Our readings for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time:
- Zephaniah 2: 3; 3: 12-13
- Psalms 146: 6-7, 8-9, 9-10
- 1 Corinthians 1: 26-31
- Matthew 5: 1-12a
- Recovery plan
- What does true victory over sin really look like?
- Is it possible to recover from a sin pattern in your life without humility?
- How do we ever achieve true honesty with ourselves regarding our failings and shortcomings?
- How do we ever know if we're being real with ourselves?
- Rock bottom
- Have you ever hit rock bottom in your life?
- How did you get there?
- What did you find in that set of circumstances, that season in your life?
- Was God at all present for you in that time?
- How did you come to recognize Him?
- How did He change you in that experience?
- Strength in weakness
- We all want to be strong, or do we? Strength means responsibility, discernment on when/where/how to use that strength. Strength is easily corrupted if we don't use it properly.
- What is your greatest strength?
- How did you acquire that strength?
- How do you continue to build that strength, like a muscle?
- How has God found ways to use that strength of yours?
- Finding peace by making peace
- Peace comes to us as we find and follow God's will in our lives. That can take a long time to find that perfect peace. Once found, we cannot become careless, but seek God's will for us each day so that we don't drift. A part of that mission of our lives is to help others find God has been and is in their lives.
- Who are some folks that you know who help others find Jesus in their lives?
- How is it that they manage that?
- How have they inspired you?
- Do you know whether you have been at all successful in leading others to Jesus?
- Do you have to know that in order to carry on?
- Preparation for Reconciliation
- Do I trust God to give me true victory in my life?
- Where is God calling me to trust Him more?
- Where is God developing new strength in me?
- How can I help others know Jesus better/deeper?
Where do I Begin
To listen you into hearing God's voice in your life?
Where do I begin
To help you see that creation is going on right here, right now, in your heart of hearts?
Where do I begin
To tell you how deeply God loves you, in spite of, because of, through the scars on your heart?
Where do I begin
To ease you into the arms of Jesus, despite your fear and anger?
Lord
Help me to embrace the freedom to give You my all,
To trust you with the five loaves and two fish I clutch,
In the face of need with no visible bottom.
Knowing that my poor offering is never enough,
Until I'm willing to give it away without strings,
Letting you have it all.
Shalom!
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