Benjamin Murphy
Small Group Questions
Benjamin Murphy
Sermon Series Highlights
Sermon Series Highlights

Children

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Committed to My Children

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Guest Speaker - Pastor Jeremiah Canfield, HBC Pittsburgh East

  1. Identify the WAY

  2. Maximize the Training

    3. Two ways to train: Discipling and DDisciplining


    Discipling 101: How?

    • Intentionally
    • Spontaneously
    • Exemplary
    • Consistently
    • Creatively

    Discipling 201: What?

    • Money
    • Purity
    • Friends
    • Working Hard
    • Honesty

    Fear of the Lord

    Disciplining 101: Why?

    • It shows your love
    • It pictures Christ

    Disciplining 201: How?

    • Confrontation
    • Reflection
    • Confession
    • Verbal Correction
    • Scripture Confirmation
    • Physical Correction
    • Restoration
    • Care
    • Repentance

  3. Persevere the to End

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Small Group Questions ­(Whole Group):
Read Proverbs 22:6

  1. Parents: How has actually having kids changed your previously held ideas about parenting and discipline? How has the Bible changed your ideas about parenting / discipline?
     
  2. What have you learned about parenting from your parents (positive OR negative lessons)? How do you see these ideas in light of God’s Word?
     
  3. How do you and your spouse share the responsibilities for discipline? If you disagree in any particular belief(s) of discipline, how do you resolve it?

Breakout Questions:

  1. What is the greatest struggle you face as a parent? What does the Bible say on that subject? (Be open for advice / encouragement.)
     
  2. Pray for one another.

I Need to Step Up as a Parent

Why I Need To Step Up (Proverbs 22:6)

  1. Because I love my Child (Proverbs 13:24)

  2. Because I love my Neighbor (Proverbs 17:12)

  3. Because I love my Home (Proverbs 29:17)

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Sermon Audio: (no recording)

Small Group Questions ­(Whole Group):
Review Proverbs 22:6

  1. Parents: How has actually having kids changed your previously held ideas about parenting and discipline? How has the Bible changed your ideas about parenting / discipline?
     
  2. What have you learned about parenting from your parents (positive OR negative lessons)? How do you see these ideas in light of God’s Word?
     
  3. How do you and your spouse share the responsibilities for discipline? If you disagree in any particular belief(s) of discipline, how do you resolve it?

Breakout Questions:

  1. What is the greatest struggle you face as a parent? What does the Bible say on that subject? (Be open for advice / encouragement.)
     
  2. Pray for one another.

First in My Home

A Word for Each Role in the Family:

  1. The Word for Wives: Submit (Col 3:18)

    2. Why? - It is Fitting in the Lord


  2. The Word for Husbands: Love (Col 3:19)

    3. Why? - Men can be Harsh


  3. The Word for Children: Obey (Col 3:20)

    4. Why? - It Pleases the Lord


  4. The Word for Parents: Do Not Provoke (Col 3:21)

    5. Why? - Your children will Lose Heart


5 Ways Parents Provoke their Children:

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Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read Colossians 3:18-21

Breakout Questions:
Pray for one another.