Next Steps--Lesson 1--We Have a Calling--Genesis & Hebrews

Discussion Questions:

1.  What does it mean to be fruitful, multiply, fill and subdue the earth?  What does this look like in the world of 2026? 

2.  In what ways does your life bring order to the chaos around you?  Why is it important to be aware of this purpose for your life?

3.  How would you evaluate your walk with God?  What areas need some improvement?  Where do you feel distracted or off course? 

4.  Which do you find yourself doing in your walk with God: taking your own path as long as it winds up where He does; walking the same path as God, but at different paces; or walking together with Him at His pace and in the direction He leads us?  What kinds of things hinder you from going at His pace and staying on the path He sets?

5.  What do you think a good next step would be for you to focus upon for growth in your bond with God and your service to His Kingdom for 2026?  What might hinder you from taking this next step?

6.  What fears do you have about where God might lead you if you choose to walk with Him?  How has fear caused you to settle for less than what God wants for you?

7.  Why does God take Enoch from the earth?  What role did faith play in Enoch’s life after Methuselah was born?  What should we learn from this example given to us?

8.  How has believing God exists and that He rewards those who seek Him made a difference in your life?  Do you see yourself as an heir of righteousness?  How does this help you deal with the trials and challenges that come up in a walk with God?

In the Street - Lesson 12 - I Finished the Race - Mark 1; Acts 21-28 + Various Passages

Discussion Questions:

1. What did you learn from a year of talking about being in the workshop of our Master?  How did Jesus blend the workshop with guiding us to the streets and putting things into practice?

2. Do you see your spiritual walk as a race to complete?  Do you know what your specific race is and what the goals should be in completing it? Share this with the group.

3. Why is it important that God started things with a mandate to fill the earth and subdue it?  What should this look like in 2026?  Does it even apply to us?

4. What does it mean to be God’s son (child)?  What responsibilities and blessings come with this role?  How did Jesus restore us through His example and His acts of redemption?

5. How does it help you to see the race set before Jesus and the way He was determined to accomplish it?  How does the model Jesus sets in persevering through the race help you to understand what being human should look like?

6. In what ways have you experienced “agony” running the race God set before you?  What helps you persevere?  How are your trials part of the plan of God for the race you must run?

7. How do you keep your focus on what is eternal instead of seeking what is temporary as the finish line of your race?  What difference has focusing on the eternal made in helping you live life with more fullness?

In the Street--Lesson 11--Finding What We Seek--Various Passages

Discussion Questions:

1.  Is it possible there are things you have missed out on in the Kingdom of God because you didn’t think to open the door available to it?  If your life feels like less than what you thought the Kingdom of God was supposed to be, could you be settling for less than what is available to you?  What can you change in your seeking to experience more of what God offers you?

2.  How easy is it to be like the Inn Keeper and not recognize the activity of God going on around you?  How have daily responsibilities and accomplishing the tasks of the temporary gotten in the way of recognizing and being part of the eternal?  What can you do to be more aware and involved in God’s redeeming work?

3.  Are we seeking a relationship with Jesus or salvation?  What’s the difference?  Why is it important to see beyond the star to the fulfilling of prophecy, or seeing beyond the angels to the actual Messiah?  In what ways have you as an individual, or the church settled for religion instead of relationship?

4.  How have you seen the Kingdom of God working in your presence?  How has the Kingdom of God offered your life back, like the leper and servant of the Centurion had their life given back to them?  What role did seeking Jesus play in them receiving the healing that they did?  What are you seeking?

5.  Why is it important to see Christianity as a verb instead of a noun?  What struggles have you seen with trying to control things and turning them into nouns instead of keeping them as action verbs? How tempting is it to make the things of God’s Kingdom work for you instead of you working for them?

6.  How would you compare/contrast the stories of the Rich Young Ruler (Matt. 19) and Zacchaeus (Luke 19)?  Which of these two men are you more like in your seeking? Why?