What You Leave Behind

LIFE Group/Family  Discussion Guide

What You Leave Behind    

From the lesson of 9.20.2009     

Breaking the Ice: Please take a just a few minutes and write down the top three things you would emphasize to someone you knew you would never see again.

Please Read: Acts 18:23

1.      What is the purpose of this third missionary journey of Paul?

 

2.      What does this tell you about the relationship between discipleship and evangelism?

 

Please Read: Acts 20:16-17

3.      Paul had spent nearly three years in Ephesus on this missionary journey, why doesn’t he stop back again?

4.      Why do you think he asks for the elders from Ephesus to meet with him while he is at the port of Miletus?

Please Read: Acts 20:18-21

5.      What does Paul say the purpose of his preaching was and what themes did he stress?

Please Read: Acts 20:22-24 & Philippians 3:7-11

6.      What do these two passages have in common?

Please Read: Acts 20:25-27 & Ezekiel 3:17-19

7.      What do these two passages have in common?

Please Read: Acts 20:28-35

8.      How did the Holy Spirit make them overseers?

9.      What is Paul most concerned about with regard to the elders of Ephesus and their flock?

10.    How does Paul’s admonition to the elders at Ephesus apply to churches and elders today?