9/14/25

Week 1: Built To Last–You Can’t Do Life Alone 

INTRODUCTION:  

Jesus communicated the importance of other people in Matthew 22. 

Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV)

Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  

Pastor Don said, “We love an invisible God by loving a visible neighbor.”

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:  

  1. Having read Matthew 22:37-39, do you believe it is possible to love God without loving other people well? Why or why not? What does loving other people look like? 

  2. One of our Core Values is “You Can’t Do Life Alone.” Do you agree with this? Why or why not? 

  3. The message Sunday said that we are created FROM community, FOR community. What does this mean? (See Genesis 1:26 as a reference) Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness…

  4. In what ways does Sin shatter Community? What are some ways to go about restoring community where sin has shattered it? 

  5. Read Matthew 12:46-50. How does Jesus redefine family? Have you “bought in” to this new family? How do you think this impacts your earthly and biological family? Do you love them more or less? 

 

NEXT STEP 

Read Hebrews 10:24-25. Consider the words, “Spur one another on” and “encouraging one another.” I have two challenges for you this week: the first is to state one specific way you plan to “spur on” your LifeGroup family to follow Jesus this week. The second is to write down on a piece of paper or in your phone at least one name of a person you could invite to be a part of your LifeGroup this next week. You don’t have to pressure them, just share how LifeGroup has impacted you! 

CHANGING YOUR MIND  

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds…  Hebrews 10:24  

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Week 5 - Faith When Life is Murky

Starting Point

· What stood out to you most from the message or the Triumphal Entry scene in The Chosen?

· Have you ever felt like you were obeying God without fully understanding why? What did that feel like?

· What does “murky obedience” mean to you in your current season?

Going Deeper

1. Muscle Confusion. Just like physical training, God uses discomfort and unpredictability to grow our faith. Where in your life has God allowed “instability” to stretch your trust in Him?

2. Untraditional Methods. Jesus often moved in unusual ways.

What’s one time God answered a prayer—or led you—in a way that surprised you or didn’t make sense at first? How can we stay open to God’s unexpected strategies?

3. Readiness. The donkey was tied and ready when the Lord needed it. What does it look like to live with spiritual availability?

What part of your life (time, money, margin, gifting) might be your “donkey” that God is preparing to use?

4. Kingdom Focus. When we lose sight of God’s Kingdom, we tend to build our own. Where are you tempted to make life about your own success or recognition? How does Jesus’ entrance on a donkey reshape your understanding of what greatness looks like?

5. You’ll Know More Later. John 12:16 says the disciples didn’t understand until after.

John 12:16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

What’s something you understand more clearly now than you did in a past season of obedience? How can you hold on to trust when clarity hasn’t come yet?

Living It Out

· Jesus said Mary had “chosen the good part.” What could choosing the good part look like for you this week?

· What’s one healthy rhythm you want to rebuild or recommit to?

· Where do you sense Jesus inviting you not to do more, but to draw nearer? 

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