LIFE GROUPS WEEK 2 – FALL 2025
LIFE GROUPS – WEEK 2
FULL SERMON – 37 MINUTES
ICE BREAKER:
Who has been the most influential Christian in your life?
SCRIPTURE:
Luke 9: 10-17 NIV
10 When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida, 11 but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.
12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”
13 He replied, “You give them something to eat.”
They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.” 14 (About five thousand men were there.)
But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 15 The disciples did so, and everyone sat down. 16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. 17 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
KEEP IT UNCOMPLICATED:
Take turns reading through Luke 9:10-17 and Matthew 28:18-20.
Also read Matthew 28:18–20 NIV:
“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’”
Discussion Questions
- Share a time when someone’s presence and support made a difference in your life.
- Jesus asked the disciples to feed the crowd with what they had. What’s something small in your life that God might want to use in a big way?
- How does this story show us the power of being in groups instead of standing alone?
- Freedom Church has been given a $2 million matching gift to build the new Freedom Center. If everyone in Life Groups made a new pledge, every dollar would be doubled. How can our group step out in faith to be part of this miracle? Our church has received a $2M matching-funds miracle gift for the new Freedom Center. Every pledge through Dec 21 will be doubled, like the boy’s bread and fish, God can multiply what we bring. How can our group step out in faith?
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