Here is a Day by Day guide to learning and applying:
Read: the daily Scriptures and Answer the Question from the sermon.
Create: Create your own questions/comments from the scriptures
Discuss: Talk about your questions and reactions to the scriptures.
10/11/26
All Church Challenge:
AT LEAST
Once a day be in God’s Word (Daily Scripture Guide)
Once a week be in Biblical Community (LifeGroups)
Once a month serve your local church (Pastor Breakfast sets that up)
Once a quarter serve your community (Servant Saturdays)
Once a year go out on mission (evangelize locally and globally)
REMINDER:
A Disciple...
● Loves All People
● Discovers Identity in Jesus
- Deepens Relationship with Jesus
Community Builder:
What have I done this week to…
● Feed my soul?
● Feed others?
- Feed my flesh?
Scripture Study Tip:
Ask these three questions when reading…
1. What does it say?
2. What does it mean?
3. How do I apply it to my daily life?
Scripture: Philippians 3:12-21
Title: Press On
BIG IDEA: Sanctification is the transforming of our lowly bodies over time to be like Jesus.
READ Philippians 3:12-13
In Philippians 3:12-13, Paul says, "not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead….." What does Paul mean to “press on” and to “forget what lies behind”?
Why is the athletic language of running a race an appropriate comparison to our spiritual walk?
Pastor Nate shared four people in scripture who were marked by the “one thing” that defined their lives (Mary in Luke 10:38, the rich young ruler in Luke 18:18, David in Psalm 27:1-4, and the man born blind in John 9:24). He pointed out that over time our behavior reveals what or who we really love based on how we spend our time, talent, treasure, and temple (our body).
What in the lives of the people in these scriptures revealed the “one thing” that was most important to them?
Based on how you spend your time, talent, treasure, and temple, what would others say is the one thing that is most important to you?
READ Philippians 3:14-21
• Philippians 3:17 says, “Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.”
The people we choose to admire in this life says a lot about the direction we’re headed.
Who are you admiring, and why?
All of us have learned through imitation. Who are you imitating? Who is imitating you?
Challenge:
Memorize Philippians 3:12,
“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press
on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.”
All Church Challenge:
AT LEAST
Once a day be in God’s Word (Daily Scripture Guide)
Once a week be in Biblical Community (LifeGroups)
Once a month serve your local church (Pastor Breakfast sets that up)
Once a quarter serve your community (Servant Saturdays)
Once a year go out on mission (evangelize locally and globally)
10/4/26
All Church Challenge:
AT LEAST
Once a day be in God’s Word (Daily Scripture Guide)
Once a week be in Biblical Community (LifeGroups)
Once a month serve your local church (Pastor Breakfast sets that up)
Once a quarter serve your community (Servant Saturdays)
Once a year go out on mission (evangelize locally and globally)
REMINDER:
A Disciple...
● Loves All People
● Discovers Identity in Jesus
- Deepens Relationship with Jesus
Community Builder:
What have I done this week to…
● Feed my soul?
● Feed others?
- Feed my flesh?
Scripture Study Tip:
Ask these three questions when reading…
1. What does it say?
2. What does it mean?
3. How do I apply it to my daily life?
Scripture: Philippians 2:19-30
Title: Fear Not
BIG IDEA: Are you driven by Faith or Fear
READ Philippians 2:19-20
Paul had a plan for discipleship with Timothy and with the church.
Discipleship takes a plan. What’s your plan?
- Who’s discipling you?
- Who are you discipling?
- Share some examples of how you have been discipled and how you have discipled someone else.
In Philippians 2:20 Paul says of Timothy, “For I have no one else like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your (the Philippians) welfare.”
What are some practical ways we can show others that we sincerely care for them?
What can we do as a LifeGroup that will show others we truly care for them?
Timothy struggled with fear, anxiety, timidity and self-doubt. Paul encouraged him with this: “For God gave us not a spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
When are you driven by fear, when are you driven by faith?
How do you turn to Jesus when you are fearful?
It’s hard to lead a healthy life if you don’t believe that God loves you.
What allows you to believe that, or stops you from believing that?
What are you doing to stir your affections for Jesus so you feel His love and begin to understand how amazing His love for you is?
Challenge:
-Memorize 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
All Church Challenge:
AT LEAST
Once a day be in God’s Word (Daily Scripture Guide)
Once a week be in Biblical Community (LifeGroups)
Once a month serve your local church (Pastor Breakfast sets that up)
Once a quarter serve your community (Servant Saturdays)
Constant Reminder
Judas was a consumer not a worshiper… Mary was a worshiper.
Consumer: its all about me Worshiper: its all about Jesus
Consumer: rolls up and says I hope this church meets all my needs. A Worshiper pulls up and says I hope this church points me to THE ONE WHO HAS MET ALL MY NEEDS.
Consumer: comes in and says this music better be good. A worshiper says I hope the Worship Leader points me to THE GOOD GOOD FATHER.
A consumer says I want to be entertained by todays sermon… A worshiper says I want some Cross centered preaching that makes a difference.
A consumer says it better be fun for my kids. A worshiper says this better equip me to disciple my family.
A consumer says this better make me sit and feel comfortable… A worshiper says this better SEND ME OUT!
Six questions for gospel-centered discernment. Memorize and ask these six questions to discern and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in your life.
G - God's glory: Will this decision primarily be about my glory or God's glory?
O - Other Christians: What do other gospel-saturated, Christ-centered, wise friends say about this upcoming decision?
S - Scripture: Does the Bible command, permit, or prohibit this decision? What does inerrant, infallible Scripture say?
P - Prayer: Have you abided with, rested in, asked from, listened to and waited on God in this decision over time?
E - Evangelism: Will this decision give me the opportunity to share the gospel and invite people to faith in Jesus?
L - Lifestyle: Will this decision lead me to live a lifestyle of love marked by the Fruit of the Spirit and holiness?