Greater Than Angels
North Highlands Bible Church
If Jesus is the One heaven worships, why would we place the hope and trust of our lives on anything less? -- Questions for Discussion & Reflection Where are you most tempted to look for spiritual comfort without surrender (a person, a practice, a sign, a habit, a routine)? What do you think you are hoping it will give you? Hebrews emphasizes that Jesus is unchanging while everything else “wears out.” What in your life has been shifting lately, and what would it look like in concrete terms to place the weight of that area on Christ? When you feel weak, what do you usually use to measure...
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God Has Spoken
North Highlands Bible Church
Before you look for a new word from God, hear the one He has already spoken: Jesus. -- Questions for Discussion & Reflection Where do you see “quiet drift” most often in your own life or in people you care about? What are a few early warning signs that faith is moving from “surrendered” to “private and cautious”? What’s the practical difference between treating Jesus as God’s final Word versus treating Him as one important voice among many? Where are you most tempted to look elsewhere for clarity, comfort, or control? What is one specific way you sense the Spirit speaking...
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Prioritizing the Harvest
North Highlands Bible Church
Jesus says the harvest is plentiful, revealing a God who is always at work drawing people to Himself. What would it look like for us to prioritize the harvest the way He does? -- Questions for Reflection & Discussion When you look at the people in your everyday life, what usually shapes your response to them more: compassion or frustration, and what do you think influences that most? Jesus says the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. Where might God be inviting you to move from awareness or prayer into participation this year? If becoming a child of God is something that must be...
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Choose This Day
North Highlands Bible Church
Every life is shaped by allegiance. The question is not if you will serve something, but what you will choose. -- Questions for Reflection and Discussion Where do you see your everyday habits like time, money, attention, or reactions already pointing in a certain direction? Are they pointing toward God or toward something else? What is something specific that may not be overtly sinful but still quietly competing with God for your trust, energy, or obedience? What would it look like for your commitment to God this year to move beyond intention and become visible in everyday moments when no one...
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New Year, Same Gospel
North Highlands Bible Church
A new year is almost here—and with it comes fresh starts, big questions, and plenty of uncertainty. There is something that hasn’t changed: the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let's look at how the same good news anchors us, shapes us, and sends us into the year ahead with purpose. -- Discussion Questions: What tends to change the most in your life at the start of a new year—and how do those changes affect your faith? Which “false gospel” are you most tempted to believe—working harder, chasing happiness, or treating faith as a one-time decision? Why? What would it look like for you...
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Advent: Anointed Love
North Highlands Bible Church
God’s love is not a feeling to be found but an anointed person who has come, and receiving Him is what transforms us into people the Scriptures call, “the planting of the Lord.” -- Questions for Reflection & Discussion Where are you most tempted to believe that you need to get yourself together before God can really meet you, and how does Isaiah 61 challenge that assumption? If Jesus is the clearest picture of what God’s love looks like, what part of His life or ministry most reshapes the way you think about God right now? What might it look like, in this season of your life, to...
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Advent: Everlasting Joy
North Highlands Bible Church
Joy is not ultimately found in the things of this world; it’s found in Someone who comes near, transforms us, and leads us home to a joy that’s everlasting. -- Questions for Reflection & Discussion Where are the “desert places” in your life right now, and what would it look like to believe that joy begins not with changed circumstances but with God drawing near? Jesus says, “Blessed is the one who is not offended by me.” In what ways might we resist or distance our hearts from Him, even while maintaining outward religious activity? Isaiah describes a highway where even fools...
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Advent: Peace Restored
North Highlands Bible Church
What if the peace you keep searching for is not something you achieve, but Someone you allow into the places you need it most? -- Questions for Reflection & Discussion When you think about the idea of shalom, not just calm but wholeness, where do you most notice the gap between the life you have and the life God intended for you? Isaiah shows that restoring peace requires dealing with sin first. How does this reshape the way you normally think about what is blocking peace in your life? Ephesians 2 says Jesus Himself is our peace. What would it look like this week to invite Him into one...
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Advent: A Light Has Dawned
North Highlands Bible Church
Our hope doesn’t depend on us. Our hope came to us, and His name is Jesus. -- Questions for Reflection and Discussion Where have you seen “worldly hope” (wishful thinking) fall short, and how is biblical hope different in your everyday life? Isaiah says God brings light to the darkest places first. What is one small area of your life where you want to invite God’s light this week? What is one thing you are hoping for this Advent season, and how can others pray for you as you wait?
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Yesterday, Today, and Forever United
North Highlands Bible Church
Unity only lasts as long as the thing that holds it together. If it is not Jesus, it is only a matter of time before everything comes apart. -- Questions for Reflection & Discussion Why do we so easily assume the worst about others, and what would it look like to practice trust and clarification instead of suspicion? Where in your life are you tempted to place something other than Jesus on the throne, and how has that affected unity with others? How can we build intentional reminders that keep us and the next generation focused on what matters most?
info_outlineGod’s fight is not against people but against the powers that destroy them, and in Jesus, He has already won us final victory.
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Questions for Reflection & Discussion
When have you found it hardest to trust God’s plan, and what helped you keep faith in who He is rather than what you could see?
How does understanding that God’s battle is against sin and darkness, not people, change the way you view conflict, justice, and mercy in your own life?
What does it mean for you personally that “Jesus is the greater Joshua,” offering rest not just from battle, but for your soul?