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What does the Holy Spirit do?

What does it mean that God is Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End and what does that mean for us?

One is the same and one is different. LORD in Scripture is different from Lord. Listen to learn more. Questions for Small Group: Read Exodus 20:7 What do you think it means to misuse God’s name? Is saying “Oh my God!” breaking this commandment? (especially since God’s name is Yahweh and not “God”) Do you tend to view God more as “LORD” (Yahweh/Jehovah): Familiar, Faithful, Friend or as “Lord” (Ado...

God’s name reveals a lot about who He is... listen to find out more.

Join us as we discuss the importance of knowing God’s names.

Small Group Discussion Questions: 1. Looking Back / Looking Forward As you reflect on the past year, what is one joy and one challenge that stands out in your walk with God? How do those shape what you hope for in the coming year? 2. Resolutions vs. Direction Andy Stanley says, “Direction, not intention, determines destination.” Where do you see a gap between what you intend spiritually and the di...

What does peace really look like? How do we attain it?

Questions for SG and Reflection: Main Passage: 1 John 4:7-10 Read together 1 John 4:7-10 - Aren’t there people who love their family/friends but do not have any kind of faith or relationship with God? If that’s the case how is it that “Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” (v.7) - What are some notable instances in the Gospels of God showing us His love in/through the life of Jes...

Questions for SG and Reflection: Main Text: Jeremiah 29:11-14 Pastor PJ shared some of his hopes for Trinity in 2026 including: better prioritizing prayer, sending out mission teams to Florida (Hoops on Mission) and Uganda (Dayspring School), and growing our small group ministry. - Discuss these as a group. What are some ways we can start to put these hopes into action? (Please share your ideas wi...

What is the difference between ponds and streams and what does it have to do with our spiritual walk? Questions for Small Group or Reflection : What setting is your “happy place”, where you could sit for a while and be at peace? It was said in the sermon: “From the spring of Jesus’ living water he is creating us into his spring-fed ponds and streams.” - What characteristics of a pond might we conn...

Questions for Reflection or SG: Strength was defined in the sermon as our passions and abilities - Do you agree with that definition? What other ways can/should we think of strength? Who is the most passionate person you know? How have they used their passion as an act of love for God? How have you been blessed by the abilities of others? (Consider: physical, spiritual, mental, emptional…) Read th...

Questions for Reflection or Small Groups Main Text: Matt 11:28-30 Prior to listening to the sermon, if someone were to ask you “What is the Soul?” what would you have said? Is your answer any different now? Dallas Willard writes: “someone’s soul is…the ultimate depths of his or her being” - What do you think that means? Read Matt 16:24-26 - What does Jesus mean by “lose your own soul”? Read Genesi...

What does it mean to love the Lord with all our MIND?

What does it mean to love the Lord with all your HEART?

Questions for Reflection or Small Group: Prior to listening to the sermon, if someone were to ask you “What is Spiritual Formation?” what would you have said? Is your answer any different now? What are some things that have formed you that you are thankful for? What are some things that have formed you that you wish never did? Author Dallas Willard defines Christian Spiritual Formation as: “The Sp...

Questions for SG or Personal Reflection “Seek First” (Matthew 6:31–33) What stood out to you most from Sunday’s message or from Matthew 6:31–33? Jesus connects worry with what we seek. Why do you think seeking God first is the antidote to anxiety? What does it practically mean to “seek” God’s Kingdom — not just believe in it? When is it hardest for you to put God first instead of fitting Him in ar...

Small Group/Reflection Questions: 1. Why do you think God was angry at all of Israel because of one man’s sin? (See Joshua 7:1) 2. Achan did one stupid/selfish thing. Did he and his whole family really deserve to be killed? (see Joshua 7:25) How do we reconcile this with our own sin? 3. Quote from sermon: “That’s essentially what sin is!….when we take the things that are of God, from God, and for...

Small Group Questions from 9-14-25 Main Text: Joshua 6:1-21 1. Read Joshua 5:13-15. What about this strange interaction informs our understanding that “The battle is the Lord’s”? 2. How can/should we approach our battles today with that mindset? 3. Read, silently to yourselves, Joshua 6:1-21. What word/phrase/sentence stood out most to you? How did this passage make you feel? 4. In the sermon it w...

Listen in as we discuss the spies Joshua sent into the land and Rahab the prostitute who protected them.

Small Group Questions: Read Joshua Chapter 1 out loud When you try to put yourself in Joshua’s place, how do you feel? (Excited, motivated, intimidated, confused…) In what ways did God prepare Joshua in advance for this role/calling? Share a time when you had to take up a position of leadership. How did you feel? How did God prepare you in advance for it? What similarities do you see between Joshu...

As we wrap up the series, what does it cost to be a disciple/apprentice of Jesus? Check it out and use the questions below in a small group or for personal reflection: Opening Reflection Over the past three weeks, we’ve asked: How much have you been forgiven? What kind of soil are you? Is it personal? Which of these questions has challenged you the most, and why? In your own words, what do you thi...

Dwayne Jackson with Hoops on Mission shares truth from 1 Corinthians and personal experience challenging us to ask the question of our relationship to Jesus: Is it Personal? 🏈 1st Quarter: Is Your Walk with God Personal? Scripture: Galatians 2:20, Matthew 5:14, Hebrews 13:8 What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Jesus? How do you know if your faith is personal or just part of your...

Do you love MUCH or love little? Listen in to find out. Ice Breaker: What is one of your favorite ways to connect with God during warm weather months? Is it any different from the rest of the year? What does it look like to respond to Jesus with PRIDE versus responding with WORSHIP? Why is it impossible to understand God’s GRACE without first understanding the depths of our own sin nature? Do you...

Main Text: Galatians 6:1-10 It was said in the sermon: “It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict. It is the Church’s job to support.” Agree/Disagree? Why? How do we practically support someone who has felt convicted of sin? How would you describe what it means to be “grounded”? Who has been a good example of this in your life? In what way(s) does comparing ourselves with others hurt us? How can it h...

Questions for Reflection: Main Text: Galatians 5 16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are...