Week 2

 

Bible Reading

Daily readings from the last week:
Mark 1-7

Reflect

  • What stood out to you from what you’ve read over the last week? Any questions?

  • How did you go with what you said you’d do last week?

Discuss

Mark 1:9-13

Have someone read the passage and use the SOAP method to explore the text:

  • S - Scripture (read scripture together)

  • O - Observe (what do we see? What does it make us think?)

  • A - Apply (what does this mean for my life?)

  • P - Pray (pray together)


Don’t Miss
Identity: In today’s passage, we hear the voice of the Father, “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” At this point we have no disciples, no teaching and no miracles. Before accomplishing anything, Jesus is a much-loved Son who brings pleasure to the Father. As a follower of Jesus, these words are rightly spoken over us. We are adopted into the family, much loved and we bring God pleasure—not because of what we do but because we belong to him. This is our core identity as children of God. Notice that after this, Jesus is led into the wilderness by the Spirit. It is worth noting that times of testing are not evidence of the absence of God and do not call into question our core identity.

Have you been baptised? Jesus regularly invited people not just to believe, but to be baptised too. It was such an important step he modelled it to us. If you haven’t been baptised, this is a great opportunity to do something about it. To learn more about baptism, you may like to listen to this message.

Learn

  • Over the next four sessions, we’re going to learn four different aspects of prayer. To help, we’re going to use the tool ACTS which stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication.

  • Today we begin with A: Adoration.

Take a short passage of Scripture that focuses on what God is like. For example, you may like to use Psalm 86:5-7, Psalm 100, or Psalm 103:13-18.

Pray

  • What is something that you notice about God in this passage that you can praise him for?

  • Take time to turn this into a simple prayer.

  • Pray about the other things that have stood out to you today.

Next Steps

  • From what we've learned today, how can you pray a simple prayer of adoration each day?

  • Who are you going to tell about what you’ve been learning?

  • Daily readings for the coming week: Mark 8-14. Try reading one chapter per day.

 
Andrea MullerFoundations