This upcoming Sunday (1/29) we will be finishing our study of fear during Adult Sunday School and we will be in Nehemiah 5 during the service.  

HERE ARE 3 WAYS TO PREPARE:

1. FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL - please read Luke 12:1-12 and then think about the following questions:  

• What are the major differences between the fear of man and the fear of God? 
• Where are you letting the fear of man override your fear of God? 
• Why is God’s knowledge so frightening and so comforting?
• What does verse 10 mean? 
• How do verses 11-12 and 1 Peter 3:15 work together? 
• What are the signs that a person is living in the fear of man instead of the fear of God? 

2. FOR THE SERMON - read, study, and pray over Nehemiah 5. As you do, think about the following questions:

• Spiritual turmoil are initiated by those outside, and inside the people of God.  Until we are with Christ, we will sin against one another.  What sin crept into the people of God in Nehemiah 5? 
• Was Nehemiah’s response justified and helpful? 
• What sins have crept into the church today? 
• How do we need to deal with it?

3. PRAY. Pray for these things individually and/or with your families.

1. Pray for joy.  That God would speak to us through His Word and fill us with so much joy in Him that it's palpable.    
2. Pray for salvation to abound.   That the gospel would be heard, believed, shared, and enjoyed by all.  
3. Keep praying that we would be a hospitable church.   Pray that you (and the whole church) would love others by greeting them, praying for them, and seeking to serve them.  Pray that God would open our hearts and eyes to out of our way in small and big ways to love one another.