PREACHING AT RESERVOIR
Unrighteous Wealth
Jonathan Shradar preaches on Luke 16. The master of your heart won’t share.
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Reflection:
Why are money and possessions such a demanding master to us? How do we get free from their sway?
What are the indicators of following the wrong master?
What does a whole-hearted devotion to God produce in your life?
How can we better utilize what has been given to us for eternal significance?
Prodigal Community
Jonathan Shradar preaches on Luke 15. The Father’s love forms a family.
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Reflection:
In what ways to we reflect the Pharisee's response to who Jesus hangs with?
Why is it easier for us to accept grace but get dismayed when others receive it?
How do we play the older brother in our walk today?
Why does idolatry keep us from community?
How can we help each other receive and experience the love of the Father?
Kingdom for All
Jonathan Shradar preaches on Luke 14. The Kingdom is for those that can’t afford it.
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Reflection:
Why is humility so counter our culture and fleshly inclination? How can we pursue it more?
Why does Jesus open the Kingdom to the broken? Those despised by society? What does this mean for the church living like Jesus?
In what ways do we have trouble accepting the gift of this invitation into the Kingdom? How can we learn to enjoy his free gift and live from it?
What does compelling others to come into the Kingdom look like in our day?
Honest Hope
Jonathan Shradar preaches on Psalm 40. Honest hope gets us through.
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Reflection:
How does honesty about the difficulties of life serve us?
Why is the rescue we have in Jesus so significant that it can lift us when life is hard? How does it serve us when life is good?
How does the previous work of the Lord give us hope for the continued work of the Lord in our lives?
How essential is the assembly of believers? Was is your role when the church is gathered? Why is your presence necessary?
Why can a prayer of David be our own today?