Matthew 18: Play Nice (The Story of Messiah)

1.What have you learned most from being around children?

 

 

 

2.In what ways do you need to become more like a child?

 

 

 

3.What makes us more ambitious as we age?

 

 

 

4.Why is forgiveness so hard? Especially repeated forgiveness?

 

 

 

 




Matthew 17: Time and Eternity (The Story of Messiah)

1.What part of the Transfiguration story fascinates you the most?

 

 

 

2.How have you seen the world of fantasy intersecting with the world as we know it?

 

 

 

3.If you were able to travel backwards or forward in time, where would you want to go?

 

 

 

4.How has your father influenced who you have become?

 

 

 

5.What has been your experience with faith, prayer and fasting?




Matthew 16: Taking Up Your Cross (The Story of Messiah)

1.What shortcuts have you taken, as pain avoidance?

 

 

 

2.How can someone like Peter mean so well and be so wrong?

 

 

 

3.What decisions have you made in life that were painful but incredibly worth it?

 

 

 

4.In what ways has your life been harder because you followed Jesus?

 

 

 

5.What has made following Jesus worth the pain?




Matthew 15: What Comes From The Heart (The Story of Messiah)

1.Who is the most resilient person you’ve ever known?

 

 

 

2.Does it seem like people are becoming more sensitive, and at the same time more fragilee?

 

 

 

3.What is the appeal of legalism?

 

 

 

4.When you fall into legalism do you tend more toward judgmentalism or defeat?

 

 

 

5.What are some ways you can use your mouth to improve your heart?




Matthew 14: Getting Away (The Story of Messiah)

1.How do you think Jesus may have felt after hearing of the death of John the Baptist?

 

 

 

2.How do you think Jesus may have felt after feeding thousands of people?

 

 

 

3.How do you get away?

 

 

 

4.What keeps you from getting away?

 

 

 

5.What are your primary distractions that keep you from clarity?




Matthew 13: You Can’t Win Them All (The Story of Messiah)

1.What are some things you’ve invested in that really didn’t pay off? What did you learn?

 

 

 

2.How do you try to find more value in your life?

 

 

 

3.What have you invested time and energy in that you still aren’t sure whether it will be worth it or not?

 

 

 

4.Have any losses ever made you feel so discouraged that you felt like giving up?

 

 

 

 




Matthew 12: A Line in the Sand (The Story of Messiah)

1.Where do you see professing Christians completely missing the point Jesus makes here regarding people over rules?

 

 

 

2.What are some of the things people want to lump in with faith in Jesus?

 

 

 

3.What makes people want to stay on the fringes of Christianity?

 

 

 

4.What do you get by coming together with other Christians that you can’t get alone?

 

 

 

5.When did you decide to fully follow Jesus?




Matthew 11: Expectations (The Story of Messiah)

1.What are your biggest disappointments in life?

 

 

 

2.What expectations did you have when you graduated, got married, or became a Christian?

 

 

 

3.Have you ever felt like you’ve disappointed people?

 

 

 

4.Have you ever felt like you’ve disappointed God?

 

 

 

5.What expectations do you need to surrender to Jesus?




Matthew 10: Rules For The Road (The Story of Messiah)

1.Who is your team in life?

 

 

 

2.What are good things you’ve eliminated to pursue greater things?

 

 

 

3.What should you probably move on from in your life?

 

 

 

4.What has made you mentally tough? What has made you mentally weak?

 

 

 

5.How are you helping others fulfill their service to the Lord?




Matthew 9: The Power of Faith (The Story of Messiah)

1.Who had the faith to reach out to you?

 

 

 

2.Have you ever reached out to someone and really saw a huge change?

 

 

 

3.Why do we not see some of the faith miracles around us?

 

 

 

4.What are you doing to reach out to those around you?