Event in Portsmouth, NH
Fall Small Group Study Plan - Week of October 18
When: (repeats weekly)
Where: 18 Court St, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA
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Read these four passages the week of October 18th: Exodus 22:21–27, Psalm 1, 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8, Matthew 22:34–46. The laws in Exodus 22 involve how we treat certain types of people (foreigners, widows, orphans, the needy, our neighbors). What do these types of people have in common? What does this teach us about what matters to God? Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 2:4, “We are not trying to please people, but God, who tests our hearts.” In what ways are you tempted to please people instead of God? Do you sense God leading you to choose to please him instead of other people? Share with the group about that sense. Psalm 1 describes the type of person who is blessed, and also the type of person who is not blessed. What characteristics do you observe in people who are blessed? What about the “wicked?” According to Psalm 1, where does the path of the righteous lead, and where does the path of wickedness lead? In Matthew 22:34–40, Jesus famously teaches the two most important commandments