Based on what we learn from Xerxes, how might you respond differently moving forward? 5. Have you ever asked any of the three questions below to those in your life? Which question would be the easiest for you to ask and why? The hardest and why? 3 questions to ask: * How can I love Jesus better? * How can I love and serve you better? * How can I lead and serve our family better? 6. In what ways do you intentionally create proximity with those close to you in your life (wife, kids, etc.)? How might you be more intentional about this moving forward? 7. In what ways are you intentionally “present” when you are with your spouse/family/others? How might you be more intentional about this moving forward? 8. In what ways might you be living like Xerxes, as the ultimate king of your home? How would submitting to the true King, Jesus, change your family/life? What’s stopping you from doing that? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=291931 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:36:46 Kettlebrook Church http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=291947 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:03:11 Mike M. Questions for Reflection: 1. Growing up, what were your favorite television shows about family? What did that particular show reveal about family live in America? Was it accurate or not? Why or why not? 2. Do you agree or disagree with the idea that family in our culture is progressively disintegrating? What evidence do you see one way or the other? 3. Read together 2 Timothy 3:1-2 and note the list there. What aspects of that list do you see in our world today? Give examples if you have any. What items on that list do you struggle with? 4. Mike said: “one of the primary venues where we demonstrate our distinctiveness as God’s unique people in the world is in how we do family.” Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? 5. Read Titus 2:11-14. What is God up to between his two “appearings?” Where do you see yourself included in those verses? How are you doing at partnering with God in what he is doing? 6. What are you influenced more by: the scriptures or the world? Why did you answer the way you did? What is one thing you can do to make God more a part of your family life this month? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=268447 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:25:45 Kettlebrook Church http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=291946 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:03:23 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=239620 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:15 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. When you hear that God is your Father, and you are his dearly loved son or daughter, what do you think and feel? 2. When you think of a picture frame that would include your "family" - who would be in that picture? 3. If you haven't thought about brothers and sisters in Christ being in your "family" picture frame, why do you think that is? 4. How do you/don't you live like "family" with your brothers and sisters in Christ (like you would with your nuclear family)? 5. What would it look like to live like "family" with your brothers and sisters in Christ at Kettlebrook in the everyday stuff of life? 6. What would others think, feel and experience if we really lived like "family" as brothers and sisters in Christ? 7. What is one change you and/or your group can make to live more like family with your brothers and sisters in Christ at Kettlebrook in the everyday stuff of life? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=209616 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:34 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Who do you know that most humbly reflects the role of “servant”? What is it about this person that causes you to think of them? 2. Describe a time when you served someone who wasn’t grateful. How did you feel? 3. In what ways and who do you find yourself serving? Who do you find most often serving you? 4. Which of the above four “false motivations” reflect of your own motivations to serve? How does this false motivation impact you, the serving itself, and those being served? 5. How can the above “true motivations” replace the false ones? What would need to happen for this to take place? 6. Read John 13:1-17 together. What strikes you most as you read it and why? 7. If Jesus asked you the same question he asked his disciples in verse 12, “Do you understand what I have done for you?” How would you respond? How should this change us? 8. Who are 2-3 people you interact with regularly that God might be leading you to serve in a tangible way? How might you serve them? Who else from your spiritual family might be able to come alongside you and help in serving them together? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=206866 Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:36:22 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection and Discussion: 1) How does being saved from the penalty of sin give you confidence as you live for Christ? 2) Have you ever thought, ‘God saved me, but, I grow me?’ If so, why? 3) Who is in your life helping you grow in being saved from the power of sin? 4) Why do we need others to help us grow in becoming more like Jesus (being saved from the power of sin)? 5) What is one way you can reflect on these truths as a family this week? With your spiritual family this week? 6) What might be one area your families lives are not ‘saturated’ with the power and presence of Jesus? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=203394 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:56 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=201960 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:22 Mike and Kara M. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=202509 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:21:06 Ryan LaTour Take some time to reflect on these questions: 1. What is one way you can offer back your life in worship to your perfect high priest Jesus this Christmas season? 2. What is one area of your life that you can yield to your perfect king Jesus’ leadership this Christmas season? 3. Who is one person that you can point to the perfect high priest and king Jesus this Christmas season? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=195970 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:30:06 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. Describe the time in your life when you have been the most filthy. What was that like for you? What was the process like to get cleaned up? 2. In the song, “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas” the lyrics express the desire to have our troubles “out of sight” and “miles away.” What troubles in your life would you like to be out of sight? What solution does the song offer? 3. Read Zechariah 3:1-10. Twice God, not the High Priest, is responsible for removing iniquity (sin). What are the implications? How might this apply to you personally? 4. Which camp do you tend to fall into: #1) Those who may not see yourself as very dirty relative to other people around you, #2) those who believe they can clean themselves up, or #3) those who are so dirty you could never become clean. #4) Some other camp? Why is this the case? How does this text challenge your mindset? 5. Read Hebrews 10:11-14. In what ways is Jesus the ultimate High Priest? How should this impact the way we see: #1) religious rituals and sacrifices, #2) our filthy clothes, #3) our iniquity/sin? 6. If you have had “the Branch” remove your iniquity… in what ways might you be intentional this Christmas about inviting your neighbors, co-workers, family or friends over to sit down and sharing the good news? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=193211 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:56 Mike M. Questions for Reflection: 1. Do you remember a time when you ever had to repent of something? What was that like for you? What was the result? 2. Why do you think repentance has such a bad rap in our society? Why is it so hard for us to do? 3. Read Zechariah 1:2-6 in a couple different translations. Then have a couple people try to retell the passage in their own words. Help them out if someone is reading along. 4. What does this passage tell us about God? What does it tell us about humanity? 5. Turn to Zechariah 8:11-17. What kind of things does God promise to the exiles if they turn from their wicked ways and return to him? 6. If God has our best interests at heart, why do we find it hard to trust him and follow him? What kind of life do you think God has in store for you if you decide to follow him with your whole heart? 7. What is one thing you may need to repent of and stop doing this Christmas season? What is stopping you from doing that? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=189841 Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:31:21 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection: 1. When you hear the phrase 'generously stewarding your life for the gospel of Christ' what picture do you have? 2. What are some roadblocks to generously stewarding your life for the gospel of Christ? What is the biggest roadblock for you personally? 3. What would need to be true of Christ in order for you to generously steward your life for the gospel of Christ? 4. What are some ways you could stoke the affections of your heart for your King Jesus on a regular basis? 5. What is one thing God is saying to you? What will you do about it? Share this with someone else your in relationship with from Kettlebrook (spouse, group member that you are apart of) http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=187335 Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:36:15 Mike M. Questions for Discussion: 1. What are some things which people typically worry about? What are some ways you have seen this in other people’s lives? How have you seen this in your own life? 2. Why do we tend to worry? What good does it do? What is worry a symptom of or what is it the opposite of? 3. Have someone read Luke 12:22-34 in a couple of different versions, then see if a couple people can retell Jesus’ teachings in their own words. Have them paraphrase what was read. 4. What do we learn about God from these verses? Take some time to list them out. 5. What do we learn about ourselves/people? 6. Reread verses 31-34. Why do you suppose Jesus tells us this? 7. If this is the word of God, and you consider yourself to be an actual follower of Jesus Christ (that is, he is our leader and we do what he says) is there some way we can obey these verses? Share what that might be with your group. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=185825 Sun, 20 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:39:59 Dan Kelm http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=185800 Sun, 13 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:47:27 Ryan LaTour Questions for Reflection: 1) How would society define love? How would this differ from God’s definition of love? 2) What is new in thinking of love in the terms used above? 3) What are some things people mistake as a source of love instead of God? 4) What is one thing you mistake as a source of love? How can you proactively replace that with God’s love? 5) What is one way technology is hindering your ability to be a carrier of God’s love to your family? How about their ability to be carriers of God’s love to each other? 6) What is 1 thing God is saying to you in light of this message? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=179320 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:52 Guest Speaker, Aaron http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=175733 Sun, 30 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:35:43 Troy Loether Questions for Reflection/Discussion: 1. When you think of the word “injustice” in the world today, what comes to mind? Why do you think this specifically comes to mind for you? 2. Describe a time when you have wanted justice. What was that like for you? 3. Read Psalm 64. In what ways can you personally identify with the complaint that David expresses? 4. In what ways do you have difficulty understanding God’s justice or lack of justice? How have you dealt with the times that you feel justice was not served? 5. David understood the pain of receiving justice. Share a story of when you were in the wrong, had sinned, and plotted injustice, but instead of receiving justice, you received mercy. Having received God’s mercy, has this changed the way you view personal injustice? If so, how; and if not, why? 6. How does Jesus make it possible for God to be perfectly just? 7. In light of the 4 takeaways above: - Are there sins & injustices you have not Taken Ownership of & need to repent of? - Are there ways you trusted in your righteousness & have not Taken Refuge in Jesus? - Have you neglected Taking Action against injustice or sharing God’s mercy to you? - Have there been times you have given in to fear, and not Taken Heart? 8. After sharing with one another, read John 16:33 and then pray for one another in the ways God desires you to grow. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=172009 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:40 Ryan LaTour Reflection Questions 1. When you think about God - do you generally think he out to get you OR that he wants what's best for you? What has formed this view? 2. Recall a time where 'God seemed uncooperative' - why did you feel this way? Did you feel free to tell God this? 3. Do your circumstances shape your view of God OR does your view of God shape how you view your circumstances? 4. God may be doing something unseen through the circumstances you are facing - agree/disagree? Why? 5. How does the person and work of Jesus encourage you that God is not uncooperative? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=167903 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:34:23 Ryan LaTour Questions for Discussions: 1. Think about a time where you have felt God would be disappointed in you - what was it? 2. Is it possible that God could be grieved, yet, not disappointed? Why is that hard or easy for you to believe? 3. Is it possible for God to be grieved by your choice(s), but delight in you regardless? Why/why not? 4. What is the ONLY prerequisite for God the Father delighting in you? 5. What relationship in your life would change if you really believed this? How would it change? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=163203 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:33:27 Mike M. Questions for discussion: 1. Have you ever had a time or experience when God didn’t make sense to you? What was that like? Explain the situation if it’s not too difficult. 2. What do you think is the difficulty in trying to understand God solely by our circumstances? What are some other ways we might understand who God is and what he is like? 3. Read John 11:1-6. What strikes you as odd about this passage? What would you have expected Jesus to do? Why do you suppose he waited? 4. Have there been times in your life where it seems like God has been distant? What do you think might have been happening in your situation? 5. What do you think is so important about verse 11:35? What does that tell us about God? 6. Read verses 25-26. What do you think Jesus might mean by what he said? He ends that sentence asking “do you believe this?” Do you believe this? Why? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=159302 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:32:09 Ryan LaTour Questions for Discussion: 1) When you look at our world where do you see a need for reconciliation? 2) When you look at your life where do you see a need for reconciliation? 3) What are some of the things people seek reconciliation through rather than Christ? 4) What is 1 area you have a passion you could use to be a reconciler for Christ? Are there others who could join you in this? 5) How can you remind yourself this week that you’ve been reconciled TO Christ to be a reconciler FOR Christ? http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=157920 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -1000 00:38:38 Mike and Kara M. http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=200829 Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:00:00 -1000 00:21:06 Ryan LaTour http://kettlebrook.org/media/jackson?id=200842 Thu, 06 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -1000 00:28:22