Faith Lutheran Church

The world makes us into a container, but Jesus makes us into a fountain (John 4) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What labels have defined your life? 2)In what ways have those labels been lifegiving? In what ways have they hindered your life? 3)How could you invite someone to see what Jesus is doing in your life?

The world thinks we've lost our mind, but Christ gives us his heart. (John 3:1-17; Romans 4) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What is your earliest memory? 2) When have people struggled to understand a change in your life? 3)How has following Jesus changed your life?

When we are afraid of the cross, Jesus shows us those who have crossed over. (Matt.17: 1-9; 2 Peter 1:16-19) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What part of following Jesus do you struggle with most? 2) Has God ever blessed you or someone you know with an encouraging vision of someone who has died and yet lives with Christ? 3) Who of previous generations inspires you to get up and not be afraid?

When we can't escapegrief, Jesus blesses it.(Matt. 5: 13-20; 1 Cor. 2: 1-12) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) When have you kept the letter of the law, but not its spirit? When have you kept the spirit of the law by violating its letter? 2) What is your goal when you play a sport or a game? What is your goal when you live out Gods commandments? 3) How can you use the places Jesus puts you this week to shine Gods light on others?

When we can't escapegrief, Jesus blesses it. (Matt. 5:1-12; 1 Cor. 1:18-3) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) Whether your grief is for personal reasons or societal reasons, in what ways do you try to avoid it? 2) When have you been blessed to cry? 3) What has your grief shown you to be sacred?

We pledge allegiance to a part, but Jesus pledges his life to make us whole.(1 Corinthians 1:10-18;Matthew 4:12-23) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) In what ways do you withdraw from the national conflict? In what ways do you engage it? 2) To what or to whom do you pledge your allegiance? Why? 3) How does your heritagehelp you to care for those who do not share it?

When we don't know what we are looking for, Jesus shows us. (John 1:29-42) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What have you recently encouraged someone to check out? 2) What are you looking for in life? 3) What have you found in Jesus?

Distraction destroys us; fear of the Lord frees us from distraction.(Matthew 3:13-17; Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What has been distracting you from what truly matters? 2) When has fear helped you focus on what truly matters? 3) When have you experienced God in something powerful? 4) When have you experienced God in something gentle?

We set someone else as the story of our story, but the star of Jesus shines for you. (Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) When have you judged yourself in light of someone else's opinion of you? 2) What is a change that you want to make for your own sake, not someone else's? 3) What gifts do you give to Jesus and what do those gifts say about who you are?

We are afraid of being replaced, so Jesus replaces the one of whom we are afraid.(Exodus. 1:8-16, Exodus 12:29-32, Jeremiah 31:15, Psalm 137:9, Matthew 2:16) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) When have you been afraid of being replaced? 2) When have you done to someone what they first did to you? 3) When have you seen God break a cycle of violence?

We think interruptions get in the way of life, but interruptions are how God gets into our lives. . (Isaiah 7:10-16; Matthew 1:18-25 As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What interruptions have frustrated you recently? 2) When has insisting on your plan made you miss out on something unexpected? 3) When has God showed up in an interruption this week?

When we have no way home, Jesus, the Way becomes our home.(Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 11:2-11) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) When have you felt lost spiritually? 2) If home is where the heart is, where is home for you? 3) When have you seen joy in unexpected places this week?

We don't think we can change, but Jesus changeshow we think. (Isaiah 11:1-10; Matthew 3:1-12) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What do you have trouble imaging could change in your life? 2) When has something that felt like destruction in your life turned out to be an opportunity for transformation? 3) When have you seen something that seemed impossible this week?

Anxiety robs us, so Jesus robs us of our anxiety.(Isaiah 2:1-5;Matthew 24:36-44) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) In what ways do you put energy into feeding your fears? 2) If you didnt have to put your energy into being protective, how would you want to be more productive? 3) Where have you seen God this week?

We want a king who conquers our enemies, but Christ the King conquers our enmity.(Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) From what do you want to be saved? 2) When has someone both made a commitment to you and been honest about their problem with you? 3)What does it mean for you to call Christ king?

We try to get through life to get to Jesus, but through life Jesus gets to us. (2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What are you waiting to get through? What are you putting on hold while you wait? 2) If you knew you had one year to live, what would you do? If you knew you had one hundred years to live, what would you do? 3) What of those things could you start toward this week?

We can't imagine beyond our life, but Jesus gives us life beyond imagining. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) In what ways do you triage your resources, your time, and your relationships? 2) What challenges do you have in believing you could have a life better than the one you have now? 3) What one thing could you do this week to live into the promise of a life without triage?

Monstrosities try to make us into monsters, but the Son of Man maintains our humanity. (Luke 6:20-31; Daniel 7:1-18) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) What suffering have you experienced that has shaped who you are? 2) Who has shown you how to hold onto your humanity? 3) This week, how can you reject doing to others as they have done to you, and instead do to them as you would have them to do you?

We set people above or below us; but Christ stands beside us. (Ephesians 2:8-10, Romans 3:23-25a) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) In what ways do you compare yourself to others? 2) What do you gain by such comparison? What do you lose? 3) When are you focused least on your self? 4) If there were no consequence for failure, what would you attempt?

We place our hope in the powerful, but Christ places power in the hopeful.(Luke 18:1-8; 2 Tim 3:14-17) As you listen to the sermon, here are some questions you can reflect on to deepen your spiritual connection with God: 1) When have you seen scripture used for purposes other than naming how we are to relate to others and trust in Christ? How does that square with what scripture says its use is? 2) When has learning the context of a comment or action changed your understanding of what happened? 3) When have you found hope in the persistence of seemingly insignificant people? 4) How can you give someone else hope for the reality of Gods justice now?