Fruitfulness on the Frontline: Part 1 - 'Gathered and Scattered'

This Sunday, Simon Lace brings us the talk in the latest of our EBC services. We encourage you to reflect on the bible text and join us in the prayer that follows below.
 
Here are some questions to consider:

Readings:

Hebrews chapter 10 verses 19 - 25

Therefore, my friends, we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.



Prayer and Reflection:

Loving God thank you that we are free to gather, and that we are able to teach each other, eat together, and to love and encourage one another. Empower us Lord, by your Holy Spirit, to build one another up more and more, to stir one another up in our faith and love and in our good deeds. Help us to bring glory and honour to your name. Heavenly Father we pray for spiritual and numerical growth in this your church, your people, in our lives together with you.

In Jesus’ name. Amen.



Questions to Consider

1. How frequently do you come to church?
2. What difference does coming to church make to you?
3. Do you gather in any other ways (apart from Sunday mornings) with Christian friends?
4. How does your engagement with the church community impact on your spiritual growth? What does it do for you, and what is helpful or less helpful for you?
5. Do you recognise a connection between our ‘gathering’ as church and our impact on unchurched people?
6. Do you think you personally invest enough time in the church community to get the most from it?
7. Any changes needed in the way you engage with the church community?