Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches to end our study of Isaiah with chapter 66. The way to life is surrender to Christ.
Sermon notes.
Small group questions:
Why do we have a hard time recognizing the bigness of God? How do we respond when we do?
Why is humility out of vogue? Why is it a better way of living?
How does Christ's humility make ours a reality?
What does telling others about Christ look like in our day?
Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on Isaiah 65. Through the light of Christ, God seeks, saves, and brings us home.
Sermon notes.
Small group questions:
Why is there so much disregard for God? Why are we so quick to run after other things than his way and his presence?
Why is it so hard for us to talk about judgment (hell)? Is there any comfort to be found in the reality of this coming justice?
How do we know we are saved from this judgment? How do we stay in God's good graces?
How does this vision of "home" carry us through life now, both dark and light moments?
Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on Isaiah 63:15-64:12. Revival prayer is the humble crying out in hunger for more of God.
Sermon notes.
Small group questions:
What are some of the characteristics of those we think to be "mighty prayer warriors?"
What are the things that stoke our prayerfulness and how does the grace of Christ motivate more prayer in us?
What are some key ways we can be reminded of God's historical moves?
What would God's felt presence be like in our day?
How can we grow our hunger for revival?
Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on Isaiah 61:1-62:7. The finished work of Jesus makes his church into a relentless force for revival.
Sermon notes.
Small group questions:
Why would Jesus, as described in Isaiah 61, be offensive to anyone?
How is it that all that he says of his people is applied to us as believers? How does this increase our faith in him?
What does it mean for the church, each of us as individuals and a collective family, to be agents of renewal and restoration? Where are our “broken cities?”
How does the relentlessness of Jesus inspire our own redefined lives and passions?
What will it mean and look like for us to persist relentlessly for revival as described in Isaiah 62:7?