AS YOU MEET WITH EACH OTHER THIS WEEK, CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS:
This week Chris McCooeye spoke about Abraham living a life on the move as he looked forward to the reward God had promised him.
1. What do you think about this idea that the Christian life is one that is focused on promised rewards? How does this effect our view of living a sacrificial life?
2. In what ways does this play out in the life of the Christian? Have you ever experienced something like this before, where, like Abraham, God called you to leave or sacrifice something for a greater reward?
3. One of the rewards that Abraham was waiting for was humanly speaking, impossible. The things that God wants from us (good works that flow from a heart of love) are also impossible for sinners to do with human effort. How is the story of Abraham and Sarah having a child in their old age an encouragement to us who struggle with sin?
4. Consider Matthew 13:44. How does this short parable speak to this topic?