4.13.25 - When You Want a Warrior... (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 9:6, Luke 19:29-42, & John 12:23-25


YOU CAN ALSO READ KENNY’S MANUSCRIPT FOR THIS MESSAGE HERE!

REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  1. How might you define “shalom”? What have you learned this week about all this word might mean or encompass?

  2. What are some of the areas in your life where you might need more peace or wholeness? 

  3. Consider the title of this week’s message (“When You Want a Warrior…”). Are you sometimes tempted to long for victory–over your circumstances, over your enemies–instead of peace? What fears might be underneath that desire?

  4. The heart of the message today is that God understands our real enemy is Death… and our fear of this will always make us half-hearted in how we pursue the kinds of love and generosity God intends for us. Can you imagine how your life might be different if you could be free from this fear?

  5. The closing challenge was to “choose flourishing over victory.” What are some of the relationships in your life where the desire to win is more important to you than loving the other person well? 

  6. Take some time to listen to the Holy Spirit today: what might shalom look like in this relationship?

  7. Next week is Easter Sunday! We will be talking about what Jesus’s love for us leads him to do in order to deliver us from our fears. Spend time this week preparing for this message by asking: “where am I holding myself back from God, from others, and even from me?” Ask God to soften your heart so you might hear Him more clearly, believe more deeply, and grow!

Kenny Camacho