DISCUSSION

1. From the sermon, what Scriptural passage(s) will you meditate on this week?

   For each passage:

2. What do you know of the passage’s context?
   a. Within the Biblical book
   b. Within the Bible as a whole
   c. Within the time and place it was written
   
   
3. What is happening in the passage
   a. Who is doing what to whom?
   b. And (based on the same Scripture) why?
   c. What questions (if any) do you have on what is revealed to us?
   
   
4. What might God be speaking to you through the passage?
   a. What aspect of the passage are you drawn to?
   b. Why are you drawn to it?
   c. How might this aspect of the passage speak to your current situation in life?
   d. What might the passage be calling for you to shift?

AN E1R1 REFLECTION

Based on Nehemiah 6:3, Ephesians 2:8-10, Matthew 28:18-20.

There are always competing demands on our time, and we are people prone to internal and external distractions. Let’s be mindful of our purpose, as given by our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:19-20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 

In light of our greater purpose, how might we reorder our priorities today?