[Sunday] Commit to Community - Being Challenge

Remember how he burst into the room for the disciples and opened up the Scriptures, explained it to them, then sent them on their way? As we open up and explain the Scriptures, they help us to realize that everything else in this world falls short of knowing Jesus and being with Him

Days This week.

• Tuesday Was Day 8 in your book.

• This Sunday is Day 13

Home Group Video and Questions

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Commit to Community - Being Challenge

We will get tripped up, make mistakes, and annoy one another at times, but we are better together. Let’s commit to one another, let’s let His example guide us, His grace compel us, and His love transform our lives.

Days This week.

• Tuesday Was Day 1 in your book.

• This Sunday is Day 6

Home Group Video and Questions

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Keystone Habits- Being Challenge

The challenge begins this week as we introduce 5 keystone habits which are found in Jesus' teachings and life. The hope is for the habits to become part of who you are and that they would deepen your "being" with Jesus.

Days This week.

• Tuesday is Day 1 in your book.

• Sunday is Day 6

Home Group Video and Questions

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] The Staff- Missio Dei

God came into the world not in power but as a baby born in poverty. When God set his people apart, he did not find a powerful ruler but a man who had no son. When God looked for a new king, he picked the one that was left in the field. And when God was asked how "How will they know I came from you?" He said, "Bring your staff, Moses."

Questions for the week

1. What causes you to groan in life? What is your staff of Moses?

2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:11-21.   What does a ministry of reconciliation look like in your life?

3. Focusing on verse 21, what assurance do you have from Jesus in the middle of groans and sins of life?

4. How might you encourage someone in the groans of life?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] The Reset - Missio Dei

The head Pharisee yelled at the guard for not capturing Jesus, “Has the whole world gone after Him?" Frustrated, this head Pharisee desperately needed a win, but not just a win; winning was his entire goal, and that goal blinded him to the heart of God in the world. We are no different. We need a reset.

Questions for the week

1. Think of a time when you took wanting to win too far.  How did that affect you and the relationships around you?

2. Read John 8:21-20.  Jesus speaks of “being lifted up.”  What does this mean?  Why would that be divisive?

3. As you read through the gospel of John, how does Nicodemus understand what it means that Jesus is lifted up?

4. How has Jesus reset and restored you?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Look & See - Missio Dei

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time when you were amazed and said, “Look and see!”

2. Read John 1:19-36. Who are the priests and levites looking to see? How does John the Baptist point them to someone even greater?

3. Like John the Baptist, how can you help prepare the way for people to see Jesus as the “Lamb of God” and the “Son of God?”

4. How is your life influenced by looking and seeing that Jesus is the Savior and King of the World?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Famous Expectations - Missio Dei

Questions for the week

1. The people of Nazareth thought they were entitled to receive Jesus’ gracious words and deeds because they were his friends and relatives. What things cause us to feel entitled to receive God’s grace and mercy?  How do we counteract that sense of entitlement?

2. Read Luke 4:14-30.  Nazareth was a thoroughly Jewish community.  As such, the people labored non-stop to keep themselves pure from spiritual uncleanliness of the Gentile world surrounding them.  Their penchant for personal purity, however, blinded them to God’s compassion for the world and their participation in his mission.  How do we do similar things today that get in the way of our participation in God’s mission to the world?

3. How has Jesus liberated you to serve in his mission?  Who might you bring this Good News of Jesus to this week?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Feather In The Wind - Missio Dei

Questions for the week

1. How have you seen God work in the middle of chaos in your life?

2. Read John 12:27-36 (and John 18 and 19 for extra credit). How do you see God in control at all times, even in chaos?

3. How can we be more effective as witnesses in presenting the cross as a sign that God is in control of the chaos?

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Bollywood Remake of Forrest Gump Trailer

Opening Scene From Forrest Gump Featuring the Feater

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[Sunday] Constant Christmas - Missio Dei

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time when you’ve misunderstood Jesus or a teaching of His.

2. If someone were to ask you “Who is Jesus?”, how would you answer?

3. Read Matthew 16:13-20. How does Peter appear to get it all correct but also get it all wrong about Jesus at the same time?  

4. How does knowing that Jesus came even for “the Peters” of the world, give you hope?  

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] I Am Sending - Missio Dei

Questions for the week

1. How "Sent by Christ" do you feel? That is, how aware are you each day that Christ has sent you on His mission to proclaim the forgiveness of sins?

2. What does it mean to you that the risen Christ came back for Thomas? What does this say about Jesus, about Thomas, about you?

3. As a mission-hearted Christian, give your best answer to the question, “Where do you come from?”

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] 2 Corinthians 12:9 - Richer

Questions for the week

1. No Questions this week.

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] 1 Peter 3:15 - Richer

Questions for the week

1.  Describe a time you felt persecuted or experienced suffering for your faith.  How did you respond to that persecution and suffering?

2. Read 1 Peter 3: 8-22.   What does Peter encourage us to do in the midst of suffering?  Why does he encourage us to do that?

3. Read Daniel 6.  What happens to Daniel in the middle of unjust suffering?   How does Daniel respond?   Why do you think Daniel could respond the way he did?  How does the chapter end?

4. Following the advice of Peter, who is someone you can do good to this week?  

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] John 3:16 - Richer

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time that forced you to see the world in a new way.

2. Read John 3:1-21. Who is Nicodemus? Why do you think he is questioning Jesus in this way?

3. How does Jesus respond?  Why does Jesus respond this way?

4. What does this teach you about God and his love for you and the world?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Christ In All Things - In All Things

Questions for the week

1. No Questions this week

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Good In All Things - In All Things

Questions for the week

1. Describe something you thought was good, but ended up being bad in your life.

2. Read Colossians 3:1-17.   What two types of lifestyles does Paul compare?   How has Jesus freed you to live the second type of lifestyle?

3. Read Colossians 3:18- 4:1.   How does Paul's encouragement in these verses encourage us to reflect Jesus in relationships with others?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Forward In All Things - In All Things

Questions for the week

1. Describe a time when you stopped moving forward and got stuck going backwards.

2. Read Colossians 2:6-15.  What does it mean to “walk in Christ?”

3. What empty philosophies might hold you captive?

4. How does walking in Christ and in what he has done free us from that captivity?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Hope In All Things - In All Things

Questions for the week

1. Describe a song that has impacted you.  What about it made such an impact?

2. Read Colossians 1:15-20.  Paul is writing in poetry.  What other parts of the Bible is this song like?

3. Paul draws us to the wonder of creation and how that creator is with us in all things.  How does that change how you look at the world around you?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Song of All Things - In All Things

Questions for the week

1. Describe a song that has impacted you.  What about it made such an impact?

2. Read Colossians 1:15-20.  Paul is writing in poetry.  What other parts of the Bible is this song like?

3. Paul draws us to the wonder of creation and how that creator is with us in all things.  How does that change how you look at the world around you?

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Sunday] Gentleness & Respect - Spiritual Conversations

Questions for the week

1. Think of the last time you had a spiritual conversation.  How did it go?  How did it feel?

2. Read 1 Peter 3:8-18.  What are the Christians whom Peter is writing to facing in life?   

3. How does Peter encourage them to respond?  What has Jesus done that enables them to respond that way?

4. What do you think is important to keep in mind so that you can spark a spiritual conversation while still being gentle and respectful?

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[Sunday] Eager - Spiritual Conversations

Questions for the week

1. What do you think you would need to be able to talk about your faith more effectively?

2. Read Ephesians 6:10-20.  Who does Paul encourage us to find our strength in?  What does it look like to be strong in the Lord in your life? 

3. How does getting ready by putting on the armor of God equip you to share your faith?

4. Review Lutheran Hour Ministries description of an “Eager Conversationalist” at www.lhm.org/eager. Take the “Eager Inventory” found on that website.  Which letter are you strongest in?  Which can you most improve in?   How can spending more time with Jesus help you grow in those areas? 

5. BONUS:   Visit www.lhm.org/eager and begin the free LHM Learn course “Eager to Share.”

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