What are the effects of Christians suffering from Spiritual Inattentional Blindness? Have you ever experienced it?How can we avoid personally and corporately embracing Spiritual Inattentional Blindness?

How would you relate to the Pharisees and Sadducees in Jesus’ day? How would they relate to you?

How can we be sure that our commitment is to serving and being recognized by God, and not to being recognized for good behavior? How do these two ways of living look different?

Share a time that God has rewarded your giving (emotional, financial, physical, etc.) in the past.

How can we build our commitment to the cause of serving others?

When God is silent, how do you feel? What is your response?

Have you had any unanswered prayers in the past where you now know that God’s way was superior to your desires? How can God’s silence lead to peace and joy in our lives?

How can we minister to others who are experiencing a time of silence in their lives?

Has there been a time when you’ve experienced pressing through death to new life on the other side? Is there a way you’re experiencing pressure now?

What does “not my will, but yours be done” look like in your life right now? In the church?

How does the suffering of Jesus speak to the situations and challenges the church now faces?

How does Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane reflect His full embrace of His humanity? Of His divinity?

Jesus washed the feet of his disciples: How was this a gift? How can we model that gift in our lives? How can we recreate the beauty of the first foot washing in our own churches?

What “outer garments” prevent full efficacy of our ministry, both corporately and personally?

How could Judas have spent so much time with Jesus and still betrayed Him? How can we avoid a similar path?

How does the idea that “revelation is progressive” change how you view other people—both in and out of the Adventist denomination?

Why are secret sins so dangerous to our relationship with Jesus? What steps must be taken to expose them?

What boxes have we created for God? How does this limit Him? How does it limit us?

How can you be recognized as someone who has been with Jesus?

What does the story of the two thieves teach us about the power of forgiveness?

The two thieves both died as a result of their crucifixions. What differences did they experience as they faced death?How do we face our own sorrowful experiences? Looking back at your life, can you relate to both of their stories?

How can our own feelings of forsakenness lead to recognizing pain in others?

Why did Jesus have to feel the pain of complete separation from his Father on the cross?

What is one practical thing you could do in your community that would enable others to experience belonging?