Anchor Bible Church: Recent Episodes
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Application questions: How do you typically respond to God's Word when you hear it? Are there any changes you need to make to become more receptive and retain it better? For fathers and spiritual leaders: How can you more effectively sow seeds of faith in your family? What steps can you take to lead by example in nurturing a receptive and fruitful heart? What are some distractions or "thorns" in your life that might be choking your spiritual growth? How can you address these distractions to prioritize your relationship with God? What practices can you implement to deepen your roots in faith, ensuring you stand firm during times of testing and trials? What evidence of spiritual fruit do you see in your life? How can you continue to cultivate and increase this fruitfulness? How can you support fellow believers in your church community who may be struggling with hard, shallow, or infested hearts? What practical steps can you take to encourage and uplift them? For parents: In what ways can you incorporate teaching moments and spiritual discussions into your daily life with your children to help them develop a good and fruitful heart? Are there areas in your life where you have been resistant to God's message? How can you open your heart to be more receptive to His guidance and correction? Take time this week to pray and reflect on the condition of your heart. Ask God to reveal any areas that need transformation and to help you cultivate a heart that is receptive and fruitful.
Application Questions Why is it important to affirm that unbelievers are totally unable to believe in Christ unless God imparts new life to them? What is the essence of “worldliness”? How do these three enemies, the world, the devil, and the flesh, assert themselves in the lives of believers? Some argue that believers no longer possess “an old nature,” and thus should not view themselves as sinners. Do you agree? Why must we hold firmly to the concept of God’s wrath? What do we lose if we minimize or deny it?
Application Questions 1. How can you determine God's will for your life? 2. How do you become a saint? 3. What about Ephesus reminds you of our present day? 4. What do you hope to gain from this study of Ephesians?