START TALKING

When have you seen a big difference made (i.e. saving money, losing weight, accomplishing something big, etc.) but it didn't happen in one step, but it happened one step at a time?

Did you ever want to quit or give up? What kept you going? How did you track the progress so that you stayed on course?

START THINKING

Read Luke 10:25-29. What does this religious person attempt to do? Why do you think he asked such a simple question in verse 29? How is this what a lot of us do when it comes to spiritual and scriptural principals?

Read Luke 10:30-37. Does Jesus ever directly answer his question? What do you think this means about how Jesus wants to work in your life when you have questions? What do you think this means for us when people in our lives have spiritual questions and we have a chance to answer them?

START SHARING

Why do you think religious people can so easily look past needs that they see? When you are being "religious" why is it easy for you to not notice needs or not do something about the needs that you do see around you?

Read Luke 7:13, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 14:14 and Matthew 15:32. These are just a few examples of what the next step was for Jesus when he saw a need. What was it? Share about a time that someone saw a need that you had and then they felt your pain and they had compassion. Share about a time that you saw a need and felt that person's pain and you had compassion on them.

Often it's a simple "do" that makes the biggest difference - a text message, an invitation to lunch, or simply having empathy. What are the fears that often hold you back to then doing something about a need that you see? What are the religious assumptions that we may have at times that keeps us from doing something about it?

START DOING

Think about each of these next steps that make a huge difference over time. What can you do this week to...

1. See the needs around you?
2. Feel the pain of the needs you see?
3. Do something about it?
4. Be generous?
5. Do it again?

What is one step you will do this week based on how you answered above?

With two weeks to go before Easter, this is a unique time in the year where we can see the spiritual needs of those around us, feel their pain of being far from God, and then do something about it - something as simple as an invitation to church on Easter. Who has come to mind for you? Who will you invite? How will you tell your own story of why you want them to come experience Jesus with you?

START PRAYING

Pray for each person's next step that they identified above that they will take this week to make a difference. Then pray for each of the names of the people each member of the micro church is going to be inviting to Easter at OneLife. Pray for the Easter Egg Hunts that our micro church is hosting and the many others that will be happening around the city.