Weekly Sermon Reflection Questions

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We all have a tendency to forget. More seriously we often forget God’s help and His faithfulness during difficult times. We remember our problems more than His promises, our failures more than His faithfulness. Memory is important in our relationships. Our shared past forges our future.

The Psalms are more than a prayer book; they give God’s people a language for worship, theology, lament, thanksgiving, and the full range of human experience. When prayer becomes difficult, the Psalms help us find our voice before God.

Psalm 139 is David’s most personal and comforting psalm. In it, David shares how he is fully known by God, relentlessly pursued by Him and how he has been purposefully made.

Anxiety is no longer a hidden struggle. According to the Institute of Mental Health, one in four young people in Singapore experiences severe anxiety. We live in a nation known for excellence and achievement, yet beneath the outward success are hearts carrying invisible burdens.

We are to tell the next generation of God’s wondrous deeds and all that God has done. A spiritual principle at work in discipleship is that we pass it on to the next generation. Wesley is a church of generations and our hope is that many more generations will be discipled in and through this church.

READ | SERMON NOTES SUMMARY l During this Sunday’s NextGen Sharing, we heard from three youths – Julien Sim (BeTween member), Ruth See (serves in both YM: Youth Ministry and CM: Children’s Ministry) and Jonah Heng (BeTween leader and member

READ | SERMON NOTES SUMMARY | “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus Himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than

Christian giving is far more than simply meeting financial needs. It is a partnership in the gospel, an investment into God’s eternal kingdom and an act of worship to Him.

In his letter to Gentile Christians who were facing prosecution, Peter encourages them to love one another “because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

Christian stewardship is often associated with money, but the Bible presents a much broader picture. Stewardship is fundamentally about discipleship; living every aspect of our lives under the lordship of Christ.

It is a privilege for each of us to exemplify the traits of Father God as we lead and help the next generation.

READ | SERMON NOTES SUMMARY l Are we truly teachable before the Lord? In a world eager to speak, advise, and influence, the humility to be taught is easily lost.  Social media constantly tells us how to think, how to

There is deep-down Joy, even in suffering, when we learn to live in God’s presence.

Psalm 100 is more than a hope for worship; it is a glimpse into God’s heart for the nations—His two deep longings.

Psalms are spiritual songs, often referred to as the hymn book in the Old Testament. They were written by Old Testament writers in different circumstances for different purposes.

Psalm 33 is a corporate call to courageous faith in an uncertain world. It moves from worship to trust, hope, and patient waiting on the Lord, offering a coherent vision of reality grounded in three truths: God speaks, God sees, God saves.

King David frames Psalm 8 with awe: “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” The distractions of modern life may lead us to go through our days without ever really looking up and noticing what is around us. Yet creation still finds ways to remind us of the majesty of God.

2026 is the year of Sabbath rest, but only about 48 percent of us in Wesley observe a day of Sabbath. Isaiah was speaking to people who appeared very religious on the surface; they were fasting yet fighting. Their religious practices did not shape their relationships or transform their hearts.

God’s Spirit leads us into all truth, helps us in our time of need, directs us to live wisely, assures us of our identity as sons and daughters of the Most High God. What does it mean to be filled by the Holy Spirit, and what will life look like?

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Peace appears elusive in our times of turmoil, wars and unease, with political and economic fallouts. A worldview of peace is a state of calmness, when everything is going well as planned. Such peace that is tied to circumstances is superficial and tenuous when something happens to disturb the calmness.

God’s purpose for our lives may differ from our own. “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no human mind has conceived, the things that God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Cor 2:9). He desires to upsize our vision, our family and our legacy.

It was a turning point for Moses, when God called on him to deliver God’s people from slavery in Egypt.

This sermon centred on Matthew 15:21-28, where Jesus commended the Canaanite woman’s “great faith” as she sought healing for her suffering daughter. The passage highlights three reasons to honour and thank God for mothers.

Worship reflects the posture of our hearts which is shaped over time. In worship, we give thanks to God for all that He does. Psalm 95 is a call to worship and obedience. There are three commands in this psalm.

In a rapidly changing world, the use of Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) is common. It is no longer a novelty, but our use of technology must never outpace our theology.

World acclaimed shepherd and sheep shearer Walter Godfrey Bowen in his book “Why the Shepherd?”, a study of Psalm 23, described how sheep are completely dependent on the shepherd.

Why does the “shorter way” feel more attractive? How do we accept with faith the “longer road” we may need to take in life?