I Love My Church, Part 3: Be a Fanatic
August 11, 2024

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Message Review

We all want to be a part of a church we love, but that won’t happen by accident. Throughout this series, we’re exploring four commitments that create a healthy, transformational, and God-glorifying church you love to be a part of. The third commitment is to be a fanatic.

Main Point: To create a church you love, you must be a fanatic about impacting the next generation for Jesus.

Scripture References: Deuteronomy 6:4-12

Bible Study      

The focus Bible passage from the sermon was Deuteronomy 6. Before going to the Sermon Discussion Questions, study the passage by reading through it together, then talk through it using the following Inductive Bible Study Method questions that follow:

  • Context: Discuss the context of this passage (Use the Bible Overview to learn the context)

  • Observation: What do you notice in this passage? What words or phrases stick out to you? And why?

  • Interpretation: What was the author’s original intent in this passage? What main point(s) was he trying to communicate, and why is that important?

  • Application: What is one key takeaway or insight you had from this passage? How can or should you apply it to your life?

  • Questions: What questions/tensions do you have from this passage that you want to discuss?

Discussion Questions

  • What were your initial thoughts or takeaways from the sermon, and why?

  • In your opinion, what’s happening at churches that are alive vs. at churches that are dying?

  • At Relevant, we’re fanatics about impacting the next generation for Jesus.  Do you love this about Relevant?  Why or why not?

  • Why is it vital for the church to be fanatics about impacting the faith of the next generation?

  • Read Deuteronomy 6:4-12 as a group.

    • What main point(s) was Moses trying to communicate to the Israelites?  Why was that important?

    • Why was the faith of the next generation of Israelites such a big deal to Moses?

  • What’s most important to God for the next generation is their faith in Him.  What are some things we make more important for the next generation than their faith in Jesus?  How and why do we do that?  

  • Why is being a fanatic about impacting the next generation's faith now important for them in the future?

  • Why is being a fanatic about impacting the next generation for Jesus vital to create a church you and others love to be part of?

  • Ronnie challenged all of us to do for the next generation what you wish the previous generation did for you.  What does that mean to you and why did Ronnie challenge us with this?

  • What is required from ALL of us for us to be a church that are fanatics about impacting the next generation for Jesus?

  • What next step is Jesus inviting YOU to take to be a fanatic about impacting the next generation for Jesus?

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