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John 17:  The Hearts Deepest Longing

9/29/2019

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This Sunday was the final piece in our series on the high priestly prayer of Jesus from John 17.

Pastor Jeremy pointed our attention to the difference which often exists between what we desire, and what is good for us. We've all walked through this personally, and certainly with our children if we're parents. 

Share an experience which highlights this from your own life. 

When you consider heaven, what do you picture?
What did you picture of heaven when you were a kid?
What changed your expectations?


Are streets of gold and a mansion enough to change you actions here and now? What about perfect relational harmony? Perhaps 

Pastor Jeremy paraphrased John Owen when he said “For a change to take place, what you love must change.” He suggested that it is in contemplating Christ that this change begins to happen in us. In what ways do you contemplate Christ? How have you been changed by him? What is the role of the Holy Spirit in this?

Read 2 Cor. 3:12-18 for a window into this process.

Here are 5 Truths about love.
  • All of us desire to be loved for our own sake. But we usually love those who bring us benefit.
  • We want to perfectly express what our love is. But we often are unable to communicate accurately.
  • We want our love to be mutual. But we are regularly mismatched, and this can change, situation by situation. 
  • We want our loved ones to be happy. Yet suffering is inevitable.
  • We want love without parting. However, death is certain. And between now and death, many things can bring a relationship to an end.

How have you felt a longing toward each of these things?
How do you understand and feel Christ is the only one able to fulfill these longings? Keep in mind, understanding and feeling something are different. We understand with our mind, we feel with our emotions. Should we need to wait for heaven to be able to experience real change?
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John 17: First Importance

9/15/2019

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Well it’s been many months since we posted to sermon questions. The main reason for this is because our sermon questions are actually intended to be used as the main course of discussion in the Ness Baptist Life Groups which meet mid-week. Every Monday afternoon we will be posting 3 to 4 questions intended to take the sermon deeper through discussion with each other.

The mission of our Life Groups at Ness is a 3 fold progression.
  1. Disciple Up
  2. Reach Out
  3. Send Forth

First, to Disciple Up. This means that we are in this together, being formed by God’s word The Bible, and discovering it’s truth in the context of Christian community. Together we are growing to submit every area of life to the lordship and presence of Jesus Christ. To be a Christian is to be formed by Christ each day in the mess of real life, not just in an idyllic, disconnected, bubble. We need God’s word and each other for this to happen.

Second, to Reach Out. If we are growing to submit every area of life to the lordship and presence of Jesus, then it should show. It should show in our relationships with each other, in how we love our neighbours, and how we connect with our larger community. We should regularly and honestly ask ourselves this question: If I were to disappear tomorrow, would my neighbours care? Would my neighbourhood notice? Would my city be different? Are we open to having new people in the group each week… a byproduct of actually reaching out!

Third, to Send Forth. Once we have reached our and made a difference together, how do we commission others in our Life Group to go and start something new? Are there any among you who feel called to lead a Life Group? What is our path as leaders toward replacing ourselves? We want to disciple people up, so that they will reach out, so we can then send them forth, and start the whole thing over again… but new!

This week, take turns sharing your faith story. Get to know each other! If you know this about each other already, do a deep review of your summer and talk about how God has worked in you and through you since May.

If you still have time, talk through the three points of our mission which are written above. What do you think of these? Does your group exist for these reasons? If so, how to you see these (disciple, reach, send) expressed? How can you as a group express them better? Where do we see these imperatives at work in Scripture?
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John 17:  Jesus' Mission and Ours

9/8/2019

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John 17:  Sanctify them in the truth, your word is truth

9/1/2019

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John 17:  What The Church Is

8/25/2019

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John 17: The Glory Of The Triune God - Are You Too Easily Pleased?

8/19/2019

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John 17:                                            No Small Talk, No Tangents

8/12/2019

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