READ | SERMON NOTES
(Sermon notes and recording available after 2 Jul 2024.)
PONDER | REFLECTION QUESTIONS
- Recall a time/incident where you would agree that it was a genuine need, but you walked away cos you felt helpless / unable to meet that need. How did you feel before and after walking away? Reflecting back on that incident, how would you have made that possible?
- Read Matthew 14:13-15 – Would you agree or disagree with the disciples about this request? Describe if this is similar with your situation in question 1.
- Read Matthew 14:16 – How do you think the disciples felt when Jesus told them so. Describe how you felt if you were one of the disciples.
- Read Mark 14:17 and then the same account in Mark 6:37 and John 6:8-10. How is this response similar to your response in Q1? Did you feel conviction to do so? What are the issues raised – faith? Money? Time? Resources? Trust? Willing hearts?
- Read Matthew 14:18-21 – Put yourself into the shoes of the disciples, describe what you would have witnessed and how you felt. What’s the difference between how Jesus saw the situation differing from the disciples? What do you think Jesus is trying to teach His disciples here, especially about stewardship?
- Read John 6:8 and reflect on the boy with 5 loaves & 2 small fish. What do you think he learnt about Stewardship that day?
- Biblical Stewardship involves a few key steps found in Matt 14:16-19. Can you work out what are they? (See sermon – MOST) How does this process differ from modern viewpoints of stewardship.
- Which areas of your life (your 5 loaves & 2 small fish)- time, finance, resources, service, outreach, mission is God asking you to exercise Biblical Stewardship? What “Kingdom need” is God speaking to you about – for you to exercise your faith of in? How can you respond like the small boy?
- Commit your responses to God in prayer and go do it!
