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MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME: Determination & Discipline

The following questions can be used as a weekly recap in a small group setting or as a personal study aid for the sermon preached by Lead Pastor Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, September 24, 2017.  Past sermons are available offline at www.nashvillechurch.com .  Click on “Media” to view the video. Weekly Warm-up: How many buyer reward cards are in your wallet? Which one is your favorite? Weekly Overview: God bless those parents who loved us enough to teach us determination and apply corrective discipline.  No, discipline is not pleasant but through it we learn the lessons of life.  God does not withhold discipline from his children whom He loves.  From it we learn how to follow Him with determination and love. Weekly Discussion Questions: Read Hebrews 12:1-13 What example of determination did Jesus set? How does keeping your eyes fixed on Him help you persevere? Why is accepting discipline so difficult? How can discipline be a display of love? (An

MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME: Love for God

The following questions can be used as a weekly recap in a small group setting or as a personal study aid for the sermon preached by Lead Pastor Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, September 17, 2017.  Past sermons are available offline at www.nashvillechurch.com .  Click on “Media” to view the video. Weekly Warm-up: What principles did your parents teach you? Which one do you wish you had applied better? Which one do you teach others? Weekly Overview: We are truly blessed if our parents taught us obedience and to love God and others from an early age.  Not everyone had Christian parents to teach them these valuable life lessons.  However, it is never too late to learn to love God.  Jesus promised us that God will always be with us in the form of the Holy Spirit if we love God and keep His commandments.  Yes, the love relationship goes both ways.  He loves us but we must love Him and be obedient to Him! Weekly Discussion Questions: Read John 14:15-31 Why did

MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME: Work Ethic

The following questions can be used as a weekly recap in a small group setting or as a personal study aid for the sermon preached by Lead Pastor Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, September 10, 2017.  Past sermons are available offline at www.nashvillechurch.com .  Click on “Media” to view the video. Weekly Warm-up: What were your chores as a child? What was your first job? What is your current job? Weekly Overview: “I miss the fresh vegetables,” said the lady at the table.  As our American society has changed through the decades from an agricultural to an industrial and now a service based society, we have become more and more disconnected from our food and the work required to produce it.  A hundred years ago if you wanted fresh veggies, you walked out to your garden.  Fifty years ago, you would buy locally produced, fresh veggies from the nearby produce stand.  Today, we can buy any “fresh” fruit or vegetable we desire from anywhere in the world at our local sup

MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME: Faithfulness

The following questions can be used as a weekly recap in a small group setting or as a personal study aid for the sermon preached by Lead Pastor Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, September 3, 2017.  Past sermons are available offline at www.nashvillechurch.com .  Click on “Media” to view the video. Weekly Warm-up: How do you define success? What makes you feel successful? Why are Americans performance driven? Weekly Overview: This week’s parable is sometimes used to promote the use of one’s physical talents causing people to think their “talent” is less important than others.  But the word talent, as used in this scripture, is a weight measure equal to approximately 75 pounds.  In today’s economy, one talent of silver would be worth about $16,500.  The master was entrusting his servants with enormous wealth and responsibility.  He did not give some servants more because they were physically talented.  He trusted some more than others based on their ability to be f