This Week's Reflection
Five Questions for Prayer, Conversation, and Discernment
Use these questions to reflect on the unexpected ways God draws us to Himself, obedience to His leading, hunger for truth, listening to the Holy Spirit, and the promise of redemption.
Reflect Pastor Josh describes how God used a former pig farmer teaching through Romans and eleven months of biblical fellowship as the 'final chisel' to break through his resistance to the gospel -- what unlikely people or circumstances has God used in your own life to draw you closer to Him?
Reflect Philip obeyed immediately when directed to a desert place, a seemingly illogical destination for ministry -- in what areas of your life might God be calling you toward something that looks unproductive or inconvenient on the surface but could be filled with spiritually thirsty people?
Reflect The Ethiopian eunuch was searching so earnestly that he obtained an expensive scroll of Isaiah and traveled months by chariot just to get near the God of Israel -- what does the intensity of his search reveal about what it looks like when someone is genuinely hungry for truth, and how should that shape the way we engage people around us?
Reflect Pastor Josh describes 'dual listening' as being simultaneously present with the person in front of you and with the Holy Spirit -- how does this practice challenge the way you typically engage in conversations, and what would it look like to cultivate this discipline in your daily relationships?
Reflect The sermon draws a distinction between redo and redemption, arguing that the gospel does not erase past decisions but redeems them -- how does this reframing of the gospel's promise speak to areas of shame or regret in your own life or in the lives of people you are trying to reach?