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LOVE WHERE YOU ARE | WEEK 2: GO PAGE 1 © First Christian Church firstdecatur.org We are in a four-week sermon series called “Love Where You Are.” In this series, we are examining what it means to love people and live on-mission in the settings God has placed us in. This study is intended to be used by small groups and classes during any two weeks of this series or following this series. If you weren’t able to hear the sermons, you can listen to them at firstdecatur.org/sermons or on the app. WEEK 2: GO FOLLOW UP As you wrapped up group time last week, each person committed to doing at least one thing to show love to their neighbors. Start today by giving each person time to share about their experience and what they learned from it. CASTLE In the chaos of life, we all need a place to go for rest and to quietly connect with our families and friends. However, all too often our homes become a place of refuge to hide from the world, instead of just a place to rest and connect. When we see our home as a castle, it can be easy to see those God has strategically placed us next to as intruders instead of people God has called us to love. In what ways do you treat your home as a castle and/or your neighbors as intruders? How do you think God would want you to treat your home and your neighbors differently? What is a first step toward that? Read LUKE 10:25-37 As you reflect on this passage, how do you think Jesus would define what it means to be a neighbor? One of the most powerful details of the story Jesus told in this passage, is that the hero was a Samaritan. There was a longstanding, deep hatred between the Jews and the Samaritans. In fact,
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Weareinafour-weeksermonseriescalled“LoveWhereYouAre.”Inthisseries,weareexaminingwhatitmeanstolovepeopleandliveon-missioninthesettingsGodhasplacedusin.Thisstudyisintendedtobeusedbysmallgroupsandclassesduringanytwoweeksofthisseriesorfollowingthisseries.Ifyouweren’tabletohearthesermons,youcanlistentothematfirstdecatur.org/sermonsorontheapp.
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FOLLOW UP Asyouwrappedupgrouptimelastweek,eachpersoncommittedtodoingatleastonethingtoshowlovetotheirneighbors.Starttodaybygivingeachpersontimetoshareabouttheirexperienceandwhattheylearnedfromit.
CASTLE Inthechaosoflife,weallneedaplacetogoforrestandtoquietlyconnectwithourfamiliesandfriends.However,alltoooftenourhomesbecomeaplaceofrefugetohidefromtheworld,insteadofjustaplacetorestandconnect.Whenweseeourhomeasacastle,itcanbeeasytoseethoseGodhasstrategicallyplacedusnexttoasintrudersinsteadofpeopleGodhascalledustolove.
� Inwhatwaysdoyoutreatyourhomeasacastleand/oryourneighborsasintruders?
� HowdoyouthinkGodwouldwantyoutotreatyourhomeandyourneighborsdifferently?Whatis
afirststeptowardthat?
ReadLUKE10:25-37
� Asyoureflectonthispassage,howdoyouthinkJesuswoulddefinewhatitmeanstobeaneighbor?� OneofthemostpowerfuldetailsofthestoryJesustoldinthispassage,isthattheherowasa
Samaritan.Therewasalongstanding,deephatredbetweentheJewsandtheSamaritans.Infact,
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Jesus’saudiencewouldhavedoneanythingintheirpowertoavoidaSamaritan.Aretheirpeopleinyourneighborhoodthatyouavoid?Why?
� Inthisstory,notonlyisthe“badguy”thehero,buttwoimportantandrespectedpeopleinJewish
culture(apriestandaLevite)ignoredthemanwhohadbeenbeatenandrobbed.WhydoyouthinkJesusincludedthisdetail?Howdoesthisapplytothewayyoucareforthehurtingpeopleinyourneighborhood?
� Consideringthispassage,whatisonestepyouneedtotakeregardingyourneighbors?Whatisat
stakeifyoudon’ttakethisstep?
ReadMATTHEW28:18-20
� InJesus’sfinalwordstohisdisciples,hetellsthemto“go.”TruthfullyJesusintendedforustogotell
everyoneaboutwhathehasdoneandtoteachthemtoobeyhim.TellyourgroupaboutatimewhenyoudidwhatJesusdescribedhere.Ifyouhaven’thadatimelikethatinyourlife,talkaboutwhathaskeptyoufromdoingso,andwhatyouwouldliketodomovingforward.
� Manyofusaregoodat“Go”-ingoutsideofourneighborhood,butaswehavetalkedabout
throughoutthisseries,Godhasgiftedeachofusandplaceduseachuniquelytoreachthepeoplearoundus.Whatdoesitmeanforyoupersonallyto“go”totheplaceGodhasplacedyou?
� Whatisyourbiggesttakeawayfromthisseries?
TAKE ACTION � Inweekoneofthisserieswechallengedyoutoprayforyourneighborhood,andspecificallytopray
blessingsoverthem.Howwillyoucontinuetomakethisapartofyourrhythmoflife?� Inweektwoweencouragedyoutogettoknowyourneighborsnamesandstories.Howwillyou
continuetomakethisapartofyourlifeandyourfamily’slife?Howhasthischangedthewayyouthinkaboutyourneighbors?
� Inweeks3and4weaskedyoutocommittodoingsomethingthissummertoloveyour
neighborhood.Sharewithyourgroupwhatyouarethinkingofdoing.Encourageoneanotherintheprocessandseehowyoucanhelponeanotherbuildontheideasyouhaveandserveoneanotherthroughtheprocess.
� Continuetoprayforoneanotherasyoufigureoutwhat“LovingWhereYouAre”lookslike.
