For Sunday, June 21, 2009

Reading Selections and Questions for Sunday, June 21, 2009.

1) Galatians 3:26-4:7
How does a person become a child of God? What makes us all one in Christ? What does it mean to be an heir of God, a co-heir with Christ? Are you living your Christian life like a slave or like a child of God?
Reflect on the blessings of the relationship with God available to us through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. What a blessing to call Him “Daddy!”

2) Galatians 4:8-20
What was Paul’s concern for the Galatian Christians? Were they living like their new selves in Christ or like their old selves? Paul pointed out that they were allowing false teachers to interfere in their relationships with God. What did he point out about these false teachers’ motives? About the consequences of following their teachings?

3) Galatians 4:8-20
How would you characterize the mentoring role Paul was taking with them in this passage? What words did he use to describe his relationship with them and feelings for them? How did he encourage them to choose the truth of the gospel of grace?
2 Peter 1:5-11
Is your life characterized by spiritual growth? In which of these qualities are you still lacking? To whom can you serve as a spiritual mentor? How could you turn this verse into a prayer for spiritual growth for yourself and others?

4) Galatians 4:8-20
What was distracting the Galatian believers in their relationships with God? How could they protect their spiritual lives from these distractions?
Is your life characterized by the positive or negative aspects of zealousness?
Ephesians 2:11:18
Use this passage to mediate on what God has brought you from and where God has brought you to. Use it to praise God for Christ’s amazing work in making our way to God. Is He your peace today?