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Do Something! Preparation


Icebreaker:

What was your special skill as a child?
If you were a super hero, what skill would you have?

Overview:

Read Ephesians 2:1-10.

This week begins our journey to “Do Something.” During the last five weeks, we have learned that the Lord’s favor is upon us. We have been called and challenged to share the Good News with others through the power of the Holy Spirit that is upon us. This week we start our preparation to turn our good intentions into actions.
We have been saved by God’s grace from a sinful world. Often, after years of living in His grace, we forget that “for the grace of God go I.” We separate ourselves from sin but then start also separating ourselves from those who are still captive to sin. Pastor Miles McPherson says, “You and I are not messiahs, of course, but just as Jesus came to do something to love this world, we too have a mandate to do something loving and, in our own small way, to bring hope to someone who is hopeless.” We have been created by God to do something.

Discussion:

Why were we created?
How has God prepared us for doing something?
What tools have we been given?
Why are opportunities a tool for service?

Activities:

What opportunities have you been given?
What skills have God given you specifically?

As a group, discuss the needs in your community. Ask someone to research the community around you. Within a ten-mile radius of your group, what is around you? Churches? Businesses? Ministries? Bars or nightclubs? Assisted living or skilled nursing facilities? Grocery stores, laundry mats, beauty shops, pharmacies, dog groomers/shelters, schools/universities, funeral homes, police/fire stations, etc. Ask someone else to research crime in your area. How many burglaries, vehicle thefts, rapes, murders, etc. have there been in the last year?

Prayer:

As a group, pray to be prepared when opportunities arise to do something in your community.

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