Courageous and Compassionate

Here's the link to the Sermon: Courage and Compassion

Reading: Amos 7

1. Take a few minutes to recap on what Amos has taught us so far.
2. Verse 1 - what is a vision, and what is it not?
3. What do the visions in verses 1-7 show about God's judgement?
4. What does this teach us about prayer - can you make God change his mind?
5. Discuss the meeting with Amaziah. What does this show of Amos' character, attitude and behaviour, and what should we learn and apply from it? 
   
   

God always hit's the bullseye!

Here's the link to the Sermon: God always hits the bulseye!

 Reading: Amos 1-2 

1.  If you were being interrogated by the "bible police", what could you tell them about Amos? i.e. who, when, what, where, why, how...
2. look at the pattern laid out in Amos' imagine what the original hearers of the message would have felt as the message unfolded?
3.  Describe the society in Amos' day; how does it compare to the UK today?
4. God will judge all nations and all people:
1. discuss what this means;
2. what responsibility do we have for shaping our society?
3. how does this impact us as individuals?
5. How does God judge believers compared to non believers? (Luke 12:48)
6. God cares about the attitude of our hearts, what wrong attitudes might we have and how can we encourage/challenge each other over these (in love!!)

 

Pride

Here's the link to the Sermon: What have I done today to make me feel proud?  

 

Reading: Obadiah

1. What do the group know about Edom and Judah, how far back does the enmity go?
2. What are the charges against Edom
3. Who was the last famous Edomite?
4. What were the Edomites proud of? Describe pride.
5. In which ways is this message relevant to us today?
6. Read 1 Corinthians 10:11&12 and share together in prayer.

Leviticus - really??

Here's the link to the Sermon: The exciting Gospel according to Leviticus 23 

Instead of reading the whole passage through first, take the chapter and discuss:
 

1. The Sabbath - how does this compare with The Lord's Day for Christians?
2. For each of the feasts talk through:

          a) what the original purpose was;
          b) what the prophetic purpose is;
          c) how is understanding this relevant and useful for us today.