Cornerstone Community Church - Sermons

Sermon 21 of 25 in Series through 1-2 Samuel ________________________________________ SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS: 2 SAMUEL 18-20 1. How can parental affection sometimes lead to compromise? How can we who are parents (or may become parents in the future) guard ourselves from allowing affection for our children to lead us astray? 2. David's emotional response to the death of Absalom is presented nega...

A Selected Psalm _____________________ Small group questions - Psalm 115 1. What are some things that you’re struggling to trust the Lord with that you want the group to pray for you about? 2. What are some promises that you might cling to right now that might strengthen you as you seek to trust the Lord? 3. Share some other times when you might have struggled to trust the Lord, and the Lord direc...

Lesson 11 of 11 on the Sermon on the Mount

A Selected Psalm ________________ Small group questions 1. What has been your experience in lamenting before the Lord? How has it been beneficial for you? 2. The psalmist reminded himself of God’s eternal, unchanging nature. What is it about who God is that ministers to you greatly in times of suffering or affliction? 3. What particular promises of God do you hold onto during times of suffering? 4...

Lesson 10 of 11 on the Sermon on the Mount

A Selected Psalm ________________ Small group questions - Psalm 94 1. Have there been situations where you’ve prayed like the psalmist in verses 1-2? How might we do this well and how might we do this poorly? 2. How is it particularly comforting to know that God sees and knows every detail of every aspect of what you’ve suffered? 3. The Lord promises not to forsake or abandon us. How can you testi...

Lesson 9 of 11 on the Sermon on the Mount

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Lesson 8 of 11 on the Sermon on the Mount

Sermon 1 of 4 in Series through Numbers ___________________________________ Small Group Questions 1. Numbers confronts us with the necessity of persevering to the end. Have you struggled with consistent Christian commitment? Is there some pesky area of disobedience that keeps popping up in your life? What do you need to do to settle into a “a long obedience in the same direction?” 2. God’s presenc...

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Sermon 9 of 9 in Series through Ezra/Nehemiah _________________________________________ Small Group Questions 1. How have you seen sin grow and spread in your own life? Are there some steps you want to take to cut off sin in your life? 2. Have you ever been confronted about your sin or had to confront another about his/her sin? If so, how did it go? Were there insights you can give from that on ho...

Sermon 8/9 in Series through Ezra/Nehemiah ____________________________________ Small Group Questions 1. In light of the sacrifices the Israelites made in Nehemiah's day to repopulate the city and ensure worship was funded, are there any personal sacrifices you think the Lord is moving you to make for the sake of God's purposes in this world? 2. The people blessed those who made this sacri...

Sermon 7 of 9 in Series through Ezra/Nehemiah __________________________________________ Small Group Questions 1. Can you share a time that the Lord used his Word to convict you of sin that you needed to turn from? Or, perhaps you want to share of how you're currently being convicted by the Word. 2. Is there any specific area where the Word (whether in you personal reading or from a sermon) ha...

20 of 25 in Series through 1-2 Samuel _________________________________ Small Group Questions 1. How does this story help us interpret God's heart toward us in times of suffering and/or when we have feelings of guilt? 2. Can you remember signs of God's grace upon you when you have endured "wilderness" seasons of life? What are some encouraging testimonies you can share with the g...

Sermon 6 of 9 in Series through Ezra/Nehemiah _________________________________________ Small Group Questions 1. As mockery, threats, and even more forms of persecution intensify in our country against Christians and our beliefs, how can we make sure to respond in prayer, trust, and persevering obedience? 2. If discipline basically disappeared in churches for years, then it can certainly happen ag...

Sermon 5 of 9 in series through Ezra/Nehemiah _________________________________________ Small Group Questions 1. What is your current practice of consistent, faithful times of prayer? Is there something you want to change in order to ensure that you have consistent, faithful times of prayer? 2. What is your practice of ensuring that the Bible guides your prayers, or what might you start doing to e...

Sermon 4 of 9 in Series through Ezra/Nehemiah __________________________________________ Small Group Questions 1. If feeling the gravity of our sin is a sign of spiritual health, what can we do to make sure that we're faithfully feeling the gravity of sin? 2. If we have the promise that when we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive them, why can we be hesitant to confess sin an...

Sermon 4 of 4 in Series through Psalms __________________________ Small Group Questions 1. Psalm 54 moves from lament (1-3) to confident faith (4-5) to unbounded praise (6-7). This pattern in many of the psalms is the pattern of our lives. Can you share ways you have seen this movement in your own life from lament to faith to praise? 2. Employing a variety of the names and attributes of God (LORD,...