Stand Firm

David McCaman [Riverdale Campus Pastor]

Philippians 4:1, 3:17–21; 1 Corinthians 1:18

My House Worship Guide | Week of November 24, 2019

Day 1 

Read: Colossians 3:1-11

Pray: 

• Thank God that thinking about Him helps our minds to be pure and honorable.

• Thank God that He saved us from the old way of living.

• Ask God for the grace you need to put on the new self daily.

Sing: Overcome - My House Worship Sessions 

Day 2 

Read: Colossians 3:12-17

Pray: 

• Thank God that He gives us what we need to live faithfully for Him.

• Ask God for His peace to rule in your heart.

• Ask God to help you do everything for Him, giving thanks to Him.

Sing: Overcome - My House Worship Sessions 

Day 3 

Read: Psalm 136

Pray:

• Thank God for His steadfast love.

• Thank God for how He saves His people.

• Thank God for never changing and never failing.

Sing: Overcome - My House Worship Sessions

Week of November 24, 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. What are you most passionate about?

2. Where in your life do you have enough conviction to take a stand?

3. Why do you think causes people to cave in from their convictions?   

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 Phillipians 1:27

1. What does it mean for our lives to be “worthy of the gospel”?

2. How important is it to be united around the gospel if we are to stand firm?  Why do you think that is?

Application:

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

1. When you look at the Godly people around you, what do you see in them that you want to imitate more in your own life?

2. How can you better keep the cross and the gospel as more of a focus in different areas of your life?

3. What is one area in your life where you are struggling not to stand firm for the truth?  How might Jesus and other believers in our life help us to stand firm in difficult circumstances?