Weekly Reading for March 23 – 29
Preparing for Next Week’s Message
Sermon Series: Jesus Is ___Sermon Title: Jesus Is My Rest
This reading plan will get your heart and mind set for the next message on March 30, 2025:
- SUNDAY: Matthew 6,
- MONDAY: Psalm 23,
- TUESDAY: Proverbs 3,
- WEDNESDAY: Psalm 46,
- THURSDAY: Isaiah 40,
- FRIDAY: Hebrews 4,
- SATURDAY: Matthew 11,
Reflecting on the Most Recent Sermon
Sermon Series: I AmSermon Title: Loving and Just
Delivered On: March 23, 2025
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Memorize and Reflect
Isaiah 5:4 What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad?Prayer Direction
Thank God for His amazing and overwhelming love for you. Praise God that He is just and fair…always! Invite the Holy Spirit to grow you in both love and justice in all you do.“Live It!” Challenge
Love and Justice – This week, read John 8:2-11. Look at how Jesus balanced love and justice (Grace and truth). Ask God to show you if you tend toward being more love-oriented but less focused on Justice. Or if you are more justice-oriented and less focused on love. Then, pray that you will walk with the balance of both of these important attributes that Jesus models.Small Group Discussion
What happens if a parent always focuses on love with their kids but never addresses justice or discipline? What does this reveal about the parent, and how does this impact their child?
What happens if a parent always focuses on justice (discipline) with their kids but never addresses love or grace? What does this reveal about the parent, and how does this impact their child?
Read: Isaiah 5:1-7. What do you learn about God’s love, care, provision, and protection of His people? How does this make you feel?
When you read Isaiah 5, what do you learn about God’s justice, discipline, and correction of his people? How does that make you feel?
Read: John 8:2-11. How do you see the love of Jesus and the justice of Jesus connected together in this account?
How would this passage change if Jesus had not called her to “leave her life of sin”? How do justice and truth fulfill the call of love?
What are ways we can love people like Jesus did?
Why is forgiveness an essential part of love? How is love compromised if we refuse to forgive others?
When a Christian refuses to compromise on the Word of God (even when people accuse us of “not being nice” when we hold to biblical truth), how is this an ultimate act of love? Give an example.