War Against Worry, Part 2

Matthew 6:25-34

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War Against Worry, Part 2 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 6:25-34
24 September 2017

Deep Sheet:  Sermon Study Questions
1.  How does this passage heighten your seriousness about worry? How is worry the opposite of hallowing God’s name?
2.  In what ways do you see the pervasiveness of worry in the world? What does it mean to say that we must avoid world intake without Bible intake?
3.  How is faith foundational and central to Christian identity? What does it mean that we both enter by faith and live by faith? (Ephesians 2:8; Romans 1:17; 14:23; Hebrews 11:6)
4.  Does God provide for all of our needs? In what ways do we often misunderstand what we really need? (Philippians 4:19)
5.  What does it practically look like to “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness”? (Romans 14:17)
6.  Based on Jesus’ teaching in this passage, how should we think about the future? (Proverbs 27:1; Psalm 34:19; Lamentations 3:22-23; Matthew 6:11)

War Against Worry, Part 1

Matthew 6:25-34

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War Against Worry, Part 1 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 6:25-34
17 September 2017

Deep Sheet:  Sermon Study Questions
1.  In what ways do you struggle/ have you struggled with worry? Discuss specific situations as a group.
2.  What does it mean to say that seeking and worrying are inextricably tied together? How does this passage relate to the previous section dealing with our treasures, vision, and master, and how does that alter the way you think about worry?
3.  What is the difference between healthy or even godly “anxiety” and the “anxiety” that Jesus teaches against here? (1 Corinthians 7:33, 34; 12:25; Philippians 2:20; 4:6; 2 Corinthians 11:28)
4.  In what ways are Jesus’ disciples of more value than birds and wildflowers? What theological truths are in the background to this comparison? (Genesis 1:26-28; Matthew 7:11)
5.  Why is worry both futile and harmful? How does it turn us inward, strangle us and weigh us down? Discuss instances where you have experienced these effects in your own life. (Luke 21:34; Matthew 13:22)

Asking Abba, Part 1

Matthew 6.11-15

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Asking Abba, Part 1 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series:  The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 6.11-15
23 July 2017

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions:
1.  How has our time spent discussing prayer altered your priorities? Have you
tried using the Lord’s Prayer as a skeleton for your prayers?
2.  What does it look like to really believe that God rules, owns and dispenses?
How does the petition, “Give us this day our daily bread,” force us to
acknowledge that everything we have is “from God”? (Matthew 5:34-35;
Romans 11:36; James 1:17; Genesis 1:1; Psalm 104:10-15; 1 Corinthians 4:7)
3.  What does “bread” symbolize? In what ways do you struggle to believe that
God cares even for your smallest, seemingly insignificant physical needs?
 4.  As we consider how God meets our needs, what does it mean to say that he
does so in his wisdom, in the midst of a fallen world, through our labor, and
through others? (Philippians 4:19; Proverbs 30:8-9; Psalm 34:19; Genesis
3:19; 2 Thessalonians 3:12; Acts 2:45; Romans 12:13; Titus 3:14)
5. How does praying for our “daily” bread keep us from complacency and
worry? In what particular ways have you seen God provide for you and your
family day-by- day? (Exodus 16:4)
6. What does it mean to view our physical needs with a proper, eternal
perspective? How does this petition for daily bread lead us to consider our
spiritual nourishment? (Matthew 6:32-33; John 6:35; Matthew 4:4; 1
Corinthians 10:31)