Letting the Spirit Lead
Big Idea: The Spirit uses us to accomplish Jesus’ mission.
The Spirit uses us to accomplish Jesus’ mission.
The Spirit uses us when we’re faithful in the ordinary.
The Spirit uses us when we’re willing to be interrupted.
The Spirit uses us when we glorify Jesus instead of ourselves.
The Spirit uses us to invite people to repentance.
- Repentance is not just confession.
- Repentance is not just regret.
- Repentance is not just shame.
- Repentance is a change of heart, mind and direction.
- Repentance is both a decision and a gift from God.
Message Questions
We are continuing our study in the book of Acts, which is the story of the Holy Spirit igniting the Jesus movement through faithful obedience of a few humble people. We continue that same story today, and the Holy Spirit will use the teachings of Acts to inspire you to do the same thing the earliest followers of Jesus did when they first understood the magnitude of what God has done through Christ: to GO. This Sunday, the big idea is: The Spirit uses us to accomplish Jesus’ mission. Our passage is Acts 3:1-24.
Use these questions to discuss the message from Sunday, focusing on how you can grow as an everyday follower of Jesus and how you can go accomplish what Jesus calls you to do.
- Read John 16:7. What do you notice about the tone of Jesus’ statement about his departure? As we get back into the series of Acts, share with your group one thing that has stuck out to you about the church’s beginning.
- Have someone read Acts 3:1-10. Name the different characters in this story and what they were doing. Have someone reread Acts 3:1. Pastor Wyatt shared about Peter and John being used by the Spirit in the ordinary. How have you seen the Spirit show up in your ordinary life?
- Have someone reread Acts 3:2-6. How did Peter and John respond when they were interrupted? What power did Peter give credit to when he instructed the lame person to walk?
- Have someone read Acts 3:19-20. Pastor Wyatt shared that the Spirit uses us to invite people to repentance. How has repentance caused you to grow in your relationship with Jesus?
- Pastor Wyatt shared that the Spirit uses us when we glorify Jesus instead of ourselves. How can you glorify Jesus rather than yourself as you go to the people he is calling you to as you accomplish Jesus’ mission?
Comments 1
In healing the lame man at the gate to the temple, Peter not only (by the leading of the Holy Spirit) tells the lame man to get up and walk, he also reaches down to grasp the hand of that man and pull him up. I suspect that that gesture gave “enabling confidence” to the man, showing that Peter fully expected the man to get up.