Sermon Questions:

What areas of your life feel like they are in a tomb right now... dark, cold,  and buried?

Mary showed up “while it was still dark.” Why do you think it matters that the resurrection began in the dark? How does this speak to the way God works in our own darkness?

What does “the day death died in me” mean to you personally? Was there a moment when God resurrected something dead in you... your hope, your faith, your calling, your identity?

Read Matthew 5:43-48.

Without naming names, would you say you have enemies? What makes an enemy to you?

In what ways can obeying Jesus’ command to love our enemies affect them? In what ways can it change our hearts?

How does the realization that you can be disagreeable help you to love others who are as well?

What’s the first thing you can do to mend a broken relationship? Who’s the first person you should call? What’s keeping you from making that call today?

What could it look like to love your enemies in a tangible way this week?

How is obeying to become a child of God different from obeying because you’re a

child of God? How can you identify which is driving your obedience?