Weekly Sermon Reflection Questions

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l How do our friendships shape us into Christlikeness? Four types of friendships: 1. Acquaintance – know very little of each other 2. Casual friendship – share common interests, activities and concerns like games, climate […]

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l We are created to connect intimately with God and one another in community. Spiritual Friendship is a shared relationship rooted in Christ, where there’s mutual commitment to help each other grow Christlikeness. Then there’s

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l John Wesley’s heart felt strangely warmed at Aldersgate in 1738. While some churches prefer to emphasise the head for correct thinking, and others the hands for correct doing, Methodists should stress the heart for

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The book of Ephesians was written by Paul to the church in Ephesus, which was the third largest city in the Roman Empire. It was a culturally chaotic and vibrant city where pagan worshippers

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Ps Judith shared her testimony. Born in 1973 in Medan, married to a Singaporean at age 21, she gave birth to a severely handicapped daughter. One month later, her husband left her and she

READ | SERMON NOTES Deuteronomy 6:1-9 is to be taught to all family members.  v4-9 is known as The Shema Prayer.  It is a classic Hebrew confession of faith spoken daily by pious Jews.  The first thing God wanted His

READ | SERMON NOTES Background The entire book of Deuteronomy is a series of public addresses from Moses to prepare Israel’s next lap into the Promised Land. None left from Egypt except Caleb and Joshua (Numbers 32:11-12). Deuteronomy 6 consists

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | Feeling excluded, disconnected in church? Frustrated by a lack of genuine interaction? Why and how is the small group community key in disciple making? God is relational. He breathed His Spirit into MAN (Genesis

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | A biblical principle in discipleship is we are made complete in community – you complete me, I complete you. As members of Christ’s body, we belong to each other (Rm 12:4,5). John Wesley believes

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l “The greatest failure of the church is not our poor evangelism, but our poor discipleship.” (Rev Stanley Chua) Why is this so, even though there is no lack of resources and teachings on discipleship?

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | There are 3 key struggles that all humanity has to deal with. Romans 8 addresses these issues so that we may find liberty and healing. 1. The Struggle of Emptiness: Despite our wealth and

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary I Jesus tells us that the most important thing in life is to love God with all our heart, mind and strength. In other words, we are to love God with our heart, head and

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l We live in a broken world with pandemic, wars and power struggles resulting in the loss of innocent lives. History is littered with stories of kings and queens who did much harm, including many

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is a triumphal procession.  John mentioned that palms were used and hence it became known as Palm Sunday.  Palm Sunday is the start of Holy Week when Jesus was betrayed,

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The rejection of God’s love and salvation through Christ, then and today, breaks the Father’s heart. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Today’s passage centres on Jesus addressing the crowd and His disciples regarding the spiritual leaders of His time- the Scribes and Pharisees – and His judgement on them, and their imposture of faith. Background:

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l We are forgiven to forgive. Rabbinic law suggests forgiving three times; the apostle Peter asked if it should be seven times, to which Jesus replied not seven times but seventy-seven times. In essence, Jesus

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Why is choosing not to forgive bad for us? 1. It destroys friendships as we allow resentment to build up blocking effective communication and creating an unpleasant atmosphere. This is a problem when it

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Jesus was a master storyteller. His stories captured the hearts of hearers, provoking them to probe for deeper truths. He told parables to teach about the Kingdom of God and the character of God.

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Lent is a season when Christians prepare our hearts to remember who Christ is and what He has done.  This is a very significant part of Christianity.  If God did not come to us

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l At the transfiguration, God revealed the identity of Jesus, His beloved Son who bore our sins on the cross, to the disciples. In the first scene (vs.1-4), Jesus is transformed. His dazzling appearance represents

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The Transfiguration of Jesus is a significant event which challenges our worldview so that we are transformed when we place Jesus at the centre and on the throne of our lives. The TransfigurationThroughout scripture,

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | Keeping our flames of faith alive in the aspect of temptations is man’s perennial struggle. Following Jesus’ baptism where his identity as the Son of God was affirmed by God, he was led by the

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | Intentional disciples “Press on!” faithfully when put to the test, for Jesus says, “I am with you!” TESTING transforms and nurtures us with God by our side. Painful as pruning is, only good can come

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | Discipleship sometimes feels like doing the cha cha! We take a few steps forward and then a few steps back! Why is this? It has everything to do with the heart. We need hearts that

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | The pursuit of materialistic happiness will disappoint over time. But Jesus’ Sermon of the Mount shows us what it means to be truly happy and how Christians should live. It contains the central tenets of

READ | SERMON NOTES “Is there anything else I can do for you?” A. What is Sacrificial Service? 1. Sacrifice Sacrificial service is never easy to do. It is doing good works even when it is costly, challenging, or inconvenient. Costly –

READ | SERMON NOTES BACKGROUND On 7th & 8th Jan 2017, we launched Wesley Discipleship Model with these components: Worships God, Emulates Christ, Steward God’s Gifts, Loves Others, Evangelises the World and Yields to the Word. In Wesley, we believe that as a disciple of Christ, we

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | Spiritual disciplines help us experience the reign of Christ in our lives through the Holy Spirit who: convinces us of God’s pardon for us; helps guide us to repentance and reliance on God; and helps

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | Celebrating Chinese New Year reminds us that a new year gives us opportunities for starting new spiritual disciplines. Some think of spiritual disciplines as a visit to the dentist – it’s good for us but