Outreach - HOPE Singapore

Just as how Jesus sent His disciples to preach the Gospel, He is sending us out to our schools and neighbourhoods. Learn how we can make a lasting impact in the community God has placed us in!

What do charts and graphs have to do with seasons?

This Sunday morning, Pastor Daniel Wee from Church Of Our Saviour shared some statistics about the Singapore church, and what it tells us about the season that the church is in. The time is now to preach the gospel in Singapore and reach the unreached. It may seem like a daunting task, but we remember the heart of our God for His people.

And we go forth, together ❤️‍🔥

Just as how Jesus sent His disciples to preach the Gospel, He is sending us out to our schools and neighbourhoods. Learn how we can make a lasting impact in the community God has placed us in!

Jesus began his parable, “A farmer went out to sow his seed…” He went on to describe four different types of soils that the seeds fell on, yielding different outcomes. Learn from Jesus’ parable about the conditions of human hearts, and how this Christmas, we can sow with faith and reap with joy.

The unreached and unengaged people groups are within our neighbourhoods. Will you open your hearts and eyes to these groups of people?

Title: Look Far – God’s Heart for the Nations
Series: Neighbours to Nations
Text: Revelation 5:9-10

God’s heart is for people of all nations to come into a faith relationship with Him. How can we participate in this global purpose of God?

General Questions:

Have you been involved in global missions in any way, either long or short term, directly or indirectly? What are your experiences like? What motivates you to want to be involved in missions?

Perspective Questions:

If not for missionaries who took the step of faith to come to Singapore since the 1800s, Christianity would not have reached and stayed on Singapore’s shores. What should our response be to God who placed a tiny country like Singapore into the hearts of many of His faithful followers, such that they would leave their homelands and travel round the globe to share the love of Jesus with the people here? What can we learn from their examples?
What are some fears or concerns that believers may have that hinder them from getting involved in missions?
The missions field is full of happy stories of people coming to know God and also sad tales of people rejecting or leaving God. How does knowing that God is on the throne (Rev 5:1) help us to face the triumphs and tragedies we see on the missions field?

Application Questions:

What are various ways you and your LG can be involved in missions? What are the practical steps that you want to take to prepare yourself or start to get involved?

God has a great purpose for us on earth; one that includes nothing less than the world. Discover how God’s heart for all people will impact the way we respond to individuals who look, talk and live differently from us.

Title: The Defender – How Can We Manage Negative Influences
Series: Transformed to Influence
Text: Titus 3:9-15

We do not influence in a vacuum. If we want to influence people positively towards Christ, we have to be aware of negative influences that seek to draw people away from Him. How can a believer continue to influence in the face of different, perhaps even hostile, opinions?

General Questions:

Recall some of the negative influences you have encountered. Perhaps you were a product of these negative influences before you became a Christian. What makes these negative influences powerful or irresistible?\

Perspective Questions:

Negative influences can distract us from influencing the world for Christ. What are some examples of negative influences you can think of that could derail Christians from focusing on the Great Commission?
Why do you think it is easy to get entangled in debates and controversies, especially on social media platforms? Why are such arguments and speculations unprofitable and useless to the Kingdom?
If we should not get distracted by debates and controversies, what then should we focus on?

Application Questions:

How do we differentiate people who are genuinely questioning from people who just want to create controversy for the sake of it? How would we respond to them differently?
What can we do for people in our faith community who are caught up in controversies and arguments? How can we lead them firmly but gently back to the truth?
How can we work better as a team to advance the Kingdom together?

Title: The Catalyst – How to Influence Others to Influence
Series: Transformed to Influence
Text: Titus 3:1-8

The church together as a whole is called to make an impact on the world. How can we disciple one another to be salt and light?

General Questions:

When it comes to influencing the world, more is more. In your opinion, what are the advantages of influencing others to be active influencers?

Perspective Questions:

Note that Paul uses the verb “to be” five times in Titus 3:1-2. He is stressing not a set of behaviours, but a set of attitudes. How can living out these good attitudes allow Christians to influence the world?
God’s people need constant reminders to be good. Why do you think this is so? What are some of the attitudes that we tend to forget? What do you think is at the core of our struggle to be good?
In Titus 3:8, Paul reminds Titus to stress “these things” to the church. “These things” refers to how we have been saved by Christ from a life of disobedience (vv3-7). Paul further says that Titus is to stress these things so that the believers will devote themselves to doing what is good (v8). How does God’s grace motivate believers to be the kind of people who are devoted to doing good?

Application Questions:

How can we remind one another to be good?
What are some attitudes you would like your lifegroup to remind you about?