Share with the group a space or place you go to when wanting to feel close to God.
Do you believe thin places still exist today, why or why not?
📖 Read
Matthew 18:19-20
|| 19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” ||
❓Ask
Do you believe that when we pray together our prayers are more effective and His Presence is more evident?
Share a time you’ve experienced that. If you haven’t, what makes you unsure or curious about it?
1. 📖 Read:
Ephesians 1:3
|| Our Unity unlocks God’s Blessing. ||
❓Ask
Saying yes to Jesus also means saying yes to His family. How have you seen that play out in your own life?
In what ways can you position yourself to experience God’s blessings through being part of God’s family?
2. 📖 Read:
Ephesians 2:19-22
Ephesians 3:10
|| Our Unity display’s God’s Image ||
❓Ask
How does it make you feel knowing that God has carefully joined us together in Him? What does that truth mean to you personally?
Why do you think God chose us together to reveal and reflect His image to the world?
3. 📖 Read:
John 17:20-21
Ephesians 3:12
|| Our Unity Reveals God’s Presences ||
❓Ask
What are some ways that we can experience God’s Presence in community?
4. 📖 Read:
Ephesians 3:14-17
2 Chronicles 7:24
|| An awakening is the outcome of personally and collectively encountering Jesus through whom the love of God the Father is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. ||
❓Ask
Ask yourself, how hungry and thirsty are you for God?
Do you feel the stirrings of an awakening here in the Bay, if so how, what role can you play?
🙏Prayer
Share pray requests and pray:
Ask God to show you His heart for unity.
Ask God to give you more thin places within community.
Ask God to make you more hungry and thirsty for Him.