Let's Talk About That Discuss these questions. (30 minutes)
1. What kinds of gospel gaps have you noticed in your life lately? How has any kind of ministry activity been more about focusing on rules and performance instead of grace? What might you be asking the Law to do that only grace can do in your life? 2. In what ways is the gospel an ongoing daily reality for you? Write down or share with someone a few examples from your life. 3. Can you give examples that represent how you would say your life and ministry flow from who you are in Christ? Take a moment to pause and reflect about how you might be living as a “gospel amnesiac” (ineffective and unfruitful). Now ask the Lord to help remind you about the truth of the gospel that has the power to combat ineffective and unfruitful ministry. 4. How does your identity in Christ help give you meaning and purpose? How does it give you power through the Holy Spirit who indwells you? Freedom from condemnation? In what ways are you living like you are poor instead of incredibly rich in the grace God has lavished upon you? 5. How is the gospel shaping not just what you believe, but how you live? In what ways are you applying gospel truths to your relationships? Your attitude in various situations? Both your big and small decisions? Your hopes and dreams for the future? How is the gospel forming how you treat people, how you parent your children, how you handle conflict, and how you make daily choices? 6. In what ways is the gospel giving you the tools you need to interpret the world in the right way? Can you think of specific examples? What does it practically look like for you to rest in God’s sovereignty? 7. How might your sin be shrinking down all of life to your own self-centered desires? Why isn’t your sin ever a small thing or something to be taken lightly? How have you seen God’s grace restore what sin has destroyed in your life? 8. How is the gospel transforming the way you view personal hardships? How is it giving you the ability to understand your purpose in life? How is it giving you the ability to interpret relationships, suffering, and success?
FOR PERSONAL APPLICATION These aspects of the study can be used in between group sessions on your own as part of your devotional and confessional life. Do Something During the week ahead, turn your learning into doing. 1. Take some time to examine how you’re living like you’re spiritually poor when you’ve been given infinite riches in Christ. Then pray and ask the Lord to help you live in the reality of his spiritual riches. Try to process the specifics of your day-to-day life and what it would look like to apply living
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GLOBAL GOSPEL LEADERS IN SPANISH
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