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WARM UP QUESTIONS:
1. Do you tend to be a planner, or do you go with the flow? When you go on holiday, do you plan everything ahead of time, or do you wait until you’re there to see what you’d like to do? Do you tend to like routines, or do you do things in different ways each day? What are you like when you’re following someone else’s plan? For instance, what if you went on a vacation where someone else had planned everything for you? What if they didn’t tell you the plan ahead of time? How would you react?
SCRIPTURE STUDY: Ephesians 3:1-4;7-10,14-21
Study the verse for thirty minutes and write down everything you can.
- What do I see?
- What does it mean? (spiritual question)
- What do I do need to do about it? (application)
Share some of your reflections with your group.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Paul definitely knew that his calling was to preach to the Gentiles. Do you have a strong feeling about your own calling? Why or why not?
2. Having an encounter with Jesus means we can have a relationship with Him, but what does that look like? How do we build and maintain a relationship with Him? What has worked well for you?
3. What are your thoughts when you read that God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine? Have you seen or experienced God do more than you could ever have imagined?
4. How does the fact that God is able to do more than we ask or imagine change the way you pray? The way you live? The risks you take?
5. Share about someone who has prayed for you in a way that has impacted your life. What did he or she pray for? How did it impact you? Did you ask him or her to pray? Did you know he or she was praying for you at the time, or did you find out after the fact?
6. Looking back at your notes from this week’s Message, was there anything that particularly caught your attention, challenged or confused you?
HOMEWORK:
Encounter Jesus through saying and praying the Commitment Prayer regularly