11-15-2009 - Jonathan Alexander

Small Group Questions - Philippians 3:12-21

1. Describe a time when an upcoming event or task shaped the way you acted or lived in the days, weeks or months prior. (i.e. running a marathon caused months of preparing and training prior to finishing the race on race day).

Read Philippians 3:12-16
2. How does your view of heaven presently shape the way you live today?

Read 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
3. How can you daily “Run in such a way to get the prize”? What is the prize?

4. What from your past keeps you from pressing toward the goal to win the prize (Philippians 3:13?14)?

Read 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 & Revelation 22:12
5. What are the “gold, silver and costly stones” in your life today that are shaping heaven?

Sermons

• Upside Down
• Stories from the Road
• Mission Weekend
• Confident Parenting Breakfast
• Desperate Days: The Book of Job
• True Prosperity
• Christmas at the Movies
• Contending: The letter of Jude
• This Is War: The Reality of Spiritual Warfare
• Vertical: Aligning our Hearts with God’s
• Proverbia—Where Life & Wisdom Intersect
• Urban Legends: Debunking Christian Myths
• The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
• Generosity: Choosing a Life of Overflow
• Captured by a Compelling Vision
• The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
• New Creation
• Christmas Behind The Seen
• The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
• Ecclesiastes - The Meaning of Life
• Three to Thrive: Faith, Hope, Love
• Declaration of Dependence
• Hebrews-The Supremacy of Christ
• You Asked For It
• Divine Rescue
• A Classic Christmas
• Living in the Grip of the Gospel
• After God's Own Heart
• The Story of God