Christ Community Leawood
Now What? - April 30 | Leawood
Care for His Sheep - 9:00, 10:30 AM & ON-DEMAND
Locations & Times
Christ Community - Leawood Campus
14200 Kenneth Rd, Leawood, KS 66224, United States
Saturday 7:00 AM
CONNECT WITH US
Whether you are NEW online or visiting one of our campuses, we would love to get a chance to know you.
https://cckc.church/lcCONVERSATION STARTERS
Conversation Starters help us dig deeper, connecting Sunday’s sermons with our Monday lives. Please know that these questions are meant to be a resource. You do not have to follow them verbatim or get through them all. We trust you to know your group and to ask the questions based on your group needs.
1. What questions or hardships in your life have challenged your belief in God’s goodness and power?
2. Read John 20:24-31 silently or aloud.
3. Thomas stuck around for eight whole days even when he didn’t believe what the other disciples believed about Jesus’ resurrection. What keeps us in community with God’s people even when we have doubts?
4. What do we learn about Jesus in this passage?
5. What does this passage say about what it means for believers to follow Jesus as king?
6. How does this passage encourage and/or challenge you?
PRAYER PROMPT
Pray for one another as the questions, doubts, and wrestling arise, and allow the Holy Spirit to remind you of Jesus’ living presence among you even as you gather. Pray for those in our church community, whether guests or regulars, who are wrestling to believe that Jesus is who he says he is.
Conversation Starters help us dig deeper, connecting Sunday’s sermons with our Monday lives. Please know that these questions are meant to be a resource. You do not have to follow them verbatim or get through them all. We trust you to know your group and to ask the questions based on your group needs.
1. What questions or hardships in your life have challenged your belief in God’s goodness and power?
2. Read John 20:24-31 silently or aloud.
3. Thomas stuck around for eight whole days even when he didn’t believe what the other disciples believed about Jesus’ resurrection. What keeps us in community with God’s people even when we have doubts?
4. What do we learn about Jesus in this passage?
5. What does this passage say about what it means for believers to follow Jesus as king?
6. How does this passage encourage and/or challenge you?
PRAYER PROMPT
Pray for one another as the questions, doubts, and wrestling arise, and allow the Holy Spirit to remind you of Jesus’ living presence among you even as you gather. Pray for those in our church community, whether guests or regulars, who are wrestling to believe that Jesus is who he says he is.
Prayer Requests
As a staff it is a privilege to pray for our congregation. Social distance does not change that! If you are in need of prayer click the link to fill out an online prayer request.
https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/1559/responses/newTitle: Care for His Sheep
Scripture: John 21:1-25
Speaker: Tom Nelson, TomN@cckc.church
Scripture: John 21:1-25
Speaker: Tom Nelson, TomN@cckc.church
> Draw near to me.
> Reorder your loves.
All interpretations agree that Jesus is calling on Peter to declare where his ultimate loyalty lies, precisely what was needed from one who had so vehemently denied his Lord. Peter affirms that he does now love Jesus in this way.
- Blomberg, The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel
- Blomberg, The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel
> Remember this one thing.
"When you sin, do a thorough job of repenting. Re-hate sin all over again. Consecrate yourself afresh to the Holy Spirit’s pure ways. But reject the devil's whisper that God’s tender heart for you has grown a little colder, a little stiffer….
If you are in Christ — and only a soul in Christ would be troubled at offending him — your waywardness does not threaten your place in the love of God, any more than history itself can be undone…. Those in Christ are eternally imprisoned within the tender heart of God. We will be less sinful in the next life than we are now, but we will not be any more secure in the next life than we are now." - Dane Ortland, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers:
If you are in Christ — and only a soul in Christ would be troubled at offending him — your waywardness does not threaten your place in the love of God, any more than history itself can be undone…. Those in Christ are eternally imprisoned within the tender heart of God. We will be less sinful in the next life than we are now, but we will not be any more secure in the next life than we are now." - Dane Ortland, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers:
> When we fail, Jesus’ love doesn’t.
> Are your loves rightly ordered?
> Are you following Him?
Need pastoral care?
If you need care for a loss, relationships, marriage, illness, or anything else, please reach out to a pastor. Any of our pastoral staff would be glad to meet with you, as well as connect you with other resources, including counseling.
How can I give at Christ Community?
Giving is an important part of worship. Learn more about the various ways to generously give as part of Christ Community.
https://cckc.church/give/#threeways