Session 4 – Praying to Our Loving Father (Part 3): Surrendering and Seeking (Matthew 6:10-11)

Session 4 – Small Group Study Guide Praying to Our Loving Father (Part 3): Surrendering and Seeking | Matthew 6:10-11 Study Guide All study guides will be on a Google Docs instead of a separately attached Word doc or PDF. With that being said, this guide is “view-only” to keep one clean master copy. If […]
Sunday Fuel: Oct. 4, 2026

Welcome to Sunday Fuel! This series of questions is designed to assist your personal reflection and fellowship with others about the sermon from this past Sunday. Go to This Sunday’s Sermon 1. What concern, burden, or frustration is on your mind right now? What would you like God to do for you? As you consider […]
Praying to Our Loving Father (Part 3): Surrendering and Seeking (Matthew 6.10-11)

When we surrender humbly, we will be encouraged to seek faithfully.
I. Surrender to our loving Father’s purpose and plan
A. Surrender to his purposes.
B. Surrender to his plans.
II. Seeking our loving Father’s provision
A. Our seeking goes from pursuing something to pursuing someone.
B. Our seeking goes from doubting God’s faithfulness to resting in it.
C. Our seeking goes from worry about tomorrow to hope for today.
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Jesus Is the Christ | John 1:35-42

Come, follow Jesus the Christ, God’s chosen Savior.
I. What are you seeking?
II. Come to Jesus Christ
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The Design: Limited Atonement (John 10:11-18)

Christ didn’t die to make your salvation possible. He died to make it certain.
I. The Theological Issue
II. The Biblical Case
III. The Hard Texts
IV. The Christian Response
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Sunday Fuel: Sept. 27, 2026

Welcome to Sunday Fuel! This series of questions is designed to assist your personal reflection and fellowship with others about the sermon from this past Sunday. Go to This Sunday’s Sermon Prayer characterizes a true child of God, so this Sunday Fuel, we will pray! We will review the prayer points Pastor Rich mentioned at […]
The Doctrine of Salvation (Part 2): Justification, Sanctification & Security (1 Peter 3:18)

Christ has fully paid your debt through his substitutionary death and perfect life, and the same God who saved you keeps you secure in that salvation forever.
I. Justification
A. Christ’s substitutionary and atoning death
B. Christ’s perfect life
C. Justified through faith
II. Sanctification
A. Positional sanctification
B. Progressive sanctification
III. Security
A. Preservation
B. Perseverance
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Praying to Our Loving Father (Part 2) – Deepening Dependence (Matthew 6:9)
God’s children pray to our Father in heaven whose name is like no other.
I. God’s children pray
II. To our Father in heaven
III. Whose name is like no other
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The Gospel & Self-Righteousness (Luke 15:11-32)

Self-righteousness quietly trusts in our own goodness instead of Christ’s, and only the gospel can dismantle it.
I. The DNA of Self-Righteousness: “What Is It?”
a. Self-righteousness is trusting in my goodness rather than Christ’s righteousness.
b. “My goodness makes me better than you.”
c. The older brother (Luke 15:25-30)
II. The Development of Self-Righteousness: “How Does It Grow?”
Seven ways to cultivate self-righteousness in your life and in your kids:
7. Equate godliness with knowledge
6. Focus on impressing others, not loving God
5. Minimize your sins (they’re more like mistakes)
4. Compare yourself only to people who are worse than you (and never to God’s holiness)
3. Talk about how good confession is, but don’t actually confess your sins (blame others instead)
2. Take all the credit for the good things in your life
1. See Jesus not as your Savior and Lord but as an accessory to enhance your life
III. The Dismantling of Self-Righteousness: “How Do I Fight It?”
a. Self-righteousness inflates self, exalts self, and points to self. The gospel deflates self, humbles self, and points to Jesus.
b. The life-transforming message of the gospel (Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:4-5; Luke 19:10)
c. Applying gospel truths in our classrooms and homes: What do we celebrate? How do we respond to failures, both ours and others’? What kind of relationship do we have with the Father?
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The Foolish Wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5)

God works through what the world considers foolish and weak to display his wisdom and power.
I. The Message God Chose: Christ Crucified (1:18-25)
II. The People God Chose: Weak According to the World (1:26-31)
III. The Method Paul Chose: Weakness and Dependence (2:1-5)
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