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A family studying the Bible together.You probably already know that over the next ten weeks you’re going to be learning about the Spirit’s Fruit every Sunday.  However, we understand that the most important thing a family can do is to take faith home. We want to help you do just that.

Every week we will be providing family devotional guides to help you learn about the Spirit’s fruit together.  Each guide will focus on a passage of Scripture and will include discussion questions to help you get more out of your reading.  You can either think through the discussion questions on your own, or even better, work through the discussion together with those with whom you live.

The devotional guides will move in advance of the teaching series, which means you when you come to worship on Sunday and Wednesday night, you will have already spent a week thinking about the very passages your pastors will be teaching on.  What’s more, your children will get more out of the teaching because they will already be familiar with the stories and Scriptures being taught.

Hard copies of the guides will be available at the church each week, or you can find each day’s devotional guide here at homesaversonline.us.

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Gentleness, Day Two: Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Read Matthew 12:1-21

  • What did Jesus’ disciples do to draw the ire of the Pharisees?
  • What precedents did Jesus cite to defend the disciples actions?
  • What words did Jesus say the Pharisees failed to understand?
  • What happened when Jesus reached the synagogue?
  • What precedent did Jesus cite to justify healing on the Sabbath?
  • When Jesus left the synagogue, what did he do?
  • How did this fulfill the prophecy Matthew cites from Isaiah?

Gentleness, Day One: Monday, February 21, 2011

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Read Matthew 21:1-11

  • What did Jesus ask two of his disciples to do as he approached Jerusalem?
  • Why does Matthew say this happened?
  • How does Isaiah describe the coming King of Zion?
  • When the disciples brought the donkeys to Jesus, what did they do next?
  • What was the reaction of Jerusalem to this display?
  • Who did the crowds say that Jesus was?
  • In a world accustomed to victory processions featuring victorious generals mounted on battle steeds leading first their troops and then their bound prisoners into their home capital, what would this image, of a teacher on a donkey with only his palm-bearing disciples have communicated to those who saw it?

Faithfulness, Day Five: Friday, February 18, 2011

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Read 1 Corinthians 4:1-13

  • How does Paul say he should be regarded by the Corinthians?
  • What is required of everyone who has been given a trust?
  • How does Paul’s disregard for the judgment of humans help him to be faithful?
  • How does his regard for God’s judgment help him be faithful?
  • In verses 6-7, what does Paul warn will happen if our first loyalty is to people rather than toward God?
  • According to the last paragraph, how was Paul’s faithfulness rewarded?
  • It’s easy to be faithful when everything is good, but can you be faithful when things are hard? Or are you quick to make excuses?

You can download the full week’s devotional guide here.

Faithfulness, Day Four: Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Read Hebrews 3:1-14

  • How was Jesus like Moses?
  • How was he different from Moses?
  • How was Moses faithful?
  • How was Jesus faithful?
  • How were the Israelites unfaithful? What were the consequences of their unfaithfulness?
  • According to verse 13, how can we contribute to the faithfulness of others?
  • What kind of faithfulness is necessary if we hope to share in Christ?

You can download the full week’s devotional guide here.

Faithfulness, Day Three: Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Read John 5:31-47

  • What reliable testimony does Jesus offer?
  • How does Jesus describe John?
  • What testimony did Jesus have that was even more reliable than John’s testimony?
  • How is our faithfulness to do that which has been entrusted to us a testimony that reveals our true character?
  • How did the Pharisees demonstrate faithfulness to religion but unfaithfulness to God?
  • Are you being faithful to God, or to religion?

You can download the full week’s devotional guide here.

Faithfulness, Day Two: Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Read John 5:16-30

  • Why did Jesus’ actions offend the religious authorities?
  • How did his reply to their offense only serve to offend them further?
  • How did Jesus explain his actions to the Pharisees?
  • What will the Father do because he loves the Son according to Jesus?
  • What responsibilities and authority does Jesus say the Father has entrusted him with?
  • What does Jesus say about the person who hears his word and believes the one who sent him?
  • Why does Jesus say we can rely on his judgment as just?
  • To what were the Pharisees trying to be faithful in this passage?
  • To what was Jesus being faithful?

You can download the full week’s devotional guide here.

Faithfulness, Day One: Monday, February 14, 2011

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Read John 5:1-14

  • Why did Jesus go up to Jerusalem? How is that in itself and example of faithfulness?
  • Why was there a crowd around the pool of Bethesda?
  • Obviously, the paralyzed man had been trying (and failing) to be healed for some time. Why do you think he hadn’t given up on what obviously wasn’t working yet?
  • When Jesus asked if he wanted to be healed, he made excuses for his condition. Are you allowing Christ to heal you, or are your making excuses for yourself?
  • What did Jesus tell the paralyzed man when he found him later at the temple? How did he respond?

You can download the full week’s devotional guide here.

Goodness, Day Five: Friday, February 11, 2011

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Read John 10:1-21

  • What does the shepherd do that the thief does not?
  • In what ways is Jesus our gate?
  • What sets the good shepherd apart from the hired hand?
  • When you are serving others, do you approach your role as a shepherd, or as a hired hand?
  • Why do you think that Jesus felt he had to clarify that he had other sheep “not of this sheep pen”?
  • In what ways does the tendency to divide the world up into us and them show up in the way we view the needs of others?
  • How does Jesus teaching about the other sheep challenge that tendency in us?
  • How was public opinion about Jesus divided by this teaching?

Goodness, Day Four: Thursday, February 10, 2011

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Read Matthew 25:31-46

  • What was the standard of goodness for which the sheep were rewarded?
  • Why do you think both the sheep and the goats had a hard time recognizing that the best way to serve Jesus is to serve others?
  • Do you think that mental disconnect could be part of the reason Jesus stressed the commandments he did yesterday?
  • Don’t rush to answer this one. Think it through. Who are the least of these in our community?
  • What can you do to serve them?

Goodness, Day Three: Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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For He Had Great Posessions by George Frederic WattsRead Matthew 19:16-30

  • What question brought up this teaching? Why do you think he asked?
  • How does Jesus definition of good challenge the common standard of goodness?
  • When answering the question about which commands must be observed, Jesus focused on the ones that deal with how we treat each other, rather than how we treat God. Why do you suppose that is?
  • What three things did Jesus say the young ruler needed to do to be perfect?
  • Do you think that was merely a metaphor, or was Jesus really serious about that? What would he say to you?
  • How did Peter react to Jesus’ instructions to the rich young ruler? Do you see a little Peter in yourself?
  • Why do you think Jesus started verse 30 with the conjunction “But?”
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