This document contains the opening meditation, prayer, and scripture reading for a Community United Church of Christ morning Bible study on May 25, 2014. The scripture passage from John 14:15-21 discusses Jesus promising the disciples that he will send the Holy Spirit to be with them and comfort them, and that he will reveal himself to those who love and obey him. The focus questions then prompt discussion on how the disciples felt anxious without Jesus, experiences of the Holy Spirit, relating faith to love, what an extraordinary life looks like, and times the church has shown great love.
This document contains the opening meditation, prayer, and scripture reading for a Community United Church of Christ morning Bible study on May 25, 2014. The scripture passage from John 14:15-21 discusses Jesus promising the disciples that he will send the Holy Spirit to be with them and comfort them, and that he will reveal himself to those who love and obey him. The focus questions then prompt discussion on how the disciples felt anxious without Jesus, experiences of the Holy Spirit, relating faith to love, what an extraordinary life looks like, and times the church has shown great love.
This document contains the opening meditation, prayer, and scripture reading for a Community United Church of Christ morning Bible study on May 25, 2014. The scripture passage from John 14:15-21 discusses Jesus promising the disciples that he will send the Holy Spirit to be with them and comfort them, and that he will reveal himself to those who love and obey him. The focus questions then prompt discussion on how the disciples felt anxious without Jesus, experiences of the Holy Spirit, relating faith to love, what an extraordinary life looks like, and times the church has shown great love.
This document contains the opening meditation, prayer, and scripture reading for a Community United Church of Christ morning Bible study on May 25, 2014. The scripture passage from John 14:15-21 discusses Jesus promising the disciples that he will send the Holy Spirit to be with them and comfort them, and that he will reveal himself to those who love and obey him. The focus questions then prompt discussion on how the disciples felt anxious without Jesus, experiences of the Holy Spirit, relating faith to love, what an extraordinary life looks like, and times the church has shown great love.
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COMMUNITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
MORNING BIBLE STUDY INSPIRATION May 25, 2014 Witness of Love/Never Abandoned
Opening Meditation:
Opening Prayer: Dear God, I focus on the very best that can happen for my life through Your help. Show me what I need to do this day. Give me the strength physically, mentally, and emotionally. Help me to meet every aspect of my life successfully.
I ask, dear God, that You will inspire me with creating and dynamic ideas. I ask that You will help me permanently cast out doubt and fear. I place my trust in You. Be my guide so that I can meet my life with joy and confidence.
In Jesus Christ's name, Amen Scripture Text: John 14:15-21 14:15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.
14:17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.
14:18 "I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.
14:19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.
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14:20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
14:21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them."
Focus Questions
1. Why do you think the disciples were anxious and distresed?
2. How have you experienced the Holy Spirit at work in your life?
3. How are personal faith and public love related?
4. What do you think an extraordinary life looks like?
5. When has your church been "a giant heart of a place"?