missio Dei: Falcon

Sermon Outline:
1. A heart for children: To hinder, help, or heal (Lk. 18:15-16).
2. Why a heart for children matters (Lk. 18:17).
Discussion:
As you reflect on the three heart postures reflected in this passage (To hinder, help, and heal), when are you most likely to demonstrate each one? How does this passage convict and encourage you?
How can our church grow in helping children come to Jesus? 
How can our church grow in helping un-churched people come to Jesus?

Outline: 
Luke 18:9: The Setup
Luke 18:10-13: Two Very Different Men
Luke 18:14: The Declaration 

Discussion: 
Have you been justified by Christ? How you truly prayed like the Tax Collector, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner?”
In what ways do you find yourself like the Pharisee? The Tax Collector? In what ways are you tempted to lean on your own righteousness?

Encouragement:
Confess your self righteousness to Christ. Pray that he will remind you of his goodness and mercy. His forgiveness. Confess with your friends or family those places where you are tempted into self righteousness and ask them to hold you accountable! Thank God for the opportunity to come to Him and say, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!”

Outline -
Luke 18:1: The Meaning
Luke 18:2-5: The Parable
Luke 18:6-8: The Explanation

Discussion: 
Do you find yourself in a season where you have lost heart? What does your prayer life look like in this season? How does this text encourage you to “pray without ceasing?”

Encouragement: Take this text to your DC, closest friends, or loved ones. Confess and talk together about the things that are causing you to lose heart. Pray that the Lord will increase your ability to pray in and through these things. Spend time together prayer for each others cares and concerns, helping each other crawl back to the lap of your father that cares for and hears you. Encourage each other throughout this week to pray constantly and that those prayer will build faith!

Sermon Outline:
1. The Kingdom is here (Lk. 17:20-21).
2. The King is coming (Lk. 17:22-37).
Discussion:
How is Jesus’ teaching in this passage similar to or different from what you typically think of as ‘the end of the world’? How does His teaching give you hope for the future?
••What ‘false jesuses’ does our society promote? How is the real Jesus better?

Outline :
Luke 17:11-12 : A Journey With A Purpose
Luke 17:13-19: 11 Miraculous Healings

Questions:
What has Christ done for you that causes you to be grateful and worship Him?
Is there “spiritual leprosy” in your life that is  distracting you from what Christ has done for you? Like what? 
How does this story teach you Christ’s character towards you in your sickness? 
•4.Pray that this text will open your eyes and heart to what Christ has done for you! Pray for an increase of faith to believe these things! Pray that Christ would give you strength to worship Him with a grateful heart!