Understanding Vision: Loving Jesus
Everyone is on a journey, the question is where are we going and what determines our direction. As Christians, we believe that God has created us for His purpose and to follow His footsteps. And yet, so often life gets in the way. In a modern age of busyness, how do we keep our attention on God when there is so much happening all around us? Well the answer isn’t to define Jesus as simply another priority among priorities but to see everything through the filter of our relationship with God and everything as an avenue to glorify God. Because to love Jesus is to love Him in everything.
Life Group Questions:
1) Can you think of a time when you got lost? What happened and how did you eventually find your way “home?”
2) What are some of things in your life that keep you busy?
3) Read James 1:22-25 as a group. Why do you think people struggle with being doers of the word?
4) Take some time to read the UBC Vision together as a group. What do you think of the current vision and how does the vision connect with you in your life?
5) What do your life choices say about what your priorities are? Is this consist with how you would define your priorities?
6) Read John 14:15, Matthew 10:37-39.and Luke 9:23. What does it mean to pick up the cross and follow Jesus in your life?
7) Further scripture for discussion: Luke 14:25-35; John 21:15-19: Ephesians 2:1-10
Scripture from the Message
Hebrews 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:7; James 1:22-25 & James 2:19; Luke 9:23; Ephesians 6:10-12; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 2:3-4; Matthew 10:37-39; 1 Corinthians 9:24-26; Act 2:42-47; John 14:15