week of 7/16

Unit 23  Session 2

DISCIPLES LIVE FOR GOD'S GLORY

MATTHEW 6

The actions of those who follow Jesus are done not for their own notoriety but rather so that they might grow in their faith and please the Father.

As Jesus taught His disciples about the nature of the kingdom, He was pointing them to the reality that His kingdom was a different kind of kingdom than what they were expecting. While many wanted the physical kingdom, the overthrow of Rome and the liberation of the promised land, Jesus' message in the Sermon on the Mount offered a better kingdom - a Heavenly kingdom that had come to change the way followers of Jesus live, reorienting their practices and purposes for doing their righteous deeds.

Points to consider:

✞   Jesus' disciples give secretly.

     * How did Christ's example 

        enable us to live for God's 

        glory alone?

     * How can you grow in 

        trusting the Lord to be 

        generous to His work? 

✞   Jesus' disciples pray sincerely.

     * What changes might we 

        experience by beginning 

        with a focus on God in our 

        prayers?

✞   Jesus' disciples fast humbly.

     * What are some ways people 

        seek to draw attention to 

        their righteous deeds today?

     * How might you grow in the 

        discipline of fasting?