LIVING IN A COMMUNITY OF GRACE: Reach out and touch someone

The following questions are to be used as a study aid for the sermon preached by Pastor Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, September 22, 2013. To get the most from these questions, go to https://soundcloud.com/#graceplacehermitage and listen to the service first.

These questions can be used in your private Bible study during the week or as the topic for a small group study. For more information on hosting or leading a small group study, click on "GP Small Groups" under "GP Ministries" at www.graceplace.us.

Fellowship: (Break bread with your community, share life from last week, announcements for next week)

Icebreaker: (Get to know your fellow believers a little bit better using this week’s topic)

Have you ever not been able to speak?  Why?  How did you communicate?

Have you ever had to listen for someone’s voice to find them?  Who was it?

Name some people with very recognizable speaking voices?

Worship: (Optional for communities who have the time and talent)

“Jesus Paid It All”  Aaron Keyes

Scripture: (Read the word together – use different readers, different versions, just read it)

John 10: 1-21

Lesson: (Delve deeper into the Word and into the sermon using open-ended questions)

Do you remember learning how sheep behave?  If not, review questions for August 24^th at www.gpsermonquestions.blogspot.com.  Farmers with sheep could not move from pasture to pasture with the sheep.  They had to hire a shepherd.  In Bible times, shepherds were usually single men who needed to earn a wage.  That is why it was usually the job of the youngest son since he did not inherit land.  (Remember David?)  God sent Jesus out to tend to His sheep.  He knows our name and we know His voice.

When have you heard Jesus’ voice speaking to you?

In a world full of voices, to whose voice is the world listening?

What methods are today’s thieves using to hurt the sheep (God’s people)?

How many sheep do you know who are out wandering around without a Shepherd?

How can we help the sheep hear the Shepherd’s voice?

What benefit do you find in being together in our sheep pen (community group)?

What would others gain from being a part of a group as well?

Prayer: (Share each other’s burdens, become a community of believers)

Pray for new community groups that will be forming, their leaders and hosts.