Life Group - Study Guides

We’ve reached the final week of our series, Judged, and it has been an eye-opening journey. Throughout this series, we’ve shifted from holding a gavel to picking up a mirror-allowing God to examine our own hearts, revealing our sins and flaws before we confront others. We are sometimes called to help others recognize the seriousness of sin and its consequences. This week we now turn our final thoughts to God’s grace. We are also called to extend the same grace we have received. Forgiveness isn’t always easy, and it may not always seem fair, but it reflects the kindness and mercy of God. Just as He forgives us, we are called to forgive others.

We’ve arrived at week three in our series Judged. This week our focus centers around “being in the world but not of it.” This is a tough concept for so many because…um…we ARE in the world if we are still alive! We work at our jobs, we take our kids to the dentist, we go to a ball game with friends, we watch YouTube. We must dig under the surface to see what Jesus is really getting at. How does God desire us to exist alongside those outside His family in a way that draws them toward His heart and not away from it?

Last week we kicked off a new series Judged, focusing on self-righteous judgement. We learned that before confronting someone else, we must first ask God to examine our own hearts. This week, we will shift our focus to the times we are called to help a fellow believer who is struggling. While correction is sometimes necessary, there’s a right and wrong way to approach it. How we handle these moments can make all the difference.

The topic of judging! Not many things get us fired up like being judged. We all judge people, many times while not even knowing the circumstances, and yet we hate being judged by others. What does scripture say about this topic? This week we start a new series called Judged. In this first week, we are specifically considering self-righteous judgement.

Last week, we considered the way the Holy Spirit nudges us to action as we grow in our ability to share the gospel. This week we will consider what it looks like to offer an acceptable sacrifice. Whether we have a little or a lot, God values integrity and character. He doesn’t really need our money or our time, He wants our love and allegiance.

Last week, we focused on individually going all out and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us to care for others. This week we will consider the way the Holy Spirit sends us and how to grow in our ability to share the gospel. God doesn’t leave us on our own, going “all out” means following His nudges even when we don’t understand every detail. It doesn’t have to be complicated.

Last week, we talked about how the church is not just the building where we gather for services- it's a community, led by the Holy Spirit. This week we focused on individually going all out and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us to care for others in 2025.

Happy New Year, and welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a great start to the new year. As we start the beginning of 2025, it's a perfect time to reflect, refresh, restart and move forward with fresh purpose and energy. This weekend we explored what God might be calling us to pursue in the year ahead - as a church community and as individuals.

Yahweh, the true and proper name of the one and only God- Adonai, our master and king! Let us revere His Holy nature and the beauty of His names. May we stand in awe of His greatness, the power of His name, and let that transform the way we approach Him and live for Him each day.

This weekend the campus pastors introduced us to another name for God, Jehovah Mekoddishkem. (Try saying that ten times fast!) This name means “The Lord who sanctifies” or “The Lord who makes holy”. Each of Gods names reveals something wonderful about His character and how He works in our lives when we invite Him in. This week let’s examine the lifelong process of sanctification and what that looks like.