Jeremiah 29: 4-15 – Living Faithfully in Babylon
by elizabethh ~ July 26th, 2010. Filed under: Sermons and Discussion.Discussion Questions:
What’s the longest time you have lived in the same location?
Do you like to be settled or do you tend ot be more of a wanderer?
What does the promised land look like to you? What are you waiting for in order to be ready to experience life?
What do you think your barrier is to your being fruitful where you are?
What is your relationship with the community in which you live?
How do you contribute to the welfare of your community?
What makes it difficult to get involved in your community?
If you were asked how to pray for the neighborhood in which you live, what would you say?
What is something you could do to bless your neighborhood, your community, or the community in and around Bethany? What will it take for you to do that?
July 27th, 2010 at 8:16 am
[...] The second piece is this: Make God’s good reign visible in your neighborhood, among people who need to see the compassion, mercy, justice, healing power, and generosity of God. Jesus is telling us to live out the ethic of the kingdom by being the people of blessing we’re called to be. We, each of us, have gifts to give – ways we can be a blessing in our city, among our neighbors. We need to get on with it, right in the midst of our own living, right in the midst of dealing with the reality of our own brokenness. Wait until we’re perfectly fixed before we begin serving and we’ll begin waiting forever. I addressed this piece in the sermon from this past Sunday. [...]