Redeemer Church

John 4:1-26 English Standard Version Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 4 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field...

Proverbs 24:10-12 English Standard Version 10  If you faint in the day of adversity,     your strength is small. 11  Rescue those who are being taken away to death;     hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. 12  If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”     does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,     and will he not repay man...

Questions for Discussion 1. Why Do I Exist? 2. How Has God Gifted Me? 3. Where Am I Not Gifted? 4. Do I Tend Toward Apathy or Self-Glory? 5. Where Is Sin Hindering Me? 6. What Habits or Disciplines Are Missing? 7. Who Benefits from My Gifts and Work? 8. Where Do I See Envy Creeping In? 9. How Can I Better Align My Ambitions with Christ’s Increase? John 3:22-36 English Standard Version 22 After thi...

John 3:16-21 English Standard Version 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he h...

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 English Standard Version 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 John 4:8-12 English Standard Version 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also...

Zephaniah 3:14-17 English Standard Version 14  Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;     shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart,     O daughter of Jerusalem! 15  The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;     he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;     you shall never again fear evil. 16  On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: “Fear n...

Micah 5:2-5a English Standard Version 2  But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,     who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me     one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old,     from ancient days. 3  Therefore he shall give them up until the time     when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return     ...

Jeremiah 33:14-16 English Standard Version 14 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell secure...

John 3:1-15 English Standard Version 3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 N...

John 2:23-25 English Standard Version 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

John 2:13-22 English Standard Version 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16...

John 2:1-12 English Standard Version On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatev...

Colossians 3:23-24 English Standard Version Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Read full chapter 1 Corinthians 7:17 English Standard Version Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule i...

John 1:35-51 English Standard Version The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” He...

John 1:19-34 English Standard Version And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer...

John 1:14-18 English Standard Version And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was...

John 1:6-13 English Standard Version 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world...

John 1:1-5 English Standard Version 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 20:30-31 English Standard Version 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

1 Corinthians 15:1-5 English Standard Version 15 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scripture...

Psalm 71:17-21 English Standard Version 17  O God, from my youth you have taught me,     and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. 18  So even to old age and gray hairs,     O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation,     your power to all those to come. 19  Your righteousness, O God,     reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things,     O God, who is l...

Joshua 24:14-15 English Standard Version 14 “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite...

Hebrews 13:4 English Standard Version 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

1 Corinthians 7:7-9 English Standard Version 7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.