Questions for Consideration and Prayer:

Q. (Tahi) Considering this week’s passages, what does Jesus value?

Q. (Rua) Jesus comes as the Servant King, what response does that evoke in you? What does this mean for us?

Q. (Toru) How have you admired God this week?

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:

Q. (Tahi) Where have you seen God do the impossible in your life? (It may seem normal now, but felt like impossible then?)

Q. (Rua) What is Jesus inviting you to trust Him with right now? (Perhaps go around the circle and share one thing Jesus might want to grow in you from His upside-down Kingdom)

Q. (Toru) Consider what you shared above. How do we trust our Heavenly Father with this? What might the process of trust be?

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:

Q. (Tahi) Read through 2 Corinthians 13:4-7. How does this passage shape view of God?

Q. (Rua) How does our view of God shape how we treat ourself and others?

Q. (Toru) What does it look like to be people who respond from mercy and forgiveness?

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:

Q. (Tahi) Read through Matthew 17. What does this chapter tell us about who Jesus is and what He is like?

Q. (Rua) How is Jesus the meeting place of heaven and earth?

Q. (Toru) In what ways may we; Christ’s body, be a meeting place of heaven and earth?

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:

Q. (Tahi) When in the past has God opened your eyes in how you have viewed Him? What was that like? What changed?

Q. (Rua) How do we live with an open heart before God?

Q. (Toru) What currently are you asking for God to grow in you at the moment?

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:Q. (Tahi) Read through Matt 15:1-20, what is Jesus teaching us about the kingdom of heaven?Q. (Rua) What fruit (Fruit of His character) does God desire to grow in your heart? (Consider Galatians 5:22-25)Q. (Toru) How is He doing that at the moment? (Reflect and share on how God may be working in your life to bring about these things)

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:Q. (Tahi) What do you think Jesus being Lord of the Sabbath means?Q. (Rua) What does Jesus’ yoke being easy and burden light mean for us?Q. (Toru) How do we make every effort (Hebrews 4) to enter Sabbath-rest?

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:Q. (Tahi) What do these passages show us about what Jesus came to bring?Q. (Rua) What does it mean to count the cost in following Jesus?Q. (Toru) What promises from God are there in this passage for us in Jesus?

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:Q. (Tahi) What do these passages reveal about God’s intent?Q. (Rua) How do we live under the authority of God?Q. (Toru) What does it mean to ‘have the same mindset as Christ Jesus’ (Phil 2:5)?

Questions for Consideration and Prayer:

Q. (Tahi) What is Jesus’s invitation for us in these passages?

Q. (Rua) How do you recon with the space between God’s heart and our lived reality?

Q. (Toru) How do we fix our eyes on God?