MY STORY

• How long have you lived in this community?

• If you’ve participated in Servolution before, what’s your favorite thing about it?

QUICK REVIEW

This week’s message is about preparing us for Servolution, encouraging us to be present where we are and keeping an outward focused mindset.

• Looking back on your notes, was there anything you heard that caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?

Read Jeremiah 29:4-7 and focus on God’s instructions to those in exile

DIGGING DEEPER

God told the Israelites living in exile not to wait for their return home, but to make a home where they were.
• What are you putting on hold waiting for something else to happen?

Read Jeremiah 29:11

• How does seeing the context of Jeremiah 29 help you better understand this often quoted verse?

Read Matthew 5:14-16 and focus on all the references to light

Jesus says, let them see your good deeds. This may feel counterintuitive to
Christ-followers, but it is on purpose.

• How can our deeds and actions add credibility to our voice and message?

• Give examples of how have you seen someone’s actions:

-invalidate their message…

-validate their message…

TAKING IT HOME

Servolution gives us a taste of what it looks like to “be present where we are.”

• How can you go beyond that taste and connect to your community…

-As a Small Group?

-As a family?

-As an individual?