Crossbridge Weekend Messages

It's impossible to know everything there is to know about discipleship. But if we will live with a simple posture toward Jesus, we will never lack the ability to see the areas in our lives that need to be discipled to Jesus.

Discussion Questions:

1. We've spent a whole summer talking about discipleship. What do you think is your greatest takeaway from this summer?

2. Why do you think we struggle so much to see Jesus as the source of life, despite him giving and doing so much for us?

3. Where are areas in your life where you struggle to make Jesus the hub, not a spoke? What will you do to address that? How can this group help? 

The Good News about Jesus has the power to change lives, but only if we actually know how to share it. Wes shares the gospel message and how God worked to reconnect us to him. 

Discussion Questions:

1. Think about a time in your life you received some great news. What happened? How did you feel?

2. How confident do you feel in being able to share with someone the good news about Jesus?

3. Why do you think we have such difficulty in believing the good news is as good as God's Word says it is? How can we remind ourselves that it really is that good? 

When it comes to caring about people disconnected from God, we don't need a lot of knowledge or unique talent. We just need a willingness to share our story and let God do the heavy lifting.

Discussion Questions:

1. What barriers do you think get in the way of you more actively caring about people disconnected from God?

2. Read John 1:35-51. What are simple ways that we can bring people to Jesus, sort of like the people did in the story?

3. Wes talked about being prepared to share our story with others. What are some of the key elements of your story with God? 

It's easy to think discipleship is only inward. Jesus models for us that disciples who are fully formed by him will move outward. 

Discussion Questions:

1. If you've made a commitment to follow Jesus, talk about the people who helped to lead you to that commitment. How did you experience them caring for you?

2. Think about the 3 T's Wes shared about your "care temperature." How did you do on your assessment? 

3. What do you feel like your attitude is toward people who are disconnected from God? Are you quickly and easily making time and space for them? 

You have a unique, one-of-a-kind superpower that God has given you to make a difference in the world. Finding out what that is and putting it to use is one of the greatest avenues we have for communicating the love of Jesus and learning to love like Jesus.

Take the five-fold gift assessment at crossbridgechristian.com/gifts.

Discussion Questions:

1. Describe a time in your life when you felt or sensed that God was using you to do something. What was that like?

2. Did you take the gift assessment? Are you surprised at your findings?

3. What are some ways you think you could potentially put your spiritual gifts into action?

There is one thing that all of us, no matter our race, life stage, occupation, or education level can do to love each other well. It is something Jesus modeled for us frequently throughout his time on earth and something we can join him in practicing today. 

Discussion Questions:

1. Describe a time in your life when you were impacted by someone just noticing you. What happened?

2. What do you think it says about God that Jesus was so good at noticing? Why is that important to you?

3. Where (or who) do you feel a nudge from God to notice? 

Everyone loves the idea of service, but actually living it out in practice is hard. Jesus tells us that if we will dismiss our allegiance to "what's in it for me?" we can walk into the freedom to love and serve others generously.

Discussion Questions:

1. When is a time in your life where you felt like someone truly loved you like Jesus? What happened?

2. Do you struggle with the whole "what's in it for me?" question getting in the way of being a servant toward others?

3. Read Matthew 16:20-27. Is there an area where you sense God might be asking you to lay down your life so that you can better serve him and others? 

Many of us feel like we stand far off from God. But he actually invites us into more intimate relationships with him than we can imagine. 

At the heart of cultivating a close relationship with Jesus is our decision to trust him. Listen at three different Crossbridge attenders share about their experiences of learning to trust God. 

Discussion Questions:

2. Read Jeremiah 17:5-8. What do you think it means to have trust in God?

3. What is a practical way this week that you can try placing more trust in God? After everyone's shared, have the person to their left pray fo rGod to help them trust him this week. 

Our world has a lot of different ideas about how to connect with God, all with varying amounts of success. Jesus and the earliest Christians understood Scripture to be one of the ways we can most intimately know God. When we open Scripture, we open a rich pathway to know God at a deeper level.

Discussion Questions:

-Where do you go or what do you do normally to connect with God?

-What do you feel like are your greatest barriers in approaching Scripture?

-How can our group support you or help you engage more frequently with Scripture?