May 25, 2025
Wake Up! – Romans 13:11-14
By: Ben Lairamore
Series: Romans
Questions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What sleep are we to wake from? What does this mean?
- What is the motivation for us to “wake from sleep”?
- What specific works of darkness are we to cast off?
- What does it mean to “make no provision for the flesh”?
- How does this passage challenge you to greater obedience?
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- May 25, 2025Wake Up! – Romans 13:11-14May 25, 2025Wake Up! – Romans 13:11-14By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What sleep are we to wake from? What does this mean?
- What is the motivation for us to “wake from sleep”?
- What specific works of darkness are we to cast off?
- What does it mean to “make no provision for the flesh”?
- How does this passage challenge you to greater obedience?
- May 18, 2025Love and the Law – Romans 13:8-10May 18, 2025Love and the Law – Romans 13:8-10By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What is love? (See I John 3:16)
- Who are we to love? (See Leviticus 19:18 & Luke 10:25-37)
- Why do we always owe a debt of love to others? (See I John 4:20-21 & Matthew 25:40)
- What will happen if we seek to obey God’s law without a heart of love for others?
- What will happen if our love and affection for others is not guided by God’s moral commands?
- How can we have a growing heart of love for others? (See Romans 5:5)
- How do you need to grow in love?
- May 11, 2025The Christian & The Government – Romans 13:1-7May 11, 2025The Christian & The Government – Romans 13:1-7By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What is the most difficult part of this passage for you to accept and obey? Why?
- Why are we to obey the government?
- Are there any exceptions when we should disobey a government? (See Acts 5:29, Daniel 3:12-18; 6:10)
- What would happen if there was no government at all?
- What should we want and expect from a government? How will the influence of Christianity upon a society and government help it to fulfill its’ God-given purpose?
- How can we show honor and respect to those in positions of ordained authority from the local to the national level?
- May 5, 2025How Do We Respond to Our Enemies? – Romans 12:17-21May 5, 2025How Do We Respond to Our Enemies? – Romans 12:17-21By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- How does your response to the mistreatment of your enemies impact your witness?
- Why might a refusal to retaliate lead even your enemies to live at peace with you? Have you experienced this?
- How are you showing your trust in God when you do not retaliate but instead do good to your enemies?
- Why does it not work to overcome evil with evil? What examples have you seen of this?
- Do you have an enemy that you need to do good to?
- What might God have you to do to show kindness to this enemy?
- Apr 27, 2025Supernatural Living – Romans 12:14-16Apr 27, 2025Supernatural Living – Romans 12:14-16By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- How can you bless those who mistreat you? Why is the ability to do this supernatural?
- Is there an enemy that you need to bless instead of curse?
- Is it more difficult to weep with those who weep or to rejoice with those who rejoice? Why will both of these require us to move away from selfishness and pride?
- How are the commands of verse 16 linked together?
- What additional insight can we gain on verse 16 from James 2:1-7?
- Is there anyone in a lowly position that you have failed to associate with as a brother or sister in Christ? If so, what will you do in order to obey this command?
- Apr 20, 2025Why Does it Matter that Jesus Rose from the Dead? – Matthew 28:1-10Apr 20, 2025Why Does it Matter that Jesus Rose from the Dead? – Matthew 28:1-10By: Ben LairamoreSeries: Sunday Morning MessageQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s message?
- Do you believe that Jesus rose from the dead? What helps you to believe this to be true?
- How has believing that Jesus rose from the dead personally transformed your life?
- If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then what would be the outcome for the Christian? (See I Corinthians 15:19.)
- Since Jesus is the resurrected King, what must be our response and attitude towards Him?
- Apr 13, 2025Marks of Ministry – Romans 12:11-13Apr 13, 2025Marks of Ministry – Romans 12:11-13By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Who do you see as an excellent example of enthusiastically serving the Lord.
- How are you seeking to use your gifts to zealously serve the Lord?
- What things can smother our fire or zeal to serve the Lord? How have you experienced this in your own life?
- What will help us to overcome those things that can smother our zeal to serve the Lord and enable us to persevere in enthusiastic ministry even as we face tribulation or difficulty? (See verse 12.)
- How have you been the recipient of generosity and hospitality within our church family?
- Apr 6, 2025Authentic Christian Living – Romans 12:9-10Apr 6, 2025Authentic Christian Living – Romans 12:9-10By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- What is the difference between genuine love and not genuine love?
- Why is genuine love so critical to the Christian life? (See also Galatians 5:22-23, John 13:35, & I Corinthians 13:1-3.)
- What will motivate our genuine love as believers? (See Romans 8:31-39.)
- What evil are we called to hate first and most? (See Luke 6:39-42.)
- What does hatred of evil look like in your own life?
- Why is it important that we not only hate evil but cling to what is good? (See Ephesians 4:22-32.)
- The call to love one another as family leads us to more than just superficial relationships in the church. What can you do to strengthen and deepen your relationships with other believers?
- Mar 30, 2025Exercising Spiritual Gifts with Humility – Romans 12:3-8Mar 30, 2025Exercising Spiritual Gifts with Humility – Romans 12:3-8By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Why is it dangerous to get caught up in comparing yourself to others?
- What will help us all to have a humble self-estimation? (see verse 3)
- God has not given everyone in the church the exact same gifts or amount of faith. Why is this diversity within the church so valuable?
- What practical ways can we show that we value every person who is a member of Christ’s body?
- Which of the gifts listed in verses 6-8 do you feel best describe you? Why?
- How are you using these gifts to serve others in the body of Christ?
- Mar 23, 2025Living Sacrifices – Romans 12:1-2Mar 23, 2025Living Sacrifices – Romans 12:1-2By: Ben LairamoreSeries: RomansQuestions for Discussion & Application
- What questions do you have about today’s passage?
- Why are God’s mercies the proper motivation for Christian living?
- What examples of God’s mercies have we seen in Romans 1-11?
- What does it mean to be a “living sacrifice”?
- What examples of being wholly surrendered to the Lord as a living sacrifice have you seen?
- Where do you need to be more fully surrendered to the Lord as a response to His grace?
- What are the thought patterns of this world that we need to reject and replace in regard to money, pleasure, sexuality, the tongue, etc.?
- What will help us to grow in right ways of thinking?
