Kettlebrook West Bend

Questions for Reflection/ Discussion:

1. What stuck out to you?

2. What further questions does it raise?

3. What does it say about Jesus?

4. How will you respond personally?

5. With whom / how can you share this?

Questions for Reflection/Discussion:

1. Have you ever experienced a “honeymoon” phase in a relationship? What was that like?

2. What, in your life, would you say that you are continually devoted to?

3. In what ways, if any, would you say that you are devoted to God? What does that look like?

4. What possessions and goods might you have that you could share with others in need? What step could you take to do that?

5. In what ways (if any) are you engaging in the kind of fellowship described in today’s text?

6. John Stott says that “Those first Jerusalem Christians were not so preoccupied with learning, sharing, and worshipping, that they forgot about witnessing?" How about you? Would the same be said of you? Why or why not?

7. Who are you seeking to demonstrate the good news of Jesus to within the context of the rhythms of your life?

8. In what ways is the life you are living compelling enough to cause others to ask questions? How might you be able to point them to Jesus when they do?

Questions for Reflection/ Discussion:

1. What stuck out to you?

2. What further questions does it raise?

3. What does it say about Jesus?

4. How will you respond personally?

5. With whom/ how can you share this?

Questions for Reflection/ Discussion

1. Read Acts 1:1-11. Try to retell the story in your own words or have a few people in a group do so. What do you learn about God from this passage? What do you learn about people (ourselves)?

2. Imagine what it must have been like during the 40 days with Jesus (v.3). What would you have liked to ask Jesus during that time? What would you have liked to hear from Jesus during that time?

3. What did Jesus actually talk about during these days (v.3)? What do you think he said about that particular subject?

4. What were the disciples going to receive after Jesus ascended to heaven? Why is that important? What was Jesus’ expectation about what would be a normal and natural outcome of this (v.8)?

5. What do you think it means to be a witness? How does that look here in America in 2019?

6. What is one way you would like to bear witness to Jesus this summer? How can the group help you to do that?

Questions for Reflection/Discussion:

1. In what ways (if any) does your life rhythm change in summertime? In what ways would you maybe wish it would change?

2. Re-read 1 Timothy 3:1-3. Of the characteristics that Paul lists for leaders of the family of faith, which of these stick out to you and why?

3. Why do you think “hospitable” made the list of these important qualities/characteristics?

4. Share a time when someone has been intentionally and radically hospitable to you. What was that like for you?

5. What barriers get in the way of you being hospitable (or more hospitable)?

6. How, according to the Scriptures has God been intentionally and radically hospitable? In what ways should this inform and motivate our hospitality?

7. What might be some ways you can be intentionally hospitable this summer? With who might you be intentionally hospitable this summer?

Questions for Reflection/ Discussion:

1. What stuck out to you?

2. What further questions does it raise?

3. What does it say about Jesus?

4. How will you respond personally?

5. With whom/ how can you share this?

Questions for Reflection/ Discussion:

1. If you are a follower of Jesus, when did you become aware of the Holy Spirit’s presence in your life? What was that like? What difference did it make?

2. We often make the assumption that once we become a follower of Jesus, all our problems will go away and we’ll just automatically become ‘better’ people. What is wrong with that assumption?

3. Read Galatians 5:16-17. What are the two dynamics in conflict with each other? How have you seen this in your own life?

4. In Galatians 5:19-21 Paul lists a varied list of specific behaviors typical of our ‘flesh’ (sinful nature). Each one of us has our own proclivities towards some of these more than others. Which ones do you naturally lean towards. Do you know why?

5. Once the Holy Spirit takes up residence 1. in our lives, he goes through the ‘house’ of our life and points out things/areas that need work or need to be changed out. What do you want him to change out in your life right now?

6. Verse 24 says that those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. How do you think we do that? How do you plan to do that next time your ’sinful nature’ rears its ugly head?

Questions for Reflection/Discussion:

1. When was the last time you have been “convicted” about something in a positive sense (feeling driven to do something to help)? In a negative sense (feeling guilt or shame about something you did)?

2. Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will convict the world in regards to three specific things. What are those three things (see above message notes)? Which of these three stick out most to you and why? The least and why?

3. When you find yourself being convicted, does it usually cause you to push away from God or draw nearer to God? Why do you think this is the case? If “push away” is your answer, what might this mean about your conviction(s)?

4. Read John 14:25-26 slowly and carefully. What do these two verses add to your understanding of the Holy Spirit?

5. What indicators do you have in your heart and life that the Holy Spirit is at work? Indicators that He is maybe not at work?

6. How might the Holy Spirit be convicting you recently? How might the Holy Spirit be inviting you to respond to these convictions?

BIBLE PROJECT VIDEO: Holy Spirit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNNZO9i1Gjc