Week 23:

Acts 17:16-34

For the first 30 minutes, please enjoy a meal together as a group. This is an intentional time set aside for fellowship. Eating together is a family activity, and helps us become like a spiritual family. This is one simple way we practice doing what Jesus did.

Ask: “How did you face pain and suffering this past week? Were you able to teach about how to deal with pain and suffering to your ‘one’?”

  • If people say they weren’t able to, stop and ask how can you help them be faithful in what they’ve learned?”

2/3rd

  • Pray for God to teach the group through His Word and Holy Spirit.

  • Have someone read Acts 17:16-34 out loud.

    • Ask: “What does the passage teach us about God?” (Have everyone share)

    • Ask: “What does the passage teach us about people?”(Have each person share)

  • Have someone else read the passage again out loud, maybe in a different translation.

    • Ask: “What commands are we to obey, examples to follow, and truths to hold onto from the passage?” (Have everyone share)

    • Ask: “What personally challenges you from this passage?” (Have everyone share)

    *For mixed groups, please separate the men and women for the 3/3rd

3/3rd

  • Focus on our Goal:

    • Remind the group that as apprentices of Jesus, we want to strive to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did and taught.

  • With that in mind, have everyone pray silently for 5 minutes and ask the Holy Spirit to tell them:

    • How to specifically obey the passage. (Obedience must be tied to the passage)

    • Who they should teach what they learned from God out of this passage.

  • After the 5 minutes, have everyone share what the Holy Spirit told them.

  • Split everybody up into pairs/trios:

    • Practice teaching the person what you learned from God out of this passage.

    • Pray for each others’ faithfulness to what the Holy Spirit told them.

  • Bring the whole group together and ask someone to pray to end the group’s time.