Gospel Line Dance Ministry Meeting

Welcome to the Gospel Line Dance Ministry! We are meeting at the Point Loma Campus.

1st Floor, Room 144 (behind the community room)

After you enter the lobby, walk past the elevators and the community room, go through the double doors on your right, and walk all the way down the walkway almost to the end. Room 144 will be on your right.

Study (6:00pm-7:00pm) and line dancing (7:00pm-8:00pm).

During our study time, we will study and discuss Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (discussion questions below). During our line dancing time, we will learn easy beginner level line dances.

SERMON ON THE MOUNT STUDY - FAITHFULNESS IN MARRIAGE & SPEECH

Read: Matthew 5:31-37; 19:3-9

Group Discussion: Your group has been asked to write an article for Good Partners Magazine entitled "The Top Ten Reasons Why Marriages Fail." What reasons will you give for the breakup of marriages?

Personal Reflection: If you are married, ask God to use this study to give you some insight into your marriage, If you are single, ask God to use this study to help you encourage someone who is married.

Discussion Questions:

1. Jesus points back to Genesis. What does this teach us about God's original design for marriage (19:4-6)?

2. How can you prepare for a marriage that meets God's original design?

3. What similarities and differences are there between 19:9 and 5:31-32? How do these verses stress the seriousness of divorce?

4. How does Jesus' teaching contrast with today's views you and your peers have held concerning marriage and divorce?

5. Read Matthew 5:33-37. How might the issue of oaths and vows be connected to the topic of marriage and divorce?

6. The Pharisees had elaborate formulas for oaths, with some being binding and some not (see Matthew 23:16-22). Why is Jesus opposed to oaths?

7. Why should oaths be unnecessary for Jesus' followers?

NOW OR LATER

The group discussion topic was to create the article "The Top Ten Reasons Why Marriages Fail." Work now on the article "Top Ten Tips for a Strong Marriage."

If you are married, review the vows you have made with your spouse. Have you been faithful in keeping all the promises you made?

If you are unmarried, consider your present sexual behavior. What is your responsibility toward a future spouse?