May 5, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- What are some ways the American church has struggled to live as the people of God? How do those struggles diminish the Church’s light to the people who don’t yet know Jesus?
- What needs to change in your mindset and behavior in order to view your dwelling place as a ministry assignment from God?
- How can biblical celebrations, and the joy they produce, help strengthen your faith? What practices could you adopt to become a person who celebrates God’s faithfulness well?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
April 28, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- Where does the American church need to be intentional about cultivating obedience? Where does our church need to be intentional? How about you personally?
- What tangible reminders do you have in your life that help you follow Jesus? Is there anything you are feeling prompted to add in response to this passage?
- Who are you leading/caring for? How will you know if your leadership is helping them thrive?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
April 14, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- Reflect for a moment honestly, what is your default view of who God is? What do you tend to think His character must be like? How does this chapter totally upend that understanding?!
- Why do we struggle with the idea of corporate repentance? How could corporate repentance be a help to our church?
- If you were to turn your own history into a prayer what would it sound like?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
March 17, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- What are your Scripture intake habits?
- Have you ever shown the awe and reverence for the Bible that this passage shows (weeping over sin, standing in awe, etc.)? If not, why might that be?
- How can we cultivate greater reverence for God’s Word?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
March 10, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PART 1:
- Where has God called you to work for His glory?
- What are your ministries?
- Where do you see brokenness that God is leading you to bring healing?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PART 2:
- What distractions keep you from doing the work God has called you to?
- What means of grace has God used to strengthen your hands for the work?
- What fears keep you from continuing the work God has called you to?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
March 3, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- What outcries of injustice exist in our society? What outcries might you struggle to hear because of your background or biases?
- Where has injustice within the church led to damaging our public witness?
- What tangible things is the Spirit calling you to do to work for justice in our world?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
February 18, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- What feels heavy in your life right now? How might that heaviness be understood as opposition against God’s mission for your life?
- Are you more tempted to rely on self and forget to pray or are you tempted to quit and forget to work? How does Nehemiah’s example of praying and working encourage you specifically?
- As you read verse 14, what do you feel most convicted of needing to fight for: Brothers/Sisters in Christ, your children and the next generation, your marriage, or your church? How does remembering God’s greatness and awesomeness fuel that fight?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
February 11, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- What section of the wall in our church has God called you to rebuild (where are you called to serve)? What section of the wall in society has God call you to rebuild (where are you showing God’s glory outside of church)?
- Which aspect of this passage stood out to you the most regarding your own service? What was encouraging, what was convicting?
- What next steps is God calling you to take personally in response to this passage?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
February 4, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- What does brokenness look like in our city? What burdens for healing has God put on your heart? How are you called to lead in those spheres?
- What is the world’s picture of a leader? How does this passage today contradict that picture?
- Which characteristic discussed today are you most convicted to grow in?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
January 28, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- When are you most aware of the fact that you are living in exile? How does this passage draw you closer to God?
- Which aspects of Nehemiah’s prayer (Vv. 5-11) did you resonate with the most? Why?
- What burdens (like Nehemiah’s concern for Jerusalem) has God put on your heart? How has He positioned you to be part of the answer to that prayer?
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Ezra-Nehemiah Series
