Sanctuary- Week of November 12

Thanks for your commitment and leadership!...
We are on our way towards building groups that are growing in love for God and others.

The next step is coming soon...
To love God and others OUTSIDE our gatherings.
Stay tuned for more info... but begin to plant the seeds that soon we will be venturing out!


Inward Journey

Text: Luke 19:1-10
‘The Risk of Hope’

This Week...
Open in Prayer:
Spend a few quiet seconds 'decompressing' from our day,
and then invite God to work in your Sanctuary.

Read Luke 19:1-7
1. Who was Zacchaeus? What did it mean to be a “chief tax collector” back in his day?

2. How does Jesus respond to a “sinner?” (v. 7)
How does that give us hope?

3. Who in our culture would be the "chief tax collectors?"
How should we respond?

Next Read Luke 19:8-10
4. Pay attention to Zack's response to Jesus...
What is the relationship between change of heart and change of action?
Do the two necessarily always go together?

5. Zack took the risk to follow Christ, trusting that there was hope for a different life for him in God.
Where do we see ‘seeds of hope’ already planted in our lives?

Prayer Practice:
1. Spend a few moments in silence…
In the quietness, invite people to prayerfully ask God:
What is one way I need to take the ‘risk of hope?’
2. Then invite them to take a minute or two to respond to God…
This could be simply writing that thing down,
Or a short letter to God,
Or a drawing in response to God, etc.
(however each person responds best)

If you're brave enough (and have time),
Have people share their 'hope risks,'
and then make those part of your closing prayer.

Close in Prayer:
1. Take requests from the group,
maybe even ways they need to risk living into our hope in Christ.
2. Invite others to pray for specific requests.
3. You close.