Second Cape May Baptist Church
Thursday, March 28, 2024
 

Week 4 - Walls of Want

How can I learn to be content and not complain about my life?
  • 1 Timothy 6:6-8
  • Philippians 4:11-12

Could our society run on just the 10 commandments?
  • Exodus 20:3-16
  • Romans 13:1-8

Why is it difficult to witness to the wealthy?
  • Matthew 19:16-24
  • James 5:1-8

What is it in your life that places you within the "Walls of Want"?
  • James 4:1-3
  • Romans 8:5-8
 

Week 3  - Without Complaining

What is complaining a sign of?
  • Romans 8:28
  • Mark 6:6
  • James 1:2-4

Are there any consequences to complaining?
  • Ephesians 4:29
  • 1 Corinthians 10:9-10
  • Numbers 16:28-49

What should be the Christian's goal regarding the world?
  • John 17:14
  • 1 John 2:15
  • 1 Corinthians 15:33
  • Matthew 28:19-20

What is it in your life that takes away your joy?
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:16
  • Romans 12:12
  • Galatians 4:15

 

Week 2 - Jesus, Others & You

Have you ever been “happy” but still lacked “joy”?  What do you think was missing?
 
 
How does our culture’s desire for “instant gratification” impact the believer’s pursuit of true joy?
  • Hebrews 12:1-4
  • Psalm 30:4-5
  • Proverbs 10:28
 
Read John 15:11.  Now read the surrounding verses.  According to Jesus, what makes our joy “full”?
 
 
Have you ever had a “Timothy” or “Epaphroditus” in your life?  What did they do for you? Have you ever been a “Timothy” or “Epaphroditus” for someone else?  How did that experience affect your joy?
  • Philippians 2:19-30

 

Week 1 - Joyful Complaining

What is it in my life that causes me to complain the most? What can I do about it?
 
In the list of the fruit of the spirit which of these is your biggest challenge and why?
  • Galatians 5:22
 
How is it that "all things work together for good"?  What is Gods goal in trials?
  • Romans 8:28-29
  • James 1:2-4
  • 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
 
What is considered "unwholesome" talk in the eyes (or ears) of God?  How do you feel about what Jesus said in Matthew 12:36 about it?
  • Ephesians 4:29
  • Matthew 12:36
  • James 3;1, 9-10