We invite you to ponder the week’s Bible passage and listen to the sermon (posts Sun. afternoon), then use the ideas below to help you and your group apply what the Lord is teaching you.

Icebreaker idea: Which of these words/phrases do you like best (and why) – endurance, focus, self-discipline, following the rules, hard work?

A way to pray: Ask the Lord to help us pursue His mission – that we’d encourage and equip each other to follow Him and take His good news into our homes, workplaces, communities, and world. Pray that we’ll see 2,000 people by 2022 baptized and growing in relationship with Jesus through the Word, prayer, and community.

• Treasuring God: What beautiful qualities of God can I meditate on to increase my love for Him and my fervor for seeing others following Him?

• Being Transformed: What are my greatest efforts going toward? What distracts me from the mission God calls us to as believers? What needs to change?

• Loving Others: How does Christ’s trustworthy promise to remain faithful even if we are faithless impact how I live out what it means to genuinely love others?

• Pursuing Unity: In what specific ways has Jesus shown me grace? How does recalling His unmerited favor in my own life encourage me to pursue harmony with others?