The Ridge Sunday Audio

READ: Matthew 6:5-18 • Isaiah 65:24 • John 6:38

DISCUSS:

• What is prayer? What do you find helpful in enabling your prayer life to flourish?

• How is the Lord’s Prayer a good framework to keep our pray…

READ:

Matthew 6:1-4 • 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 • Philippians 4:19

DISCUSS:

Why is giving to the needy such an important aspect of our faith? Why is giving with right motives so important?

Compare Matthew 6: 1…

READ:

Matthew 5:38-48 ∙ Luke 6:27-36 ∙ Romans 12 ∙ 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ∙ Luke 10:25-37 ∙

DISCUSS:

● Who are some of the people or groups that you consider an enemy?

● What are some creative third optio…

READ:

Matthew 5:31-37 • Deuteronomy 24:1 • Matthew 19:6 • Leviticus 19:12 • Proverbs 28:6

DISCUSS:

The religious leaders of Jesus’ day had created an easy-divorce culture? Do we experience an easy-divor…

DISCUSS:

Why does Jesus move from commands like “Do not murder” and “Do not commit adultery” to warnings against anger and lust? What is Jesus revealing about the heart?

Is all anger bad? What kind of …

DISCUSS:

Describe three ways a believer is to be the salt of the earth.

Describe how believers are to be the light of the world.

What was Christ’s view of the Old Testament Scripture? 

How should this af…

DISCUSS:

What does it mean to be poor in spirit? How does recognizing ourselves as spiritual beggars affect the way we live each day?

What does it mean to mourn our sin? What is the blessing for someon…

READ:

Micah 7:1-20 • Proverbs 29:2 • 1 John 1:9

DISCUSS:

• Why is Micah so grieved in this passage? What were the

“marks” that Micah’s nation was crumbling? Do you see any

similar “marks” in our nation to…

READ:

Micah 6:9-16 • James 4:1-2 • 1 Timothy 4:4-5 • Romans 8:32

DISCUSS:

• Do you think of God as patient, caring and clear? Which of

those is the most challenging to you and why?

• Describe how your tho…

DISCUSS:

• What is the significance of the “courtroom” setting in this passage? What role does the earth play? What role does the God’s people play?

• What attributes of God do we see in verse 1-2? Why…

READ:

Micah 5:7-15 • Psalm 23:1-2 • 1 John 5:4-5 • Acts 4:12 • John 6:44 • Luke 19:10

• What is the remnant mentioned in Micah 5:7-8? Why does God always gather a remnant of His people following His ju…

READ:

Micah 5:1-6 • Hebrews 11:32-34 • 1 Corinthians 1:27 • John 10:14 • Deuteronomy 33:12 • John 14:27 • Jeremiah 26:17-19 • Luke 2:1-7 • Matthew 2:1-6

• Micah 5:1 points forward to which king? What p…

READ:

Micah 4:1-13 • Joshua 24:15 • Isaiah 55:8-9 • Revelation 14:14-20 • Romans 11:12-15

• What does the phrase, “It shall come to pass,” in Micah 4:1 mean to you? What does that phrase say about

God’s…

READ:

Micah 3:1-12 • Proverbs 13:14 • Proverbs 21:13 • Matthew 15:14 •

• Who are “heads of Israel” and the “rulers of the house of Israel” that Micah is addressing in verse 1 and 2?

What analogy does he…

READ:

Micah 2:1-13 • Psalm 82:3 • John 3:17 • 2 Timothy 4:3-4 • Hebrews 13:3

What main sin is addressed in 2:1-2? Give examples of modern-day oppression? How does God see

oppression? As followers of Chr…