Sunday 14th December, 2008
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HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
HARKING:
- How does God speak to his people today? List out as many different that God can speak to you as you can. If you don’t find it easy to listen to God, what could you do differently?
- What is the real difference in hearing God’s voice and listening to God’s Voice? Read 1 Samuel 3:1-10. Do you pray with an attitude of “Speak Lord your servant listens” or “Listen Lord for your servant speaks?” How can you learn to listen more and speak less?
- Read Luke 1:11-12 & 26-29 and Matthew 1:20. How would you react if an angel appeared to you? Wouldn’t it be easier if God sent our own personal angel every time he wanted to talk to us? Why doesn’t he?
- Read Matthew 1:20 and Matthew 2:12-13. How would you be confident it was God speaking to you in a dream as opposed to your own thoughts? How would you confirm this?
- Although we may hear God’s voice what gets in the way of us listening? What steps can you take to make it easier to listen?
HERALDING:
- Matthew 28:18-20 refers to the “Great Commission”. When was the last time you had an opportunity to “make disciples”? What holds you back from actively passing on the good news of Jesus Christ and how might this change? What can you do to create more opportunities to talk about your faith?
- Read 1 Peter 3:15-16. What is the model of evangelism that Peter is promoting here and how ‘prepared’ are you? How easy would you find it to answer someone who asked you to give an account of why you believe? Spend a few minutes ‘preparing’ your answer now.
- Read 2 Timothy 1:11 and Matthew 25:35-45. With reference to the Whipton Proposal, what would you be prepared to do to help spread the good news?
- How well do you know your personal community (i.e. your neighbours, friends, family, work mates)? Ask God to reveal someone to you today and commit to praying for them from now on.
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Labels: Christmas Series
posted by Dave @ 21:21
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1 Comments:
I must say 'harking' and 'heralding' means a lot more to me now since Pete's talk last Sunday morning. Indeed the office of Herald is much clearer. Heralds were originally messengers sent by monarchs or noblemen to convey messages or proclamations. We too are messengers for the King of Kings. The Angels are God's messengers (Herald Angels). Of course the message can be given in many different ways and not just the spoken word. The way we live in front of others, our witness. What we do for others. This is an awesome responsibility that God should choose us as His messengers. We are commissioned as Heralds in the Army of God. But we have to harken first. When I was little my Mum would often use the word 'hark' and listen quietly. The other thing that came to me was that Jesus IS The Message.He's the King who commissions us to herald His Kingdom. I'll never think of the carol 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' in the same way ever again!
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