Today we are looking at How can each of us can share our individual experience of God’s love more effectively. We would be considering some of the mutual benefits of being part of a team.
Appetizer
How would you describe a team? What teams have you been a part? What are some benefits of being part of a team?
Entrée: Teaching others
Text: Acts 18
- What mutual benefits might have Paul,Priscilla and Aquilla received from teaming up?
- Apparently what Apollos knew about Jesus was accurate. Why do you think Priscilla and Aquila were anxious to teach him “the way of God “more adequately”?
- Why do you suppose they invited Apollos to their home for this? Occasionally we may hear misinformed teachings expressed by a new believer, what are some principles to guide how we should react?
- How can teaching others what they need to know to communicate the gospel effectively expand our witness?
- What priority does teaching/equipping have at our church? (review our Purpose Statement)
Dessert:Be Willing to Take Risks (Rom. 16:3-4)
“God never asks us to give Him what we do not have. He only asks us to give Him what we do have. When we do, He multiplies it.” Aquila and Priscilla invested their lives for the sake of the gospel.
From our reading today,
- identify some ways Aquila and Priscilla shared what God had given them.
- Discuss some personal risks we may have to take in order to be obedient to God.
- What might we have to gain by taking risks for the Gospel?
- Do you have talents or skills you use at home or in the workplace that you can surrender to the Lord’s service?
