Family Dinner: October 1st – 7th

Open your Bibles to the book of Ephesians, chapter 6 and read verses 19 and 20 together.

As disciples of Jesus, it’s time to have BOLDNESS like never before! But let’s be real, being BOLD for Jesus isn’t always easy. So let’s RISE UP and PRAY for that BOLDNESS just like the original church in the book of Acts!

How do we grow in BOLDNESS?

• KNOW and TRUST in our Father’s promise
• When we’re moved with COMPASSION and DESPERATION to seek and save the lost like Jesus is (Matthew 9:36-38)
• When we allow the Holy Spirit to search our hearts and we repent from our own sin

CONVICTION and REPENTANCE allow the Great Commission to take root in our hearts, urging us to GET OUT THERE and spread the Good News to ALL the NATIONS (Matthew 28:18-20) without shame (Romans 1:16)! We have the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead (Romans 8:11), and guess what? This Spirit isn’t about fear – it’s all about POWER, LOVE, and a SOUND MIND (2 Timothy 1:7)! We can grow in BOLDNESS when we diligently and genuinely ask our Father for it through prayer. This is a dangerous prayer, and our Father will answer it for us. Are we willing to be BOLD for the sake of the Gospel?

Discuss your thoughts together. Use the following questions to help guide your conversation.

1. What are you passionate about and can’t wait to tell other people about?
2. What makes it hard to share the Gospel? What holds you back, why?
3. What is one Scripture that will convict you to answer the call to GO, share the Gospel, and make disciples of all nations?
4. Who is one person that you know that doesn’t know Jesus? Pray specifically for them, ask for boldness for yourself, and then GO and share the Gospel to them!

Put God’s Word into ACTSion!

• Pray for BOLDNESS
• When God answers your prayer…
  • GO!
  • Share the Gospel
  • Make disciples of ALL nations!

Family Dinner: Sept. 24th – 30th

Open your Bibles to the book of Ephesians, chapter 6 and read verses 14 – 17 together.

We are in a WAR, not against flesh and blood, not other people, but against the spiritual attacks of this world brought to us by the enemy. Our God is with us in the battle as He has graciously given us weapons to fight with! Have you equipped the full armor of God today?! There’s a war that’s being fought today, are you waging war on the battlefield or are you taking sucker punches and spectating on the sidelines? Thanks be to our God whom is on the throne, He’s the Sovereign and Victorious King. He fights our battles, are you running to Him, and depending on the power of His mighty strength?

Discuss your thoughts together on these verses. Use the following questions to help guide your discussion.

1. What are the 6 pieces of the whole armor of God? Which piece stands out to you, why?
2. Why is it important to daily put on the whole armor of God, and not just some of it?
3. Prayer is also a powerful weapon to have in the war. How has prayer helped you?
4. Tell of a time that you depended on Jesus to fight a battle, and you witnessed VICTORY at the end of it.

Put God’s Word into ACTSion! Fight the Good Fight.

• Begin with Prayer.
• Put on the Whole Armor of God.
• Depend on Jesus to Witness the Victory!

Family Dinner: September 17th – 23rd

Open your Bibles to Matthew chapter 10 and read verse 16.

We’ve been sent out by our Good Shepherd. He commanded us to “go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19). We will face persecution, but not anything near what the first church went through or what our brothers/sisters face today in other countries. We’re sent out as sheep amongst the wolves, but we’re not helpless or wearied. We have the Good Shepherd with us, He’s gone before us, and He’s the Victorious King on the throne. Being a sheep keeps us dependent on the Shepherd. We’re not supposed to do it on our own, we’ve been given the Holy Spirit for a reason (2 Timothy 1:7)!

Discuss your thoughts together. Use the following questions to help guide your conversation.

1. Tell of a time that you went and shared the Gospel. What went well, what didn’t go so good? If you’ve never shared the Gospel before, why not? What’s holding you back?
2. We’re sheep and Jesus is our Good Shepherd. What does it mean to be dependent on Him for everything? Why is it important to rely on Him and do it on my own?
3. What Bible verse encourages you to answer the call to “GO and make disciples of all nations”?
4. Who is 1 person you can share the Gospel to this week at school, work, sports team, neighborhood, family member, etc.?

Put God’s Word into ACTSion! Pray for the 1 person that the Lord has put on your heart to share the Gospel with. GO make IMPACT and share the Gospel to them!

Family Dinner: Sept. 10th – 16th

Open your Bibles to the book of Matthew, chapter 5 and read verses 13 thru 16 together.

We’re Jesus’ ambassadors, we represent Him wherever we GO! We’re to be holy, set apart and different from the world, adding salt and flavor to the dry and dark world. We’ve received the Holy Spirit to empower us to be a light to those around us. Our job is know Jesus ourself and to make Him known to those around us. We can’t give someone else what we don’t have, we can’t pour out with an empty cup. Family, let’s answer the call to GO IMPACT!

Discuss your thoughts on these verses together. Use the following questions to help guide your conversation!

1. How has someone positively IMPACTED your life? What did they do, do they know how they’ve IMPACTED your life? (sports coach, teacher, family member, friend, etc.)
2. What hobbies do you have that you can use to make an IMPACT for Jesus?
3. How could you make an IMPACT for Jesus at your job/school? Who is one person that doesn’t know Jesus, and that you could talk to about Jesus?

Put God’s Word into Practice! Prayer is the work of the ministry. Pray and then GO IMPACT, Engage your world for Jesus! Join us on Saturday for one of our GO IMPACT Outreaches. Check out the different outreaches happening and sign up for one here: https://calvarylife.com/go-impact-outreach/

Family Dinner: September 3rd – 9th

Turn to the book of Matthew chapter 14 and read verses 30 and 31 in your Bibles.

An athlete doesn’t grow as a stronger, faster and better athlete by sitting on the couch eating potato chips. They grow when they put their body to the test by conditioning and running, lifting heavier weights and practicing over and over again. Our faith is the same as we grow through trials (James 1:2-4). Don’t be distracted by the storm that is around you in your life, but have joy and hope in the sovereign God of the storm. He allows us to go through trials, opposition, and pain to test and grow our faith (Hebrews 11:6). Reach out, grab the Father’s hand, let Him pull you up and make your crooked situation straight!

Discuss your thoughts together. Use these following questions to help guide your conversation.

1. Why can it be difficult to trust the Lord? How can we grow in our trust in Him?
2. Is there something in your life that is crippling your faith? Is there something that is crooked and needs to be straightened?
3. Read Psalm 23. What trial or storm have you been through? Now looking back, how has your faith grown from it?

Put God’s Word into ACTSion! Go around the table and share what may be crippling your faith, and give it to God. Encourage each other with ways to surrender all at the foot of the cross!