Discussion Questions from 04/25/2010 Sermons at WBC

Sunday morning I finished my sermon series on the proposed Purpose Statement for Wynne Baptist Church. The statement is:

"Wynne Baptist Church exists to be radically intentional about making disciples of all nations to the glory of Jesus Christ."

The 'what?' of the purpose statement: "Make disciples of all nations." (April 11, 2010 sermon)

The 'how?' of the purpose statement: "be radically intentional." (April 18, 2010 sermon)

The 'why?' of the purpose statement: "to the glory of Jesus Christ." (April 25, 2010 sermon)

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Click here to get the outline of the message.

Some discussion questions to aid your thinking/navigating/application of the message:

1. Of the five reasons given for doing this 'to the glory of Jesus Christ,' which reason most resonates with you? Why?

2. Of the five reasons given for doing this 'to the glory of Jesus Christ,' which reason most demands further attention and study from your personal life? Why? What will you do about it?

3. Why is it important 'for the glory of Jesus' that Christians operate out of a change Jesus wrought in us? (See reason #4)? How does reversing this cloud or drown out Jesus' glory?

4. Bro. Matt closed out the sermon looking at several passages in Hebrews. Hebrews 10:32-34, Hebrews 11:6, Hebrews 11:24-26, Hebrews 12:1-2, and Hebrews 13:12-14. What is the motivation in each of these instances to live 'radically intentional' lifestyles?

5. What is God doing in your life to help you be more radically intentional?

Sunday night, I continued the series entitled, "Lord, Teach Us to Pray." The purpose of the message was to show how so often our prayers are foreign to the way the Bible commends us to pray.

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Click here to get the outline.

A very, very, very helpful book to enhance this study is D.A. Carson's A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers. Carson expositionally walks through each of Paul's primary prayers from his epistles.

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Some discussion questions to enhance your application of the Word:

1. Right down 5 prayer requests that have dominated your attention since the beginning of 2010?

2. Read the passages given from the outline and jot down some of the contents of the prayers.

3. Compare the contents of your prayers to that of the Bible's. What things are similar? What are different?

4. What seems to be Jesus' and Paul's main focus when calling Christians to pray? Why?

5. Which of the passages listed will you commit to learn and pray through for WBC and others?