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Study Resources for May 20, 2012 - Waiting

• Read focal text Acts 1:1-8.
  

• Lesson Outline:
  • Waiting for the Promise (vv. 1-8a)
      - Listen to the John Mayer “Waiting on the World” video clip. What is this song about?
          What do they have to wait to change the world?
      - Do you think God ever calls us to wait? Why? How frustrating is it to wait for God’s timing?
          What is your most difficult waiting situation.
  • Witnesses to the World (v. 8b)
      - Jesus says the Holy Spirit is going to bestow power on the disciples – what is the purpose of that gift?
      - What barriers did the disciples face as they contemplated the mission set before them?
      - What obstacles (external and internal) keep us from being faithful witnesses to God’s transforming love?
  • Present Through The Spirit (vv. 9-11)
      - The disciples continued to look into the sky after Jesus ascended into the sky.
          What might this reveal about their expectations?
      - When is waiting the most appropriate response?
      - How does our waiting on God contribute to our spiritual formation?
      - Is the Spirit of Christ present in your life? How do you know?

• Resources used in this session:
  
  - Video Clip, "Waiting on the World" by John Mayer. Watch it online.
  - Video Clip, "A Return to the Light" from film The Legend of Bagger Vance. Watch it online.
  
  
  

Our current teacher is Dr. Stephen “Steve” C. Booth.

Steve serves Richmond's First Baptist Church as Associate Pastor for Christian Formation. He was ordained by the Highland Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky. He came to First Baptist Church after having served churches in Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana. Steve is a native Mississippian with family roots in North Carolina. He is a graduate of Campbell University and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He holds the Doctor of Ministry degree in supervised ministry from Andover Newton Theological School. He and his wife, Barbara, are parents of Jordan, Megan, and Meredith and grandparents to Jackson.  Jordan and his wife, Erin, are Jackson’s parents.  Megan, and her husband, Peter, live in Charleston, SC.

 

 

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