Before We Get Started

For our discussion today we will be using the sermon series discussion guides. If you would like to follow along you can access this discussion guide on the website at mosaicchurchaustin.com and then select “community group resources” in the menu options.

Prayer

Because the main goal of our time together is to establish relationships and learn how to walk with one another in all that God has called us to be and do, we’d like to begin by praying for one another. So, does anyone have anything you’d like us to pray for, or  anything to share regarding how you’ve seen God moving in your life that we can celebrate together.

This Week’s Topic

This week we continue our series titled Abide as are joining hundreds of churches from around the world within our Every Nation family to take a look at what it means to abide in Christ and to let His Word abide in us. .

Today’s Topic

Trusting In The Tenderness of God

Discussion Questions

Whats the most inspiring story you’ve ever heard or maybe even been a part of?

John‬ ‭15:8-9

“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.”
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What does it mean to be great?

What is the difference between Jesus’ definition of greatness, and the world’s definition of greatness?

How might seeking to help others experience greatness enable us to achieve greatness ourselves as defined by Jesus?

John‬ ‭15:10-11‬

“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”

What is the correlation between love and obedience?

Why is obedience toJesus difficult?

Yet, how does that kind of sacrificial love make us great?

John‬ ‭15:1

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.”
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What’s the difference between a vine and a branch?

What causes a branch to produce fruit?

How does Jesus’ metaphor relate to our lives?

What happens to our lives when we try to root ourselves in something, or someone, other than Jesus?

Closing Thought

John 15:2

“Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”

What does pruning do to a plant or vine?

What do you suppose Jesus means when He says God prunes is?

Have you ever experienced the pruning of God? If so, how did you respond, and why?

How does Jesus loving sacrifice show us that we can still trust and obey God even when it fellas like He is cutting on us?