Kettlebrook Kewaskum Kettlebrook Church

Questions for Reflection / Discussion:

1. What was your first experience and impression of Kettlebrook Kewaskum? Share an early memory or funny story.

2. In what ways do you believe that God is continuing to call you to be hospitable (leading others into His family by opening up your family) despite our Kwk site closing?

3. What are some of the things that have you saying “life is hard sometimes?” Read John 16:33. When we look to the Person, teachings, and victory of Jesus, how does this help in our hard times?

4. In Matthew 11, Jesus tells John the Baptist’s disciples to “go back & report” about the advancing of the Kingdom. What are some things that you can “go back & report” regarding what God has done through our Kwk family, through your small group, through your personal family, or through you, that has advanced His Kingdom?

5. Romans says to rejoice with those who rejoice, and to mourn with those who mourn. Ecclesiastes tells us there is a time for both of these emotions in our lives. Take some time to share some areas where you are looking-forward, areas where you are still processing, and areas where you are grieving. Pray together for one another.

Questions for Reflection / Discussion:

1. Who are the most “hospitable” people you know? The least? Why did you pick them?

2. Growing up, do you remember your home being more open to others (including strangers) or closed? How has this shaped the way you see your own home/life?

3. When you hear the phrase, “A man’s home is his castle”… what comes to mind for you and why?

4. Describe a time when you felt like an outsider, a foreigner, a stranger. What was that like for you? Who do you know in your own life that might be experiencing this? How might you be able to specifically and intentionally empathize with them?

5. What are the two reasons or motivations in Leviticus 19:34 that God commands His people to be hospitable? Why are both of these motivations important?

6. In what ways does Jesus reflect the Father’s heart for hospitality in the gospel accounts?

7. In what ways could you obey God’s commands to be hospitable this week? This month? Who is someone on the outer-most circle in your life that you could begin to love like yourself?

Additional Resource: https://saturatetheworld.com/2018/05/01/sharing-your-table/

Questions for Reflection / Discussion:

1. How would you define Hospitality? Are there any specific moments, memories, or people that you connect that word with (either positively or negatively)?

2. Xenophilia (the Greek word translated as Hospitality) means love of the stranger. How does this change or reshape your concept of Hospitality just by its definition? Are there any practices of Hospitality that you’ve picked up over the years that you need to unlearn?

3. Read Luke 14:12-14. Would you say this teaching is hard or easy, and why? What challenges or road-blocks immediately present themselves within your mind? What would be required in removing or getting past these challenges?

4. How were we once the spiritually/physically/emotionally/relationally needy in our relationship with God? What changed, and how was it made possible, that we became no-longer strangers? How does keeping this foremost in our minds change the way we view the ‘stranger’ and the ‘needy’ in our own lives?

5. Take a minute or two to pray & think about those who are the Group B people in your life, those who may have physical, spiritual, relational needs, and write them down on a piece of paper or your phone. Now, think & pray about how to bless those individuals, and then write that down next to their names along with a timeline or specific dates to do aim to do this. Last, share with the group and pray for one another, as well as these individuals.

Questions for Reflection:

1. Have you ever had to forgive someone? What was that like? Was it easy or hard for you to do? Why?

2. Why do you think forgiveness is so hard to do? Why do you think it is so essential for us to ‘grow up?’

3. What happens when people refuse to forgive? Is there anything gained?

4. Read Matthew 18:21-35. Have someone retell the parable in their own words. What does it tell us about God? About ourselves?

5. If Matthew 18:21-35 is true, what are we supposed to do about it?

6. Is there any area of my life where I have been harmed, wounded or abused that I have not fully dealt with?

7. Have I forgiven the perpetrators of my abuse? If someone were to look at my soul today would they find fresh wounds or healed scarring?

Questions for Reflection / Discussion

1. What does ‘growing up’ mean to you? Why do you think so many people grow old but refuse to grow up? What prevents them from doing so?

2. When do you feel like you ‘grew up?’ In what ways do you still need to ‘grow up?’

3. Why do you think repentance is so important for growing up in the Kingdom? Is it possible to grow up in Christ without repentance?

4. Read Luke 13:1-9. What is God looking for in keeping with repentance? What does that look like?

5. Read Luke 18:9-14. Have someone retell the story in their own words. What does this story tell you about God? About people? What do you think you need to do as a result of this teaching?

6. What is one area in your life where you would like to see God’s Kingdom come? What do you think you need to do in order to see that happen?

Questions for Reflection/Discussion:

1. What circumstances in your life have pressed you into growing up and which circumstances have caused that growing up more rapidly than others?

2. If you could “grow up again”, in what ways would you want to grow up differently than the first time around?

3. What are some thing that you might admit that you personally still need to grow up in?

4. Read Luke 14:7-11 a few times. What sticks out to you as you read this parable?

5. As a group, brainstorm the different ways that Jesus does not just teach on humility, but displays humility.

6. Revisit the five points in the “notes” section above. How would you assess yourself in regard to these? In what ways might the Holy Spirit be convicting you in regards to these?

7. In what specific way/relationship/or role could you seek to humble yourself this week?

8. In what specific way could you seek to exalt/magnify Jesus this week?