1.Who has been a model of faithfulness in your life?

2. In the story of Joseph, what can you relate to the most?

3.When was the last time you felt like giving up or just not trying in an area of your life?

4.In what ways has reacting rather than responding to a situation negatively impacted your life?

5.How does your relationship with the Lord affect how you respond to difficult situations?

1.What do you make of Judas?

2.Why do you think hatred and humor go together sometimes?

3.Why didn’t Jesus mount a defense at His trial?

4.What would’ve been the most memorable event to you in this chapter?

5.Why were the Jews so worried about the body being stolen? What would a missing body have proven?

1.What parts of what Jesus experienced in this chapter related to you the most?

2.Have you ever had someone provide comfort to you by sharing their common experiences?

3.Why do you think Judas sold Jesus out for such a pittance?

4.How do you think the disciples felt as they celebrated Communion for the rest of their lives?

5.When have your past hurts made it easier for you to comfort others?

1.Who invested time or resources so that you could come to know Jesus?

2.Are you doing anything specifically to feed and clothe the hungry or to be there for someone in need?

3.Why is it apparently so easy to think you know Jesus when you don’t?

4.Why do we focus so much on believing and so little on serving?

5.What are your talents that need to be invested?

1.Why do most people consider themselves good people?

2.What does it mean that only God is good?

3.What good works do you most enjoy doing?

4.Is there any person or environment that causes you to struggle with goodness?

1.What fascinates you about the future?

2.What do you think the disciples were thinking when Jesus finished this message?

3.What might the surviving disciples have thought in 70 AD when the temple was destroyed?

4.Why are false prophets so often focused on the future?

5.In what situations in your life are you just waiting?

1.How does our society program people, from a young age, to be dishonest?

2.What motivates Christians to be less than honest about who they are?

3.How does institutional lack of integrity hurt the cause of Christ?

4.Have you had people in your life who consistently modeled integrity?

1.Why do so many people refuse the invitation to receive God’s grace?

2.Why are government, family and religion more interesting to some people than grace?

3.Why are Christians so ungracious at times?

4.What obstacles kept you from following Jesus and how did you ultimately overcome those obstacles?

1.When have you felt most misunderstood? When have you felt most understood?

2.Why do you think people tend to monetize and commercialize church?

3.What does a fruitful life look like?

4.Have you seen more people finish strong who started weak or starting weak and finishing strong?

5.Why do God’s messengers get attacked so often?

1.Do you have any ways of thinking, or habits, that get in the way of how God wants to work through you?

2.What is a time that someone treated you with kindness in a way that changed you?

3.What gets in the way of being kind?

4.Take a moment to pick another person in your group and share something meaningful and kind towards them?

5.In what ways do you want to be kind this week?