16th August Sermon Discussion - “Families That Can Save The World”

Scripture Reference: Malachi 4:4-6

A. Warm-up
1a. Describe your family in 3 words.
1b. Share a happy experience in your family.


B. Discussion
2. God wants to grow families that can save the world. Who is the most important person in the family who can achieve this?

3a. In the sermon who is the best example of a father?
3b. In John 14:6, Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Jesus spoke about His purpose in coming to earth. What is His purpose?

3d. Give some examples of what God the Father has done for us.

4. In Romans 8:15, For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

We lose the spirit of sonship when we have to perform to feel accepted or when we harden our hearts towards our parents.

What can we do to turn our hearts back to our parents?

(We must learn to forgive our parents from our hearts, until then we cannot learn or experience the Father’s love.)

5. According to the sermon, in what ways can a father reach out to his children? Discuss.

C. Application
6. Take some time to pray for our fathers that GOD will help them grow in their roles as fathers to us. If some of our fathers are pre-believers, we can pray for their salvation.

7. Ask God to show you ways you can show His love to your family.