The Plan For Everything

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PRAY:

Have someone read Philippians 1:3-6 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?

SHARE:

  • What stands out to you from this video?
  • What do you know about the apostle Paul? List everything you can think of.
  • How do you think Paul's imprisonment affected what he chose to write in this letter?
  • Are there any topics mentioned in this video that you would like to explore further in our study through Ephesians?
  • How would you describe the life of a follower of Jesus as presented in the book of Ephesians?
  • After watching this video, how would you summarize the main point of Paul's letter to the Ephesians?

READ:

Ephesians 1:1-14


SHARE:

  • What stands out to you from this passage?
  • Consider that "blessed" means "happy." How does that affect your understanding of God? Do you often think of God as happy?
  • How does the idea of adoption affect your understand of your relationship to God? How do you respond to the idea that God loved you and chose to make you his child from the foundation of the earth?
  • What do you think it means to unite all thing in Christ? What images or thoughts come to mind? How would you put this idea in your own words?
  • What comes to mind when you think of things in your own life that need to be united in Jesus?


SHARE:

  • What other stories do we often live under? Pastor Heath shared living under the stories of stuff, savviness, sex, status, and security.
  • How do our stories shape our practices? Can you think of any examples from your own life?
  • What practices do you think come from the story that God is uniting all things together in Jesus?

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.