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Latest Sermon: Designed For More
Discussion Questions:
At the start of the message, Sisyphus was used as a picture of work that feels endless and fruitless. Where in your life right now (work, school, home, church, family) do you feel a little like Sisyphus?
After 57 verses about the resurrection, Paul could have said "Therefore, relax, because Jesus wins." Instead he says "Therefore, give yourselves fully to the Lord's work." Why do you think he draws that conclusion? How does it change the way you see your everyday life to know that what you do now matters to God's future?
Do you resonate with either of these situations: those who need to take their lives a little more seriously, and those who are weary and need encouragement to keep going. Which one are you right now, and what do you need to hear most?
In "Leaf by Niggle," Niggle thought he had accomplished only one leaf, but in the new creation he found the whole tree. What does that story change about how you see your own unfinished, interrupted, or seemingly small efforts? Is it freeing to remember that God builds the Kingdom and we are part of his process?
Think of a time you served, prayed, or invested in someone without seeing results. How did you handle the discouragement, and how could this group encourage you or each other to keep going? Close by praying the prayer from this week: “Heavenly Father, I feel stuck. I know that I have been created in Christ Jesus on purpose, and for a purpose. Help me to dream again."
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