Discipleshift: Always Maturing Together (Part 2)
Steve Bailey
January 10, 2021

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Discipleshift: Always Maturing Together (Part 2)

Definition of a disciple (from last Sunday):

 

Our Discipleship Pathway (from last Sunday):


Two examples of what always maturing together looks like:

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As God calls us to ongoing transformation, we have to keep in the very front of our minds,
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So this is a clear Biblical value, that our love for God and our love for others should always be maturing, always deepening.
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NEXT WEEK: DISCIPLESHIFT: Always Maturing Together (Part 3)

SMALL GROUP GUIDE

  • Weekly Vision Casting: Part of doing life together is that when someone is missing we make sure they are ok. Is there anyone who has been missing from your Small Group that you should reach out to? Who wants to text/call?
  • Opening Prayer
  • Small Group Guidelines (if necessary)
  • Warm Up Question
  • Head, Heart, and Hand Questions
  • Personal Prayer Requests

    • SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS

    WARM UP: What’s the best team/group you’ve ever been a part of? What made it that way?

    HEAD: These questions help us wrestle with what we believe. 

    1. Last week, Pastor Peter used the phrase “always maturing together”. Review Ephesians 4:11-16. Stop and notice every reference to maturity and maturity together.

    2. Can you find any reference at all to individual “personal” growth in this passage? Is that significant?

      3. HEART: These questions help us wrestle with what we believe.

      1. In the sermon, Pastor Steve highlighted two aspects of always maturing together, the first was: 
        1. What only God can do. (Ephesians 2:1-4, John 15:5)
          1. In what situations do you trust yourself more than you trust God?
          2. In what situations do you delight in focusing on what only God can do?

      2. The second was:
        1. A deepening commitment to love. (John 15:12, 1 Peter 1:22)
          1. Do you find yourself growing in openness/depth with others?
          2. What excuses do you use to keep people at a distance?

      HAND: These questions help us bring truth and beliefs into our everyday life. 

      1. We’ve been focusing on “always maturing together” for two Sundays now. What do you believe is the most important area of growth the Holy Spirit is pointing you towards?