Who's on First? resources

I have used this graphic on the church blog and social media pages.
You can share this on your own social media pages.



Also, I have posted resources on the church blog at
blog.emmanuelbaptist.com/category/soul-care/

Great Human Tragedy!!

Here are two blog posts that could be a help to you and your group members related to your group.

"Glorify God?  What do that mean?"
http://blog.emmanuelbaptist.com/glorify-god-what-does-that-mean/
To help you and your group consider how you pray individually and in groups.

Gospel Growth
http://blog.emmanuelbaptist.com/gospel-growth/
To help you and your group understand what Soul Care and other ministries are.

Great Human Tragedy
http://blog.emmanuelbaptist.com/great-human-tragedy/
To review the 4 W's Dr. Lee shared on Sunday.

Here are some suggestions for your group time.

• Pray for the Lost:  Dedicate some time to pray passionately for those who don't know Jesus Christ as their Savior.  If you understand the seriousness of sin and Hell, it will really challenge you to think how you pray. 
• Time for Thanksgiving:  Take time to worship God by sharing people you are thankful for.
• Think ahead:  Discuss some ideas you and your group can begin to increase our gospel influence in our church and in our world.  Two specific things you can think about this week and future weeks.    How can your group multiply its impact on others outside of your current group and at EBC?  How can your group serve our community?  

 Hope these are helpful ideas.

Adam & Jesus (11.08)

Check back throughout the week for more helps.

"According to the passage" questions are reading observation questions.  (Head questions)

Adam

brought condemnation.

bad

Action Resulted in death

Failed to honor the Word of God

Jesus

brought justification.

so much better:

Action Resulted in life

Christ is greater.

Christ is stronger.

Christ conquers 

Christ overcomes.

After reading the passage and answer these questions, you could ask group members to list out other differences between Adam and Jesus.

These questions provide more than an opportunity to list out factual statements

These questions provide a great opportunity to consider our sinfulness and celebrate Christ's righteousness 

How should Christ's great obedience encourage you in your struggle against sin this week? (Heart question)

I should want more of Jesus, not deliverance from circumstances.

You can discuss how this should impact how you pray.

Consider what the the Gospel IS DOING today in this world.  

In what ways do you see life reigning over death in your life? (Hand question)

Check out this article on a proper perspective throughout life.

http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/worship-on-a-bad-day

"When you know how the story ends, everything changes."

Several of this past week's 9:00 am Bible Teaching classes went along with the sermon.
In the Young Adults Ephesians class we were studying chapter 6 and were reminded that...
Employees: Work THROUGH , LIKE and FOR Christ.
Employer: Lead THROUGH , LIKE and FOR Christ.

In the Ten Questions classes, people were reminded that a growing person is quicker to forgive.  These are two specific questions to consider:  Are you ready to forgive? and Do you need to initiate the process of forgiveness with anyone?

The Benefit of Sharing the Benefits of Being God's People

Prayer Helps:
Military:  You should have received your military assignment this past week in your mailbox.  If you didn't I am emailing them to the group leaders.
Fighter Verses:  Trying Psalm 118:5 - 8 to start out your prayer time.  

This week's sermon and discussion time provide a great opportunity for you and your group to talk about God and the amazing gifts we have in Christ.  The mere reading of Romans 5:1 - 11 should stir up some excitement and passion in you and your group members.  And if it doesn't you have some serious heart issues to discuss.


My tips are in red!

A great way to do the first two questions are to have everyone write down their answer and then have individuals read what they wrote to the group.

Read Romans 5:1—11 out loud.  This will really help those who were not in the service because of absence or service.

According to the passage and Romans 5 sermons what benefit’s are there to being God’s people?

This is a HEAD (knowledge) question.  You should have people look at the Bible and find a verse for their answer.

Everyone should have similar answers.

Because of these benefits, what are some practical ways God’s people should live?  Think  attitude change and action steps.

This is a HAND (action) question.  Have people think about really practical, actionable, measurable things.  

How should you live differently in light of these benefits?

This could be used as a HEART (passion) question.  What do I need to desire more in this life, not just this week.  It could connection with the previous question but this would be a more general lifestyle.

On the back of the notes, I put part of our sermon discussion training notes for every to understand the purpose of Soul Care.  You should remind people of the purpose of Soul Care each week.  

Sermon—Based, Life Changing Discussion

Here are some tips the Soul Care leaders learned this summer on how to kill their groups discussion time.

1. Don’t READ THE BIBLE PASSAGE.  While we say our groups are sermon-based, we really want them to be Bible-directed.

2. Don’t MAKE IT PERSONAL.   We don’t want groups to merely share information.  We want them to share life.

3. Always STICK TO THE SCRIPT.  The questions provide a guide for the leaders but the goal is not to get through every question.

Soul Care meetings should challenge each group member to live differently because of what God has done.

You can share on social media how you have been challenged by using
#EBCdiscipleship

Here is the "Banning Bible Studies" link.  

This article is a great reminder of what we are doing in Soul Care.

https://davidwhiting.today/2012/02/banning-bible-studies-northridge-church.html