What is true for you?

Discussion:

Matthew 20:21-28 –

·         Jesus said: What do you wish?  

o   Ask of group: What do you want out of life?

·         Jesus explains, “You do not know what you ask.  Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

o   Ask of group: Is what you want in life align with what God’s will for you OR His plan and purpose for you?

Mark 8:27-30 –

·          Jesus said: Who do men say that I am?

o   Ask of group: What does the world say Jesus is today?

·         Jesus said:  But who do you say I am?

o   Ask of group: Who is Jesus to you?

Mark 6:30-44

·         Jesus said:  How many loaves do you have?

o   Ask of group: On occasion do you feel like there are things you should do, but feel you don’t have the resources to accomplish them?

·         The unspoken question that Jesus had was - Do you believe this is enough to feed all these people?

o   Ask of group: When you try to accomplish anything, do you just rely on the physical resources you have in hand or do you rely on God’s provision?

• Luke 12:24
• Exodus 14:22
• Psalms 34:10
• Matthew 6:31-32

Luke 24:13 – 27 –

·          Jesus said: What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?

o   Ask of group: What difficult conversation have you had lately with a friend or spouse?

·          Jesus said: Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?

o   Ask of group: When you deal with things that are difficult – what do you think the payoff is?

Luke 10:25-37 –

·          Jesus said: What is written in the law?

o   Ask of group: What absolute truth has been revealed to you lately?

·        Jesus said:   What is your reading of it?

o   Ask of group: What is God telling you to do because of knowing this truth?

• **If God hasn’t revealed any absolute truth to you lately – is it possible, because you just aren’t asking Him to reveal anything?

• **If God hasn’t revealed any absolute truth to you lately – is it possible, because you just aren’t asking Him to reveal anything?