Getting Started

Q: What is your least favorite chore?

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re-READ: Exodus 3:1-5

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

  • Can you honestly say that you take pleasure or find joy in the mundane tasks of life?

 

  • What might it mean to recognize your current location (job, house, city, life-stage, kids, partner, etc...) as holy?

re-READ: John 15:5-8

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."

  • What are some of the things you've felt you had to do in order to be "right with God"?

 

  • What does it mean to "remain" in God?
  • Have you ever looked back at some event in your life and realized God was there, but you didn't recognize it at the time?

 

  • How can we begin to see all moments of our lives as holy encounters with God?

in your laundry room; on a tuesday; while it's raining

- surely god is there

BEFORE NEXT WEEK

Pick a partner in your group and commit to praying for them throughout the week whenever they come to your mind.

Make those regular moments a little more holy!