Category: Like Jesus

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

Q: How is your purpose discovered according to this passage?

Proverbs 23:7a

“For as he thinks within himself, so he is.”

Q: Your mind is the most sophisticated computer ever built. Your brain is programmed by what it sees, hears, tastes, and touches, but mostly by what it thinks about. Successful people involved in sports, music, art, science or other endeavors think about goals, dreams, training and winning day and night.

If you think you are a loser, you will be a _________________________________________.

If you think about porn, you are _______________________________________________.

If you think you are angry and bitter, you become ____________ & _____________________.

If you think you deserve to always get what you want, you become ________________________.

If you think about God’s great calling on your life, you become __________________________.

If you think about His awesomeness, you become ___________________________________.

Proverbs 16:3

“Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established.”

Q: What is this passage saying to you about your purpose in life?

Psalm 1:2-3

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.”

Q: What is this passage saying to you about the paramount role of God’s Word in your pathway to success?

 

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Luke 19:10

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.”

Matthew 20:28

“…just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Q: What was Jesus’ purpose on earth? How do you compare your purpose to His?

 

Paul

Ephesians 2:10

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”

Q: What does this passage teach you about your purpose in life?

 

Peter

1 Peter 2:21-23

“For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously.”

Q: What is a true believer’s purpose according to this passage? When someone hurts you, how do you “follow in His steps?”

 

APPLICATION:

How do these passages relate to me today? What changes do they bring to my life?

LOCKER ROOM:

Is there anything this week that you have been enslaved to, and how we can help you?

 

Proverbs 4:4

“Then he taught me and said to me,

‘Let your heart hold fast my words;

Keep my commandments and live.’”

Q: What does God call us to do with His commandments? Why does this give us life?

Psalm 119:11

“Your word I have treasured in my heart,

That I may not sin against You.”

Q: According to this verse, what must we do in order to obey God? What does it mean to treasure God’s Word in our heart?

 

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Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.”

Q: Why is it so important to obey God, our Father in Heaven?

John 15:14

“ You are My friends if you do what I command you.”

Q: What are some areas of your life that you are not obeying God?

 

Paul

Romans 6:14

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”

Q: If you are not obeying God, what are you being mastered by? How does that make you feel?

 

Peter

1 Peter 1:14

“As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance…”

Q: What are former areas of your life that you have given over to God? What is one way in which you can obey God this week?

 

APPLICATION:

How do these passages relate to me today? What changes do they bring to my life?

LOCKER ROOM:

Is there anything this week that you have been enslaved to, and how we can help you?

 

“God loves you just the way you are, but He loves you too much to leave you like that.”

– Dr. Horace Wood

Proverbs 26:11, 28:13, 29:17, 25:4

“Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.”

“He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.”

“A man who hardens his neck after much reproof will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.”

“Take away the dross from the silver, and there comes out a vessel for the smith”

Q: Why is sin so addictive? How does complete repentance turn a sin into growth and sanctification (becoming more like Jesus)?

Psalms 119:103-104

“How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! For Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.”

Psalm 119:140

“Your word is very pure, therefore Your servant loves it.”

Q: John Wesley once said, “Give me 100 men who love God and nothing else, who hate sin and nothing else, and I will change the world.” How does the love of God’s Word translate into your personal purity through developing a hatred for sin?

Psalms 34:1-2

“I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in the Lord; the humble will hear it and rejoice.”

Q: What role does “having a heart that constantly praises God” play in making you more like Jesus?”

 

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John 17:17

“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.”

Q: How does the truth of God’s Word lead to your sanctification (Christ-likeness) today?

 

Paul

Philippians 1:6

“For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Q: What is the Holy Spirit’s role in developing your sanctification?

Galatians 2:20

“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”

Q: What does it mean to be “crucified with Christ?” How are you currently “dying to your flesh” in tangible ways?

 

Peter

1 Peter 2:21-23

“For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously.”

Q: If sanctification is growth to become more like Jesus, how does adversity produce sanctification?

 

APPLICATION:

How do these passages relate to me today? What changes do they bring to my life?

LOCKER ROOM:

Is there anything that has been holding you back from sanctification?