The Advocate

John_"The Advocate"_Andrew Thompson

John 14:15-17 NIV

15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 

1. Read (or listen to) John for about 15 minutes a day.

2. See what you notice about Jesus.

3. Talk with others about it.

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▢ I’m Already in a Reading Plan & Group

Sample Connection Group Questions.

1. What did you notice about Jesus in John this week?

2. What delighted you?

3. What surprised you?

4. What offended you?

5. What challenged you?

6. What conversations did you and God have this week?

The Word Is Our Weapon- Nick Edmonds

The Word Is Our Weapon_Nick Edmonds

John 8:1-11 NIV 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” Read (or listen to) John for about 15 minutes a day. 2. See what you notice about Jesus. 3. Talk with others about it. ▢ YES - Challenge Accepted ▢ NO Thanks ▢ I’m Already in a Reading Plan & Group Sample Connection Group Questions. 1. What did you notice about Jesus in John this week? 2. What delighted you? 3. What surprised you? 4. What offended you? 5. What challenged you? 6. What conversations did you and God have this week?

Why Jesus Came (Look to the Cross)

The Gospel of John: Why Jesus Came (Look To The Cross)

John 3:1-18 NIV

1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” 3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” 9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. 10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

The Gospel of John Challenge:

1. Read (or listen to) John for about 15 minutes a day.

2. See what you notice about Jesus.

3. Talk with others about it.

Sample Connection Group Questions.

1. What did you notice about Jesus in John this week?

2. What delighted you?

3. What surprised you?

4. What offended you?

5. What challenged you?

6. What conversations did you and God have this week?

Why Me (God's Glory)

Getting to know Jesus through the Book of John.

John 9:1-12

The John Challenge:
1. Read (or listen to) John for about 15 minutes a day.
2. See what you notice about Jesus.
3. Talk with others about it.

Sample Connection Group Questions.
1. What did you notice about Jesus in John this week?
2. What delighted you?
3. What surprised you?
4. What offended you?
5. What challenged you?
6. What conversations did you and God have this week?

Jesus, Loaves and Fishes

John-Jesus, Loaves and Fishes_Andrew Thompson

The Gospel of John Challenge:
1. Read (or listen to) John for about 15 minutes a day. 
2. See what you notice about Jesus.
3. Talk with others about it.

Group Sample Connection Group Questions. 
1. What did you notice about Jesus in John this week?
2. What delighted you?
3. What surprised you?
4. What offended you?
5. What challenged you?
6. What conversations did you and God have this week?

Jesus Knows Me This I Love

Jesus Knows Me This I Love_Andrew Thompson

John 1:43-50 NIV

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”  44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.  45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”  46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.“Come and see,” said Philip.  47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”  48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”  49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”  50 Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.”

Christian Parenting & The Internet - Aaron Floyd

Christian Parenting & The Internet_Aaron Floyd

Discussion Group - Thursday, January 16 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. 

The “Where is it written” and “How goes your walk” questions below will be discussed in small groups. A Connection Group on Christian Parenting with Aaron Floyd begins Thursday, January 23 at 6:30.

Where is it written?

Read Colossians 3:20-21 and Ephesians 6:1-4

What are children told to do for their parents?

What are parents told to do for their children?

How do the two ideas work together?

Read Ephesians 5:21

Who are Christians called to submit to? 

What does it mean to submit?

Why are Christians called to submit?

How might this idea apply to Christian parenting?

Read Matthew 22-37-40

How is being vulnerable part of being loving?

How goes your walk?

What challenges do you think our children face today that they did not face 20-30 years ago?

What is the best parenting advice you have ever heard?

How are you looking to pass your faith on to the next generation?

What challenges do you find in being vulnerable?

How does knowing Jesus help you be a better parent?