Sermon Discussion Questions
Starter: Describe a time when you felt helpless about the problems of the world. What made you feel that way? How did you deal with that feeling?
Group Discussion
- Read Psalm 23
- Imagine you are a sheep. How might you feel helpless? What is the shepherd doing to help you?
- Read Philippians 4:7
- Imagine peace guarding your heart and mind. What would the peace of Jesus keep out? What would it let in?
- Read John 15:18-25
- How does it feel to think about the world hating you because you follow Jesus? Does it help to understand why they hate?
- Read John 1:1-14, remembering that John uses “the Word” as term to represent Jesus.
- Jesus created the world and knows he is God. He knows how everything turns out. Does this give you courage? Why or why not?
- Read John 16:33
- What pressures are you facing?
- How do you need to stand with Jesus so you have peace?