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Share about a time when you were surprised. (Such as an unexpected gift, an answered prayer, unexpected time with a friend/family member, etc…)  (~1 minute per person)

Please read Acts 2:1-4 aloud.

     • What stands out to you in this moment?

     • What happened after they were filled with the Holy Spirit?

Please read Acts 2:17-21 aloud.

     • According to this passage, what will happen in the last days?

     • What excites you about this?

     • What challenges or stretches you?


2 Timothy 1:6-7 NLT
"This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline."

     • What does it look like to “fan into flame” what God has given you?

Please read Titus 3:3-7 aloud.

     • What sticks out to you about this passage of scripture?
        (Read it again after asking this question)

    • What does this passage say about who you were vs. who you are now?

    • What does it mean to you that you are an heir with eternal
hope?

Holy Spirit, we recognize your presence here right now. Thank you for your love, your will, your guidance, and for the giftings that you pour out on us. Come and have your way.
 God, we thank you for your perfect will for our lives. Thank you for how you show up. We need you Jesus! It’s in your name we pray, amen.

Life moves fast—but God often speaks in stillness.
Make intentional space to sit with Him, listen, and be present.
Ask yourself daily:
   • What is God saying to me right now?
   • Am I making space to hear Him? 

1 Corinthians 2:11-13 NLT
"No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths."

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If you could hit a ‘reset button’ on one hobby, habit, or skill in your life and start fresh, what would it be and why?

Please read Isaiah 53:4-6 and 11 aloud.

     • How does the resurrection change the way we view our past mistakes or sins?

     • How can a regret that still tries to speak shame over you be rewritten by the resurrection story?

John 16:33 MSG
"I’ve told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world."

     • What does it mean to “take heart” because Jesus has overcome the world? Can you describe how this helps us as believers?

Please read Matthew 28:18-20 aloud.

     • How should Jesus’ authority shape the way we live, decide, and obey?

     • How does Jesus’ promise of ongoing presence encourage you?

Please read 1 Peter 1:3-4 aloud.

     • How does the resurrection give believers a living hope instead of a fragile hope (easily shaken, broken or lost)?

Father, we thank You for the resurrection of Jesus - our hope, our victory, and our new beginning. Lord, because He lives, our past regrets no longer define us. Thank You for forgiveness, restoration, and the freedom that comes from Your grace. Because He lives, we can face our present problems with courage, knowing Your power is at work in us today. Strengthen us where we are weak and bring peace where we feel overwhelmed. And because He lives, our future fears lose their power. Help us trust You with tomorrow, resting in the hope, security, and promise that the resurrection guarantees. Fill our hearts today and every day with resurrection joy and resurrection confidence. May we walk in the newness of life, shining Your hope to the world around us. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

If the resurrection truly revolutionizes our past, present, and future - what is one specific way you feel called to live differently this week?

2 Corinthians 5:17 AMP
"Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come {because spiritual awakening brings a new life]."