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Ryan MacDonald // Matthew 11: 28-30

Community Group Questions....

1. How do you pursue rest in your life? 

2. What ways have you felt let down by the false promises of self-care and self-denial? 

3. How does the picture of Adam and Even in the garden of Eden help us understand the importance of abiding in and obeying God? 

4. Read Matthew 11:28-30 aloud. Once at a regular speed. And a second time slowly. 

5. How are you currently finding life by abiding and obeying Jesus? 

6. What is God inviting you to do in response to this passage? 

Matt Henderson // John 13 : 1 - 17

Kevin Meisch // John 12 : 37-50

Questions for Community Groups -

1. What signs have you seen God perform in your life that have led you to believe in Jesus?

2. John 12:40 says some people did not believe in the signs Jesus performed because God "has blinded their eye and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” What thoughts, feelings and emotions come up for you when you read this passage? 

3. How do we reconcile God blinding people so they can't believe Jesus with the truth that Jesus "did not come to judge the world but to save the world" (12:47)?

4. Believing in Jesus is a public action. How is Jesus calling you to live out your faith in public this week? 

Ryan MacDonald // John 12 : 1-11

Community Group Questions:

1. What is your reaction to Mary's extravagant act of worship?
2. When people observe your life is it evident that you love and cherish Jesus? 
3. How has Jesus taken you - like Lazarus - from death to life? 
4. How is Jesus calling you into deeper devotion and relationship with Him?
5. How can you adore and show gratitude to Jesus this week? 

Mbonisi & Tashinga Malaba // Mark 7: 24-30

Ryan T // Matthew 28:18