In this series on the podcast, we're talking about the importance of living on mission and sharing the Good News with people in our lives that don't know Jesus.

In this episode we'll dig deeper: providing insight and practical tools to help you understand how God has already armed us with way more than we ever realized. We can do this. We should do this. We must do this.

Our hope is that the Holy Spirit will empower you to light up the darkness and share the greatest news on the planet.

 

DISCUSSION GUIDE

Opening Questions

• Where are you winning this week?

• Did you get the chance this week to reach out to that person that came to mind during last week's episode? If so, how did that conversation go? 

Who was the first person that helped you understand the gospel in a personal way? How did that impact you?

Two ships were near, only one was responsive. Which ship are you? What are the next steps you need to take to be more like the Carpathia? 

Read Romans 6:23 and John 14:6. How do these verses remind us of both the urgency and hope of the gospel?

Scott talked about "unleashing the power of prayer."

• What's one name you can start praying for this week?

• What's one specific prayer you could pray for them?

Be Curious… "It's not about trying to be interesting, it is about being interested." What's one way you could use curiosity to start a gospel conversation this week?

How does finding commonality help you start a gospel conversation with that person?

Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:19 –23 that he became "all things to all people."

• What does that look like in your life - at work, at home, or with friends?

• Where might God already be giving you common ground with someone who doesn't yet know Jesus?

Scott reminded us that the Holy Spirit gives us the words when we open our mouths. How does this truth encourage us to share the gospel with others even when we don't always know the words to say?

"Pain points create openings." When has God used pain in your life (or someone else's) to open a door for a gospel conversation?

Who in your life might be "sending up flares" right now? Someone hurting, searching, and how could you respond?

"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for."-Charles Spurgeon.  

• How does this quote resonate with you?

• How can that kind of urgency shape the way you live this week?

• What's one step of obedience you'll take to "share good news"?

Key Verses:

Romans 6:23 (ESV) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 14:6 (NIV) 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

2 Peter 3:9 (ESV) 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV) 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (ESV) 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

Matthew 10:19-20 (NIV) 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

 

Extra Resources

• A Case For Christ.—Lee Strobel

• Mere Christianity—C.S. Lewis

• Get them the Bible

 

Wrap Up:

• If this podcast has encouraged you—I'd love to hear from you.  

• If you're wrestling with Christianity, interested in getting baptized or need help figuring out your next step…shoot us an email at lockerroom@southland.church.  

• As always…if this podcast has encouraged you—share it with a friend.  You never know how an episode like this can help those in your life that you care about.

• Thanks for listening.  Get after it!  We'll catch you next time on Locker Room.