Where we start in our relationship with Jesus, strongly determines the way we live life. This week we are exploring the practise of Stopping, (yes you heard correctly) in order to position ourselves in the best starting place to make room for our relationship with God.
Discussion Question - Luke
10:38-42 (also John 12:1-3)
Getting Started:
Share a time when you needed to, or were brought to a STOP, that changed the direction of
your life?
Digging Deeper – Luke 10:38-42 (also John 12:1-3)
- Describe the 2 perspectives of the sisters. In your current relationship with Jesus, do you
most connect with the experience of Mary or Martha?
- What are some of the ‘distractions’ (they may be good or unhelpful) that show up for you
regularly?
- In the passage in Luke we see Martha serving, discuss some of the feelings and attitudes she
most likely was having that led to her encounter with Jesus?
- In the passage in John we see Mary serving, discuss some of the feelings and attitudes she
most likely was having that led to her encounter with Jesus?
- Why do you think STOPPING to sit at Jesus feet is the ‘one thing’, the ‘better’ thing that Jesus
commends Mary for, and encourages Martha and us to do?
How To Apply This:- Of the 3 postures forSTOPPING (To sit at Jesus feet. To stand back to reflect. To face
forward to refocus) which do you feel the Holy Spirit inviting you to adopt, to prepare
for the next season of your discipleship journey?
- Mary was deliberate, shocking even claiming to be a disciple by sitting at Jesus feet;
what deliberate, bold and obvious way can you MAKE ROOM and demonstrate your
desire to be a disciple of Jesus this week?