Matthew 14: Getting Away (The Story of Messiah)

1.How do you think Jesus may have felt after hearing of the death of John the Baptist?

 

 

 

2.How do you think Jesus may have felt after feeding thousands of people?

 

 

 

3.How do you get away?

 

 

 

4.What keeps you from getting away?

 

 

 

5.What are your primary distractions that keep you from clarity?




Matthew 13: You Can’t Win Them All (The Story of Messiah)

1.What are some things you’ve invested in that really didn’t pay off? What did you learn?

 

 

 

2.How do you try to find more value in your life?

 

 

 

3.What have you invested time and energy in that you still aren’t sure whether it will be worth it or not?

 

 

 

4.Have any losses ever made you feel so discouraged that you felt like giving up?

 

 

 

 




Matthew 27:62-66: Easter Evidence (Special Service)

1.When did you become convinced that Jesus rose from the dead?

 

 

 

2.What is your most precious Easter memory?

 

 

 

3.Why do you think eggs and rabbits became connected to Easter?

 

 

 

4.Why would someone deny the reality of Easter?

 

 

 

 




Matthew 12: A Line in the Sand (The Story of Messiah)

1.Where do you see professing Christians completely missing the point Jesus makes here regarding people over rules?

 

 

 

2.What are some of the things people want to lump in with faith in Jesus?

 

 

 

3.What makes people want to stay on the fringes of Christianity?

 

 

 

4.What do you get by coming together with other Christians that you can’t get alone?

 

 

 

5.When did you decide to fully follow Jesus?




Matthew 11: Expectations (The Story of Messiah)

1.What are your biggest disappointments in life?

 

 

 

2.What expectations did you have when you graduated, got married, or became a Christian?

 

 

 

3.Have you ever felt like you’ve disappointed people?

 

 

 

4.Have you ever felt like you’ve disappointed God?

 

 

 

5.What expectations do you need to surrender to Jesus?




Matthew 10: Rules For The Road (The Story of Messiah)

1.Who is your team in life?

 

 

 

2.What are good things you’ve eliminated to pursue greater things?

 

 

 

3.What should you probably move on from in your life?

 

 

 

4.What has made you mentally tough? What has made you mentally weak?

 

 

 

5.How are you helping others fulfill their service to the Lord?




Matthew 9: The Power of Faith (The Story of Messiah)

1.Who had the faith to reach out to you?

 

 

 

2.Have you ever reached out to someone and really saw a huge change?

 

 

 

3.Why do we not see some of the faith miracles around us?

 

 

 

4.What are you doing to reach out to those around you?

 

 

 

 




Matthew 8: The Power To Heal (The Story of Messiah)

1.Have you ever seen a miracle? If so, how did it affect you?

 

 

 

2.When was the time when you most desperately wanted a miracle and it didn’t happen?

 

 

 

3.How has a fear of death affected your life?

 

 

 

4.Why is death something we don’t like to talk about?

 

 

 

5.Why did the Centurion have more faith than the disciples in the boat?




Matthew 7: Building Your Life (The Story of Messiah)

1.When do you feel like quitting?

 

 

 

2.Have you ever failed to try something because most people would think it is stupid?

 

 

 

3.If your life were a building, how would you describe what you are trying to build?

 

 

 

4.Jesus was seen as someone who had authority, or the power to choose. How do you exercise your power to choose?

 

 

 

 




Matthew 6: Defeating Worry (The Story of Messiah)

1.How have you personally battled with superiority and/or inferiority complexes?

 

 

 

2.Why do we care about what people think of us? How does this concern develop in life?

 

 

 

3.How does it look to God when our spiritual activity becomes a performance directed at people?

 

 

 

4.What does the Lord’s Prayer remind you?

 

 

 

5.What have you learned in your life about worry and faith?