Small Group Questions - 08/24/25

Last Words, Pt 4 - 08/24/25

Last Words, Pt 4 - 08/24/25
Lean In:
What’s one of the best team experiences you’ve ever been part of—whether in sports, school, work, or church—and what made it so meaningful?
Look Out:
Name as many kinds of communities outside of the church as you can come up. 
What do all of these communities have in common?
Look Down: READ John 1:1-3 and Genesis 1:26-27
What stands out in these verses or from the weekend message? 
Look In: Biblical Community = Growing TOGETHER with Christ at the Center
3 Ways Jesus Modeled Being Communal:
Through ENJOYING relationships within the Trinity
Share differences between superficial friendships and significant friendships?
What obstacles prevent people from having significant friendships in their lives? 
READ Genesis 2:18-23 - What stands out? Confuses you? Challenges you?
How do your current relationships tell the story of Jesus?
READ Proverbs 13:20 - Is there an area in your friendships you could work on to look more like Jesus? 
Through ENDURING relationships within his ministry
What are some of the reasons people give up on a friendship with someone?
Discuss some things Jesus had to endure among his disciples
READ John 13:1-17 - What stands out? Confuses you? Challenges you?
What is the value of enduring with others? 
How can enduring be an example to others who are in your life?
Has anyone ever “endured” in their friendship with you? 
How did that experience impact you then and now?
READ Ephesians 4:2-3 - How are you persevering through relational hardship?
Through ENSURING relationships for our eternity
When you picture heaven, what do you imagine relationships will be like? 
READ REVELATION 7:9-12 - What stands out? What encourages you? 
How are your current relationships helping you prepare for Heaven?
Look Ahead:
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