Category: Pastor Jeremy

The Gift of Prayer//John 14:12-15

10/17/2021

How has the practice of prayer changed in your life over the course of your faith journey?
Read the passage again; in what ways would these words of Jesus have been an encouragement to the disciples? Why would they have needed that?
The first point of the sermon was “the power of prayer”. In what way(s) have you experienced prayers’ power in your life?
What were some of the “greater things” (v.12) that the disciples would accomplish?
Which of these things are we seeking to accomplish? Can you think of any practical ways that you are praying for in order to carry on Jesus’ ministry.
What do you think it means to pray in Jesus’ name? (leader hint - you have access to God because you have inherited the name as an adopted son or daughter. Does it have more to do with attaching Jesus’ authority to our prayers or the fact that we come before God with our new name/identity? Or a combination of both?)
We don’t have the advantage of seeing the long-view of our situation. This is why we sometimes don’t think our prayers have been answered (this is where my illustration of buying a house came from). How does this truth affect your understanding of God’s ways?
The foundation for our answered prayer is the unanswered prayer of Jesus in the garden. He prayed that the cup of suffering would be taken; it wasn’t. This unanswered prayer led to the answered prayers that we pray. How does that understanding affect your prayer

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Knowing God// John 14:7-11

10/10/2021

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What does it take for you to really “know” someone? What are the characteristics of that relationship? How much time did it take to get to that point of “knowing”?
John 13-17 was Jesus’ training session for the disciples before his imminent arrest. This passage is sometimes called Jesus’ “Farewell Discourse”. Knowing that, how does it change the way you read these passages?
Jesus gives the disciples some “gifts” in this chapter: the gift of a place/home that is assured to them, the gift of Jesus’ peace and the gift of knowing him. How do each of these 3 truths function as gifts for his disciples?
Jesus asks Phillip in verse 9, “have you been around me so long but you still don’t know me?” In what ways is it possible to be around Jesus and yet not really know him? Is it possible for a follower of Jesus to be guilty of this?
One of the ways we know Jesus is by knowing his words. The Chief Priests who were trying to accuse Jesus said, “No one has ever spoken like this man.” What do you think it is about Jesus' words that cause them to be more than mere words? Why do they mean more to you than just simply “words”?
Pastor Jeremy contended that those who know God:

Have a sustained prayer life
Experience him in their prayer life
See long term/deep changes
Sense the bible is a divine book

How has one of those things been true in your own life?
Take a moment at the end of your study and thank God for the blessing we have received in being able to know him. Share a prayer request of one way you would like to know God better.

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