Digging Deeper…

While anyone can take time to answer these questions individually, these questions are best
discussed in a group, or with another person! Not in a group yet? Please reach out to us via email: groups@fowlervilleub.org.

DISCUSS| Take a few minutes to discuss the sermon you heard on John 21:15-17, Acts 2:38-41, 1 Peter 1:8 by answering these questions:

• If you had to explain the main point of the sermon to someone who was not there, what
would you say?

• Which points from the sermon connected with you the most? Why?

PRAY| Take a moment to pray out loud as a group. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead the discussion
and teach you both individually and collectively from the passage you are about to read.

READ| Read John 21:15-17, Acts 2:38-41, 1 Peter 1:8 out loud with your group.

ASK| Answer these questions as a group:

• What did you like about this passage?
• What did you find challenging or hard to understand?

READ| Now have someone else read John 21:15-17, Acts 2:38-41, 1 Peter 1:8 a second time.

ASK| Answer these questions as a group:

• What was the difference between the Peter we see in John and the Peter we see in Acts and 1 Peter?
• Why do you think it was so difficult for Peter to use the “agape” word for love in the passage from John 21?
• Why do you think that it is better for us to have the Holy Spirit in us than it is for us to have Jesus beside us?
• Where does happiness come from? Where does joy come from?

APPLY| Take a few minutes to write down two or three steps to take this week to put this text into
action. Share your steps with your group.

• Describe a time in your life where you were in the pursuit of happiness. Are you still in the pursuit of happiness?
• If you don’t feel the joy that Peter talks about in 1 Peter in your life, then what do you need to do?
• What can you do about the temptation to pursue happiness in your life?