ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN: Heavenly Purpose

The following questions are to be used as a study aid for the sermon preached by Rev. Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, April 26, 2015.  To get the most from these questions, view the service at o http://www.graceplace.us and click on “Streaming.”  From there you can watch or 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)

What do people say are your talents?

How do you use these talents?

What is your life’s purpose statement?

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

Isaiah 61:1-3

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

As history goes, our country’s history with slavery was not so long ago.  Most of us have ancestors who were involved in some way in that horrible past.  It is grievous to think that people are still captive to slavery in its many forms.  God came to set the captives free!

Name some forms of slavery.

How does the forgiveness of sin free someone?

What kinds of situations enslave people today?

Compare the two people described in verse 3.  (Beauty vs ashes, etc.)

What is the natural expression of freedom?

How can the local church be involved?

What can your group do to combat slavery?

How can you comfort hurting people?

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