Grace Place Sermon Questions

Icebreaker: What clubs have you been a member of? What were your “electives” in school? Overview: Read John 14:23-26. We often over-think God’s purpose for our life. We hear the story of how someone has served God in a powerful way and we begin to underestimate the contribution we are making in God’s Kingdom just by being obedient. Your purpose is to do what God is calling you to do. In his book, Do Something! Make Your Life Count , Miles McPherson says, “God’s purpose for your life is to love Him by obeying Him. He has created you to do something great with your life. Each of us will have unique things to do, but whatever we do, it should be out of obedience to God.” If God had needed 100 Billy Grahams, He would have created 100 Billy Grahams. You are uniquely equipped by God to be you. Go! Do Something! Discussion: Why is obedience an indicator of love? How does God reward obedience? What happens when we try to serve God without purpose? Activiti...

Icebreaker: What was your special skill as a child? If you were a super hero, what skill would you have? Overview: Read Ephesians 2:1-10. This week begins our journey to “Do Something.” During the last five weeks, we have learned that the Lord’s favor is upon us. We have been called and challenged to share the Good News with others through the power of the Holy Spirit that is upon us. This week we start our preparation to turn our good intentions into actions. We have been saved by God’s grace from a sinful world. Often, after years of living in His grace, we forget that “for the grace of God go I.” We separate ourselves from sin but then start also separating ourselves from those who are still captive to sin. Pastor Miles McPherson says, “You and I are not messiahs, of course, but just as Jesus came to do something to love this world, we too have a mandate to do something loving and, in our own small way, to bring hope to someone who is hopeless.” We have been ...

This Week: Seven weeks ago a small church in a rural community started a revival that was supposed to last a week.  It is still going on and has now moved to a large tent. Well over 100 people have been saved during the revival including a 71-year-old man who had attended that church with his family for many years.  He acted like a Christian, he talked like a Christian and everyone thought he was a Christian.  He knew all about God but he did not have a personal relationship with Jesus. Our number one priority is to know God personally.  There is only one way to Heaven.  Knowledge won't get you there.  Family won't get your there.  Church attendance won't get you there.  There is only one way -- Jesus. Read John 17:1-5 What do you learn from Jesus' prayer for Himself? How can we truly know God? How do we earn eternal life? What five things did the sermon say do not change? Why it is important that our God is unchanging? L...

Weekly Warm-up: How do you spend Memorial Day? What does military sacrifice mean to you? Weekly Overview: Becoming a Christian during vacation Bible school as a young child allows one to be saved from many of the world’s evils.   It results in a boring testimony.   Paul is telling Timothy that it is OK to have a boring testimony.   Knowing the Holy Scriptures from infancy is a way to develop a lifestyle of Christian learning but it is never too late to study God’s Word!   The Bible is our manual for life.     Weekly Discussion Questions: Read 2 Timothy 3:10-17 What was Paul trying to teach Timothy? How did Jesus use scripture in His teaching? Why is knowing and believing the Bible important today? How do you use scripture in your daily walk? Who taught you in God’s Word? Who are you teaching God’s Word? Why is knowing and believing the Bible important today? Group Prayer: Pray for list of local church needs. Pray fo...

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...

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...

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 ...