The Vineyard- June 9, 2013

The Vineyard

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5

Acts 7:1-8:3

Pray for God to speak to you through the reading of his word. 

Read the passage.

-          Believing God is present

o   What people in your life has God used to reveal to you his presence?

o   What unlikely places, or during what unlikely times, have you felt God’s presence?

-          Understanding God is transcendent

o   What are some ways that you have tried to limit God before?

o   What does it mean that Jesus Christ, God’s Son in human flesh, sits at the right hand of God?

-          Making God our focus

o   How do you ensure that God remains your focus, even when the world is focused on other things?

o   Do you focus on the life of Christ, so as to learn from his life how we should treat others, even our enemies?

Pray that we as individuals and as a church may discover the ways that God reveals himself to us in the ways he uses those around us. 

Pray that we will find hope and comfort in the fact that though God is present with us in this world, he also occupies a place far above it. 

Pray that we will increasingly make God our focus, and that we will commit ourselves to living as Jesus Christ lived.