Week 3 | Your Kingdom Come

Aaron Gray | August 16, 2015

Discussion Questions

What is the kingdom of God? How are we participants in his kingdom today?
What is “God’s will?” Explore the different senses of the term.
What are some of the challenges of knowing God’s will and how can we address them?
How can we grow in obedience to God’s will? How can we help one another?
Read 1 Peter 2:9-12. How does Peter encourage us to live now that we’re part of God’s kingdom?

Prayer Points

Pray for people and situations that are broken and ask for God’s kingdom to come. Be others-centered. (Note: please exercise discretion in sharing personal details about others. Give no place to gossip.)
Pray that Sound City Bible Church would follow Jesus as he builds and spreads his Kingdom.
Pray we those who are captured in the kingdom of darkness would come to know Jesus and his Kingdom.

Heidelberg Catechism

Q123. Which is the second petition?
“Thy kingdom come”; that is, rule us so by thy word and Spirit, that we may submit ourselves more and more to thee; preserve and increase thy church; destroy the works of the devil, and all violence which would exalt itself against thee; and also all wicked counsels devised against thy holy word; till the full perfection of thy kingdom take place, wherein thou shalt be all in all.
Q124. Which is the third petition?
A. “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”; that is, grant that we and all men may renounce our own will, and without murmuring obey thy will, which is only good; that everyone may attend to, and perform the duties of his station and calling, as willingly and faithfully as the angels do in heaven.

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