Willing to Go

Being part of a church can sometimes mean attending services and enjoying events and programs. But Jesus has a completely different definition: he sees being part of God’s family as being part of God’s MISSION. And so, at the end of his earthly time with his disciples, he sends them out with a Great Commission to GO into the whole world with his message of forgiveness. In this week’s message, we’ll allow Jesus to give us that same challenge: we’ll hear him call us to grow in our boldness and bravery so that we can reach more people together.

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Discussion Guide

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Before we begin, let’s take a quiet moment and pray for God’s direction of our time together. Then we’ll take a couple of minutes to go around and share where we’ve seen God at work in our lives this week. Specifically, how have we applied the Action Steps from last week? As a reminder, they were: 1. Address the doubt or fear that stands in your way of trusting God and 2. Take a bold step in the direction Jesus is leading you.

Introduction

Throughout this series, we’ve been looking at ordinary people who trusted God enough to take courageous steps of faith.

Sometimes what keeps us from taking those steps isn’t that we don’t want to follow Jesus. We simply don’t feel ready. We focus on our limitations, fears, or lack of confidence and wonder whether we have what it takes.

But following Jesus doesn’t depend on our own strength or confidence. We can trust him to be with us, even when what he asks feels beyond our abilities.

This week, as we finish our Overcome series, we’ll explore the mission Jesus gives his followers and what it means for each of us and for Journey of Faith.

Connect

Let’s start our discussion time with some “get-to-know-you” questions.