Acts Acts 6:1-7

Reflection

• Suppose you had to nominate someone from our church who who was “full of the Spirit and of wisdom?” (Acts 6:3). Whom would you nominate? (Please take the time to encourage that person with your words today).
• If you are not yet an active part of one of our Communities, which of the following two options would you be most willing to consider in 2011:
  Joining an existing RH Community?
  Joining or leading a new RH Community?

Acts 5:12-42

Reflection

• What stood out to you this morning? How could you respond?
• Is Jesus precious to you? Are you known by obedience to God’s Word? Is that important to you?
• Does your obedience to God have limits? What sin so easily entangles you, how can you throw it off?
• Are your eyes fixed on Jesus and not your circumstances?

Reflection Questions:
– If you made a list of the top 5 things you need most, what would it be?
– How would it line up with what weʼve seen here?
– Is a deeper enjoyment of the Gospel in there?
– What about Spirit-empowered boldness?

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Reflection

- What stood out to you this morning? How can you respond?
- Would you say that you are desperate for and/or dependent on God’s Spirit?
- Do you pray? If not, why not? What does that mean if you don’t?
- Do you have the courage to wrestle with this reality?

Reflection

– Have you ever had a real, moving sense of God’s immeasurable greatness?
– Which of God’s attributes has been the least real to you? How do you know?
– What negative emotions expose your efforts to control your life? (anger, fear, worry, etc)
– What one attribute or truth about God will you study this week to be set free from the desire to control your world?

- What stood out to you this morning? How can you respond?
- Where do you see God’s grace at work in your life?
- Are you building you hope and joy on God’s gracious justification of you and adoption of you? Where are you struggling with guilt or insecurity?
- Have you done a single thing or stopped a single thing because of your love for Jesus and enjoyment of His grace?

1 Corinthians 14:1-40

Reflection Points

• - What stood out to you this morning? What steps can you take to respond?

1 Corinthians 12:31-14:5

Reflection Points

• Where did 1 Corinthians 13 most challenge you?  Where did it most encourage you?
• What, if anything, do you think will change in your approach to spiritual gifts as a result of what we are learning?
• God desires for every Christian to build up the church through the loving use of his/her gifts.  How does God tend to use you to build up his church?  If you are unsure, that’s okay.  You can even ask God to help you to answer that question and to grant you patience as you wait for an answer.

“The very same sun that melts the ice, hardens the clay.”

- Puritan Proverb

Reflection

• What stirred you this morning?
• What response is necessary?
• Are you removing vexation from your heart?
• What do you fear most: God or others? What would your life say?