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12 Habits for Holiness - Week 10

Joe Gordon [Discipleship Pastor]

Ephesians 5 & 6


 

Habits for Our Holiness

by Philip Nation


Week of July 21, 2019 My House Worship Guide

Day 1 

Read: Psalm 51:1-12

Pray: 

  • Thank God that He is higher than we are and that we are subject to His rule.

  • Ask the Lord to help you be honest before Him, in full submission to Him.

  • Ask God to help you relinquish authority over your life.

Sing: I Belong to Jesus - My House Worship Sessions 

Day 2 

Read: Ephesians 5:17-21

Pray: 

  • Thank God that He loves us, even we are foolish.

  • Thank God for His call to serve one another in the body.

  • Ask God to help you encourage and support other believers by submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Sing: I Belong to Jesus - My House Worship Sessions 

Day 3 

Read: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Pray:

  • Thank God for using Paul to demonstrate surrendering our rights for the sake of the Gospel.

  • Ask God to help you to willingly surrender your own desires for the sake of others knowing Jesus.

  • Ask God to help you do everything for the purpose of making Christ known.

Sing: I Belong to Jesus - My House Worship Sessions


Week of July 21, 2019 Discussion Questions

Get to know me:

Instructions: The purpose of these questions is to generate responses that are self-revealing and informative. Feel free to ask all of these questions to your group or simply choose the one that best fits your group.

  1. How long have you been attending LifePoint? And, what was the one main factor that impacts whether or not you keep attending?

  2. How long has it been since you shared with someone who may not attend LP how important LifePoint is to you and/or your family?

  3. Name one person who you could invite to next week's services and as a group pray over these names.

Into the Bible:

Instructions: The purpose of these questions is to draw group members into the Bible to discover truth from passages that were not the primary text for the weekend message.

Read Romans 8:14

  1. How does being sons of God impact our ability to live lives that are holy?

  2. Name one topic from this 12 Habits of Holiness series that you have the most success with and why.

  3. Name another topic from this 12 Habits of Holiness series that is the most difficult for you and why.

Application:

Instructions: The purpose of these questions is to apply the main points from the weekend message.

  1. “Submission” is sadly used as a means to abuse or oppress or exploit. How does the Bible uses the word submission? 

  2. Who’s the “one another” referenced in Ephesians 5:21?

  3. What does the Bible say about the relationship between a husband and wife related to Christ and the church in Ephesians 5:22-25?