Kettlebrook West Bend

Questions for Reflection/Discussion:

1. Why do you think the “Mission Impossible” film series is so popular? What is it about people that long to live a life of purpose & significance?

2. Have you ever thought of yourself as being on a mission? What might that look like for you?

3. Read Ephesians 2:10. What do you think it means that God prepared good works in advance for us to do? What might those ‘good works’ be?

4. How would it change how you approach your work if you consider that God prepared good works in advance for you to do?

5. Read Colossians 3:17 & 23. Paul begins by telling us to 'do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus' and then gives a list of what that might look like. He ends with “whatever you do work at it with all your heart.” What is the connection between those two?

6. How might you give glory and honor to Jesus this week by 'working with all your heart' at your place of employment? What might that look like for you specifically?

Questions for Reflection/Discussion:

1. Why do you think the “Mission Impossible” film series is so popular? What is it about people that long to live a life of purpose & significance?

2. Have you ever thought of yourself as being on a mission? What might that look like for you?

3. Read Ephesians 2:10. What do you think it means that God prepared good works in advance for us to do? What might those ‘good works’ be?

4. How would it change how you approach your work if you consider that God prepared good works in advance for you to do?

5. Read Colossians 3:17 & 23. Paul begins by telling us to 'do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus' and then gives a list of what that might look like. He ends with “whatever you do work at it with all your heart.” What is the connection between those two?

6. How might you give glory and honor to Jesus this week by 'working with all your heart' at your place of employment? What might that look like for you specifically?

Questions for Reflection/Discussion:

(For this series, we wanted to give you the same questions that we asked the panel… so, how would you answer the below three questions:)

· Which parts of your work life feel like they are under the curse?

· How have you tried to express your faith in the workplace/at school? What has went well? What has not went well?

· In what ways do you wish you were

better equipped to reflect God at work/school?

Further discussion questions:

1. Read Genesis 3:17-19. How would the words “toil, sweat, thorn and thistle” be seen in your own life?

2. A story was shared at the beginning of the message about three different responses by three different men about their work. How would you respond to the question of “What are you doing?” as was proposed in this story.

3. What significance, if any, might there be to Jesus being given a crown of thorns?

4. What might be some practical ways that you could worship and glorify God in your work this week?

Questions for Reflection/Discussion:

(For this series, we wanted to give you the same questions that we asked the panel… so, how would you answer the below three questions:)

· Do you think you are doing what you were created to do (in terms of “work”)? Why or why not?

· What are some of the barriers that you face in trying to bear the image of God in your work?

· How has your faith changed the way you see your work?

Further Discussion Questions:

1. In what ways might your identity/self worth be wrapped up in your work?

2. Robert Banks sorts work into five different categories that reflect the nature and character of God. What were these categories, and which one(s) might your work most closely reflect? How are you trying to reflect God in this way at work?

3. Read Genesis 2:15. What do you think God intended in this verse?

4. What role does Jesus play in your life when it comes to your work?

5. What might be some practical ways that you could worship and glorify God in your work this week?

Questions for Reflection/ Discussion:

1. What are your favorite kind/style/color of Christmas lights and why?

2. What, in your own opinion, is the most pressing evidence of the darkness that is in this world?

3. Read John 1:1-9, making a list of what the Light does. What sticks out to you from the list?

4. In what ways might you be living in fear, unconvinced that the darkness does not overcome the Light?

5. In John 1:6-8, John (the author) writes of John the Baptist. Why does it say that John the Baptist came to be and do? Do you think these things might also be true of you? Why or why not?

6. John 1:9 says that the true Light gives light or enlightens every man (and woman). This can mean exposing darkness. Reflect to yourself (or be brave enough to share with someone else), what are you afraid of being enlightened/exposed in your own heart/life?

7. In John 1:12, what is the promise that John writes of? Have you “received Him”? If not, what is keeping you from doing so? If so, how can you shine Him this week?

Questions for Reflection/ Discussion:

1. What present reality in your life may cause you to question God's goodness towards you?

2. What gives you hope in one or more of these attributes ascribed to Jesus?

3. Why does this give you hope?

Questions for Reflection/ Discussion:

1. In what ways might your life seem too “full” right now? Why do you think this is the case?

2. Read Matthew 2:1-12 three or four times. What sticks out to you as you read it? What questions do you have?

3. In verse 3 it says that King Herod was “troubled or disturbed” upon hearing from the magi. Why do you think he was disturbed? In what ways might you be able to identify with him?

4. Tim Keller was quoted as writing, “If you want to be king, and someone else comes along saying he is the king, then one of you has to give in.” What do you think about this comment? How might this be true in your own heart and life?

5. What elements of your life are meant to point to Jesus, but you might instead be leveraging to point to yourself? Why do you think this is the case? What next step could you take to change this?