Find Your Story in God’s Story
Peace on Earth
How is God using you to bring peace on Earth?
Matthew 6:10 (NIV) “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Before a sick person becomes whole again, he or she needs help. Jesus described Himself as the Great Physician because He came to heal the sick. But when it comes to the hospital, it’s never just been the sick and the healers. There are also orderlies there to tend to the ill. The orderlies are whole and healthy people tasked by the doctors to faithfully serve and care for the sick until they’ve been healed.
This week we are learning about the Kingdom of God and peace on Earth. READ EPHESIANS 2:14-22
Share Your Story
How has God’s peace changed your status with others?
How do you find peace?
How has God’s peace changed your status with God?
Think for a moment about someone you know who lives a whole and abundant life, following Jesus. What is different about about his or her life? What would wholeness look like in your life?
What is the foundation for your community or group? What role does that community have in helping you become the person God created you to be?
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NorthlandChurch.net/TheKingdomPrayer Afterward have someone read the discussion questions in the “Hear God’s Story” section and start the conversation.
Hear God’s Story, and Create a New Story READ COLOSSIANS 3:12-17 Read the passages together, and then discuss the following questions.
The Kingdom Prayer
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What are some of the “dividing wall[s] of hostility” God has destroyed that were keeping you apart from others?
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When have you seen someone bring peace into a situation of conflict and brokenness? Did it help? READ ROMANS 10:11-15 Why are “the feet of those who bring good news” called “beautiful” (v. 15)? Whose job is it to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to our friends, family and neighbors? How can we share the gospel not just with our words but with our lives? What keeps us from being those agents of peace and love? How can your community or group help you overcome those obstacles?
Why do we need God’s peace (v. 15)? hat are some of the characteristics of Heaven that we’re free to experience W here on Earth (vv. 12-14)? How could these qualities lead to living more complete lives? Where could you use more peace in your life?
Looking for more questions and reflections so you can keep digging deeper? There’s even more to this week’s study available on Northland’s apps or at NorthlandChurch.net/Studies.
AUGUST 26-28, 2017
DIGGING DEEPER
Matthew 6:9-13
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