Getting Closer to Jesus

Getting Closer to Jesus

We believe that God wants to do more signs and wonders through us so we’re looking at stories in the gospels that show this happening, and how the people around him got closer to him.

January 20, 2019 | Dan Hudson

Luke chapter 5 contains a story of friendship from which we can learn what sort of friends we should be to glorify Jesus.

Friends Like These - Small Group Notes

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January 27, 2019 | Matthew Clifton-Brown

The story of the Canaanite woman shows us to not be offended by God.

The Faith of the Canaanite Woman - Small Group Notes

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February 3, 2019 | Dan Hudson

Our faith is often a mixture of belief and unbelief, Mark 9 shows us how God can use this , and how He wants to grow our faith to be more consistent.

Imperfect Faith - Small Group Notes

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February 10, 2019 | Luke Davydaitis

The transfiguration of Jesus shows us how good, holy, and revealing God is. Glimpsing Jesus in His glory gives us hope in dark times and compels our obedience.

Christ Our Light - Small Group Notes

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February 17, 2019 | Matthew Clifton-Brown

The Samaritan woman’s responses to encountering Jesus show how she changed from a woman who avoided people and tried to cover up her background history, to being a woman who openly declared who she was and what Jesus had said and done for her. We can learn from this about how we respond to Jesus.

The Samaritan Woman - Small Group Notes

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February 24, 2019 | Ann Clifton-Brown

Just like Martha when Jesus came to visit, we can find ourselves facing a whole host of things that can cause us to fuss and fret; this passage in Luke teaches that the one thing that is vitally important is getting close to Jesus himself.

March 3, 2019 | Dan Hudson

The everyday humdrum of life can seem like the last place we’d see Jesus at work. But just as the weary fishermen obeyed Jesus and cast their empty nets again after a night of disappointment, our faithfulness to God in the small things positions us to receive the abundance of His miraculous grace in the everyday.