Parables of Jesus— The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Lost Coin By Joyce Webb 2008 A parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. Jesus told stories so people could understand things about heaven. Parable of the Lost Sheep Matthew 18:11-14 Luke 15:3-7 Jesus told this story: A man had 100 sheep. One
Why Doesn’t God Answer My Prayers? God will always hear and answer the prayer of a sinner calling out to God to forgive their sins. Romans 10:13 “Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Also, Acts 2: 21 There are many verses that tell us that God will answer when
How Do We Know When God is Leading Us? How do we know when God is leading us? Maybe it is just our own idea? How do we know? First of all, the Christian walk is a walk by faith. It is rare that God speaks to someone in a voice they hear aloud in
Whom Do You Think Jesus Is? What Do You Believe About Jesus? Some religious groups say Jesus was just a good man. Some say he was just a teacher. Some would say he was a prophet (one who tells the future). Most of these groups would say that Jesus was not God and is not
Being Faithful to the End! Joyce Webb 2011 Being faithful is so important! A race is won by the end, not the beginning. Our Christian life must end successfully. It is not good enough to start being a Christian—you must end your life being a Christian. We have some examples in the Bible. Saul started
God Takes Care of His Children By Joyce Webb 2011 Eat, Drink, Clothes: “Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? Or What shall we drink? Or How will we have clothes? The Gentiles seek (look) for all these things. Your heavenly Father knows you have need of all these things. Seek (look) first the
Salvation Small Group Study by Joyce Webb 2011 Lesson 3 1. Do good works matter in our standing with God? Good works will not save us. Ephesians 2:8,9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: It is a gift of God: not of works lest any man
Salvation Small Group Study Lesson 2 by Joyce Webb 2011 Lesson 2 1. How does sin change our relationship with God? Sin put a death penalty over our head. Death would come to the body. Death would come to the soul/spirit. Sin breaks our relationship with God. Choosing our will over God’s will is disobedience
Salvation Small Group Study Lesson 1 by Joyce Webb 2011 Lesson 1 1. What is sin? How does it change our relationship with God? How does it change our relationship with others? Sin began with Lucifer. Lucifer was Satan’s name before he sinned. Lucifer was the highest angel in heaven. But he decided he wanted
Two Things We Must Do to Please God By Joyce Webb 2011 Trust and Obey. Simple things—–but hard to do. Trusting and obeying go together. If we obey God, we trust Him. If we trust Him, we obey Him. You can not obey without trusting, and you can not trust Him and not obey. Some