The Gift Table - Week Five
February 01, 2026
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The gift receipt — Evangelism
Introduction:
So you are at the gift table, gift-receipt in hand. What are you going to do? The gifts of God are gifts — freely given and freely taken. Do you take the gifts, or look to return them?
How are we bearing the gift of the good news — the message — the gospel?
Seeds to sow:
What do the words ‘evangelism’ or ‘evangelical’ mean to you?
Read Psalm 84
The gift of trust. It is in trust and in feeling like we belong that we learn to blossom and grow — as children, as adolescents, as friends, as partners, as employees, as citizens — as the beloved of God.
Q: What is your favourite verse in this psalm?
Q: In verse 11 God is described as a sun and shield. In what ways is God like a sun and shield? How do these metaphor resonate with you?
Read Micah 6: 1-8
Do you do store credit? You cannot bring a thousand rams to God and expect to earn ‘store credit’ in heaven. We are not called for the quick work of extravagance but rather the slower work of justice, kindness, and humility. As a church throughout history we have loved to look inward and makes things increasingly complicated when God would have us keep it simple and look outward.
Q: In your experience — Do people tend to see the Christian message as:
A: Something that’s straightforward to understand but hard to live out in practice.
B: Something that’s hard to understand but seemingly easy to slot into the rest of your life?
Discuss!
Read Psalm 24
The gift of looking up! Sometimes when we have been shuffling around looking at our boots the greatest gift is simply to look up.
We are living through unsettled times and there are many people seeking fresh answers to the fundamental questions of life and meaning who but don’t know where to turn. Current established behaviour in politics, culture, technology and economics are shifting and people hearts as restless as people reassess what really matters in life.
Q: How can verses 1-6 of this psalm speak to restless hearts in our society? To those who want to ‘come to the mountain’, perhaps come to God, come to the ‘truth’ but are not sure where to begin.
Q: How can verses 7-10 encourage us to open our hearts and open the hearts of our world to God?
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