PRAYER
Today’s Message:
James 2:14-26 A LIVING FAITH
Remember to pray this week:
- for our missionaries:
The Eadie Family serving with Mission Aviation Fellowship
in Indonesia are now in Canada for a short break
while Ben takes a course. They head back to
Kalimantan this week.
Owen & Beth Brown serving with International Student
Ministries
Joel & Stephanie Baerg serving with Asia-Connect
in China
Morgan Fournier serving with Inter-Varsity Christian
Fellowship in Montreal
Randy McDonald serving with Ness Lake Bible Camp
Sarah Darragh with YWAM in Ireland
Carson Stauffer in the Philippines
Faith without works is ________
Dead things don’t ________
Living things _____ respond
THIS WEEK:
- for Jamie Young, Juliana B., Sol G. and Sarah H. who are going to
Honduras from Mar 15-25 to serve with Jericho Ministriies in tutoring
and planting.
- for Wendy Graham who is going to serve in Honduras on Mar 16-28
- for our long term planning committee as they meet this week to work
on our new building property and plans
Evidence of a living faith:
1. responds to needs with _______ ________
2. responds to God’s Word with __________
__________
3. responds to God with _______ ____________
1. Have you ever seen a possum?
Have you ever eaten a possum?
Have you ever played possum?
Take a minute and see who can play possum the most convincingly.
-vote on the winner and give the winner a prize!!
What I really _______ is revealed in what I Really _____
DIVING IN QUESTIONS:
1. Take a few minutes to go through the message outline from
Sunday and fill in the blanks.
How living is your faith?
2. What spoke to you from the message on Sunday?
3. What questions did it raise in your mind?
IN RESPONSE I WILL…
Home Group Discussion Questions:
WARMING UP QUESTIONS:
1. Warm up by pairing up with the person beside you and recite the
books of the New Testament. Then, the first 5 books of the Old
Testament.
4. Over the years people have been confused by the relationship
between faith and deeds. Why do you think that might be?
5. How do the following scriptures link faith and deeds:
Ephesians 2:8-10
1 Corinthians 13:3
2 Peter 1:5-8
John 14:21
6. Look up the examples of faith in action in James 2: Abraham and
Rahab.
Abraham: Genesis 22:1-18
Rahab: Joshua 2:1-21,
What stands out to you about the quality of their faith?
5. Why do you think James was so strong in his assertion and
arguments that “faith without works is dead”?
6. What do you think of the statement: “ What we really believe is
revealed in what we really do” .
APPLICATION QUESTIONS:
1. Are there areas of your life where you are ‘playing possum’ with
your faith?
2. What do you need to do for your faith to alive or to be more alive?