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PRAY:

Have someone read Psalm 139:23-24 aloud. After you read it, spend a minute or two silently reflecting on the passage. Then spend some time praying as a group for anything that this passage draws to your mind or stirs up in your heart.

ONE ANOTHERING:

Try to think of some practical needs you can share to give others the opportunity to step up and love you. It's okay if it takes some time to get comfortable with this. It takes time and practice to be vulnerable with one another... but amazing things happen when we are. Remember that the Benevolence Ministry is a resource for our comGroups.

  • How can we love or serve one another this week?
  • How would you put this in your own words?
  • How have you experienced this in your own life?
  • What questions do you have about what this looks like?

READ:

Ephesians 2:11-22


SHARE:

  • What stands out to you from this passage?
  • In what ways is our culture divided today?
  • In what ways is the church divided today?
  • What are the effects of division?
  • What causes division? What makes it escalate?
  • What prevents division? What helps it to heal?
  • How have you personally been affected by division in the culture or the church?
  • Pastor Heath described love as working for the good of the other person, hostility as working against the good of the other person. What are some of the ways we see hostility in our culture?
  • What are examples of explicit hostility? What are examples of implicit hostility?
  • What are some explicit or implicit ways you engage in hostility toward others?
  • Is there a current division in your life? What steps do you feel God calling you to take to heal that division?

PRAY:

End your time by having someone read Titus 3:4-7 aloud. Spend some time silently reflecting on this passage before you close in prayer.