27/04/2025 - Zeke Murley

Jesus’ work wasn’t finished at the resurrection—it’s still continuing through us.

• How is Jesus still working today, even though He is not physically present?
• What does it mean that Jesus wants to continue His work through you?

Jesus commands His disciples to make more disciples.

• What are the three parts of the Great Commission?
• How would you describe your role in making disciples?
• What makes baptism such a powerful marker of faith?

Jesus prepares His disciples for their mission over forty days.

• Why do you think Jesus focused on preparing the disciples after His resurrection?
• Do you feel prepared to disciple someone else? If not, what needs to change?

Jesus tells the disciples to wait for the Spirit before moving forward.

• Why is it essential to wait for the Holy Spirit before stepping out in mission?
• How might resisting or grieving the Holy Spirit affect your life and ministry?

Resist, grieve, or quench the Spirit, and you lose His empowering presence.

• What does it look like to resist or quench the Spirit today?
• How can we cultivate lives that invite the Spirit’s work instead?

The disciples ask when the kingdom will come; Jesus points them back to their mission.

• What is the danger of focusing on when instead of what Jesus has called us to?
• How does God’s patience in waiting reveal His grace?

Jesus ascends, and the disciples are caught gazing upward.

• Why do you think the angels challenge the disciples about looking at the sky?
• What are ways we can get distracted from the mission today?
• What would it look like for you personally to “stop looking at the clouds” and start moving?

Final Challenge:

• Will you stop waiting… and start witnessing?