8.9.20 Huddle

Zach Below   -   August 9, 2020

INTRO QUESTIONS

  1. Thinking all the way back to January 2020, what was one thing you were looking forward to? How did COVID-19 effect it?

 

  1. Thinking over the journey from March/April until today, how has you thinking evolved/changed? Are you more fearful/less fearful, more anxiety/less anxiety, loving the slowed pace/totally over the slowed pace, etc.?

 

  1. What is something you are looking forward to in the next 6 months?

 

 

SCRIPTURE ENGAGEMENT

Intro: We are still in our Truth North series which is all about Fixing Our Eyes On Jesus. We are usually in the book of Luke, but today we wanted to examine how early Jesus followers encouraged others to fix their eyes on Jesus. As we read this allowed, listen for a word or phrase that grabs your heart/attention.

 

Read Hebrews 12:1-2

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

 

  1. What stands out to you from this passage?

 

  1. Why do you think that word/phrase stood out to you?

 

  1. According to Hebrews 12:1-2, what is the purpose of fixing our eyes on Jesus?

 

  1. What would it mean to “fix our eyes on Jesus throughout the day?” What does that look like for the 8+ hours a day we spend at work/school? What does it look like at home?

 

 

The Jesus I Never Knew

Read/Listen to this quote from Phillip Yancey’s book, “The Jesus I Never Knew.” See if any of it resonates with your journey to discover who Jesus truly is.

 

“Jesus, I found, bore little resemblance to the Mister Rogers figure I had met in Sunday School, and was remarkably unlike the person I had studied in Bible college. For one thing, he was far less tame. In my prior image, I realized, Jesus’ personality matched that of a Star Trek Vulcan: he remained calm, cool, and collected as he strode like a robot among excitable human beings on spaceship earth. That is not what I found portrayed in the Gospels and in the better films. Other people affected Jesus deeply: obstinacy frustrated him, self-righteousness infuriated him, simple faith thrilled him. Indeed, he seemed more emotional and spontaneous than the average person, not less. More passionate, not less.”

 

  1. Does Phillip Yancey’s early image of Jesus resonate with your early ideas of Jesus? How so? (The Mister Rogers figure? The Star Track Vulcan? The calm, cool, collected robot?)

 

  1. How has your vision of Jesus changed over the years? What have you been learning now/recently?

 

  1. Phillip Yancey described the image of Jesus he found in the gospels this way: “Other people affected Jesus deeply: obstinacy frustrated him, self-righteousness infuriated him, simple faith thrilled him. Indeed, he seemed more emotional and spontaneous than the average person, not less. More passionate, not less.”

 

Can you think of any stories from Luke or the other gospels that reveal these?

  • Other people affected Jesus deeply . . .
  • Obstinacy frustrated him . . .
  • Self-righteousness infuriated him . . .
  • Simple faith thrilled him . . .

 

  1. Do any of these characteristics of Jesus surprise you? Are any of them new to your picture of Jesus?

 

  1. Which of Yancey’s gospel pictures of Jesus connects with you most at this time in your life? Which characteristic of Jesus are you drawn to the most?
  • Other people affected Jesus deeply . . .
  • Obstinacy frustrated him . . .
  • Self-righteousness infuriated him . . .
  • Simple faith thrilled him . . .
  • He seemed more emotional and spontaneous than the average person . . .
  • More passionate, not less . . .

 

  1. Why do you think you are most drawn to that characteristic right now?

 

 

 

LOOKING TOWARD AUGUST 30, 2020

As a group, watch the latest update from Bret: https://vimeo.com/444676442

 

  1. How will your group reengage in the One Life community? Will some of you host watch parties? Will you return to the campus?

 

  1. We are not meant to pursue faith alone. However, throughout the summer that is what many of us tried to do. How can we hold each other accountable to connection and pursuing faith in community?

 

 

CLOSE IN PRAYER