Lean In // 5 minutes
What are some things you can’t do alone?
Sample answers may include…
- Have a party
- Play catch
- Get engaged/married
- Play in a band
- Have a conversation
- Water ski
Leader Note: The goal of the question is to get your group to engage. As the leader, be prepared to share a few lighthearted things you’ve tried to do alone but ended up having a hard time. Allow some space for group members to share stories around their answers.
Look Down // 10 minutes
What are some of the activities the early believers practiced as a group?
Sample answers may include…
- They gathered regularly together
- They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching—studying Scripture
- They committed themselves to doing life together and sharing meals (including communion)
- They were devoted to prayer
- They were in a deep sense of awe and they performed miracles and wonders
- They were generous and met people’s needs
- They worshiped together at the Temple
- They met in homes
- They shared their meals with great joy and celebration
- They praised God and enjoyed the goodwill of all the people
- God grew their group and added new people
Look Out // 10 minutes
Where are some of the places that people look to for community?
What are some of the key ingredients that hold a community together?
Leader Note: In every human there is a desire to belong and we all look for people and places where we can be in community. Today, there are many ways to find it. For example, sports teams, fitness clubs, and even online platforms are all ways we can find community. Help your group identify the different places we look for community and what holds it together. As the leader, be prepared to share your own observations.
Look In // 15 minutes
Where have you experienced “Acts 2” activities in your life group?
What are some activities you are hoping to experience?
Leader Note: Encourage your group to be honest about their life group experience and what they feel might be missing. Perhaps you can share first about an aspect you feel is missing from the group. How would you and your group like to do things the same or differently in this next season? Also, it may be helpful to read off the list of observations you found in the Acts 2 passage and compare it with your life group experience.
Live It Out // 5 minutes
Who might be impacted by your group doing life together and being for your community?
PRAY: End your group time together thanking God for bringing you all together to form a group as described in Scripture. Pray specifically for those areas your group highlighted that they wish were better within the group, and for opportunities to make the group stronger and to live out all aspects of Acts 2:42-47.
Key Verse(s): Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. – Proverbs 13:20
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Learn More About Flow Questions: Check out Kenton Beshore’s book Ask in the Irvine Campus Bookstore for more on the Flow Question model.