It will deeply affect everything.
Thaw
- What are some of the thoughts and feelings you have had about the events of this last week?
- What are you learning about the world?
- What does Christ say to these issues in your opinion?
Prayer
- Take some time to pray for people in Boston, Texas, China, N Korea, Yemen, Baghdad and anywhere else that occurs to you.
Thaw
- What stuck with you from Sunday the most?
Read
- Mark 6:12-34
- Thoughts?
- How does this story represent things in our own lives, in small and large scales?
- How is Jesus able to not take out his disappointments on others?
- Who do you know that is like this- in touch with reality and yet somehow still able to offer grace and goodness? how do/did they do it?
- Is this simply a matter of personality, or is this available to all? Why do you feel this way?
Read
- Ephesians 4:25-32
- Thoughts?
- There are two different people depicted here: An anxious, entitled taker and and free giver. Where do you fall on a scale between these two with
Your closest relationship?
Your parents?
Your kids?
Your employer?
Your fellow employees?
Your clients?
Your political leaders?
Your Ex?
Your professor?
Etc....?
Spend some time thinking about repentance in a new way; mindfulness about what your tapped into as you relate. If you believe you are tapped into scarcity, you will be an agitated, entitled taker. If you believe you are tapped into infinite love and acceptance, you will find yourself a giver of grace no matter what's going on. Spend some time quietly thinking through your relationships and maybe sharing with the group how you can imagine doing the work of mentally taking stock of what your mind feels connected to. How you might, before walking into your home, office, church, group, etc, "repent" and take note of what you are unconsciously believing about what you're drawing from- God, or a void.
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