Learning to Lovewell: WK 6 - GROUP GUIDE
INTRODUCTION
The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.
OPENING QUESTION
What’s one of the best restaurant experiences you have ever had and what made it so special?
HEAD
HEART
HANDS
This week, look for some ways to bless those around you whether that’s at work, at home, or at church. And if you’re willing to go the extra mile, try to do so anonymously so you’re not getting the attention for those actions. It's amazing how serving anonymously can help us hear God’s heartbeat a little more clearly.
WORDS TO LIVE BY
3 But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 4 Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
Matthew 6:3-4, NLT
The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.
OPENING QUESTION
What’s one of the best restaurant experiences you have ever had and what made it so special?
HEAD
- Read John 13:1-17, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 5:14-16, Matthew 20:24-28 together and share any wisdom, insights, or thoughts that come to you from the reading.
- Why do you think it was so hard for Peter to let Jesus wash his feet and why didn’t the other disciples complain?
- When Jesus said to do for others what he had done for us, in John 13, do you think he meant to go and wash each other's feet? Explain.
- In your reading of Luke 10:38-42, have you seen Martha as the “bad guy” and Mary as the “gone one” or how have you interpreted that story?
- For those of us that are busy bodies, how do we slow down to plug in to Jesus so we are serving from a good heart instead of a dry well?
- How do you and I draw attention to God instead of ourselves in our acts of service? We love the applause, so how can we learn to seek his applause above any other?
HEART
- Footwashing is a beautiful practice and ritual that doesn’t translate well into our culture today. What might be some alternative ways we could teach the principles Jesus taught through that ritual today?
- How do you see groups seeking to horde and flaunt power over others today?
- Is power a bad thing, or is it us that’s bad? Can power be a good thing? If so, how?
- Are there tasks you do, at work, at home, or at church, that are not in your “job description” but that you do anyway? If not, could there be? If so, are there other ways you could seek to be a blessing and draw even more attention to God?
HANDS
This week, look for some ways to bless those around you whether that’s at work, at home, or at church. And if you’re willing to go the extra mile, try to do so anonymously so you’re not getting the attention for those actions. It's amazing how serving anonymously can help us hear God’s heartbeat a little more clearly.
WORDS TO LIVE BY
3 But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 4 Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
Matthew 6:3-4, NLT
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