Live Sent | Week 2 (Discussion Guide)

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Life Group Discussion Guide :: Sunday, January 27, 2013 (JXG) 

Sandy Lake Wesleyan :: Pastor Shawn

Live SENT | Week 2

Remember, this Guide is not intended as an exhaustive list of what can be discussed, but is best used as a guide to help your Group process what God is teaching them. Read through the discussion points below and prayerfully consider what the Holy Spirit would have you work through.

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 Be sure to pray for, encourage each other, 

and share the victories God is giving your Group.

From Last Week:

Read Mark 10:17-22

Why is it significant that “Jesus looked at [the man] and loved him?” How does this change the way we read and internalize this passage?

:: What is the significance of him pursuing “Eternal Life” -- something of personal benefit -- and Jesus’ call to follow Him?

:: What caused the man to go away sad?

:: What are ways Jesus does the same with us? Have you ever experienced a time when what you were seeking was adjusted as you encountered Jesus and an eternal focus?

Pastor Shawn shared CS Lewis’s “three alternatives” in life:

To be God. | To be like God & share his goodness… | To be miserable.

:: How have you seen this these ‘alternatives’ play out around you?

:: What are symptoms that we’re trying to live as God?

:: What are some examples of what it looks like to ‘be like God & share His goodness…?’

:: Have you ever experienced miserable Christianity? What brought you to that place? How did God call you out of it?

Read John 20:21b

How does this show us that “following Jesus is not just about living, but Living SENT?”

How do we see God’s empowerment to live a SENT life in this passage?

This passage indicates a reality that a Christ follower will Live SENT; it isn’t something to strive for, but something that is. How does this help us understand the danger in focusing on LIVING rather than Living SENT?

What does this show us about how, in Jesus, we move from having a life to being alive. 

:: What are some ways that Living SENT gives us a sense of being alive?

:: What examples of adventure, purpose, and dynamic living have you

    experienced as you seek to know Jesus and Live SENT in Him?
  if we’re simply observing others do ministry?

We were asked, “What is one way you can more clearly focus your spiritual life on God and not yourself?” Discuss this as a Group and share what God has revealed to you. Pray for one another and, again, capitalize on this opportunity to call each other to more’ as you journey through this together.

Read Ephesians 4:11-12

:: Why do we so often assume that ‘official’ church personnel are to do rather than equip for ministry?

:: What’s the difference?

:: How can we tell if we’re in a process of being equipped for ministry or

Read John 4:27-38

:: What ‘Live SENT’ opportunities confronted the Disciples? Why is it significant that their response was so different?

:: How do we get distracted and think the wrong things are the ‘most important’ things?

:: Why is the context of these verses (talking to a Samaritan woman) so important?

Read John 9:1-4

:: What ‘Live SENT’ opportunities are here?

:: In what ways do we see things around us and revert to ‘living’ or focusing on discussion? 

:: Why is it so tempting to talk theology more than actively living God’s Word? 

:: What are ways that we are able to display the work of God in the lives of others as He works through us? How can we be more intentional in engaging as those doing the work of Jesus?

:: Why is Jesus’ ‘sent-ness’ key to what happens here? How is it significant that he sends us out with the same ‘sent-ness?’

Read 1 Peter 3:15

Why is Peter’s background/history/story significant in what the Holy Spirit inspired him to write here?

How do we see that this a directive, not an option? What does this mean for our ‘next steps’ with this?

How can we possibly be ‘ready...always!’? How does an awareness of our call to ‘facilitate something else’ help us prepare for readiness at all times? 

How does this move us to a place where we recognize and live out the reality that ‘hope involves expectation?’

“Living SENT is looking at the world around you with a willing expectancy and consistently choosing to be ‘Jesus with skin on.’

How can we be more aware of the ‘Live SENT’ opportunities around us? What are the opportunities we’re presented with every day to let others ‘Finish First.’ What are more unique opportunities (those that don’t come every day, but are special opportunities) we should be aware of? How do we prepare for those?

Pray for one another (and follow-up with one another), asking God to call you to new levels of obedience in this. Ask him to give you and your Group an awareness of what he desires to do through you, to give you an expectancy and willingness.