教會生活裡作活祭 – A Living Sacrifice in Church Life
一個人作活祭, 一個人作基督徒是比較容易的, 當一群基督徒一同作活祭, 困難就馬上出現。羅馬書 12:3-8教導我們怎樣在教會生活裡一同作活祭, 這六節經文告訴我們三個重點: 1.要看自己看得合乎中道 2.肢體之間要彼此的聯絡 3.肢體之間要彼此的服事。
Becoming a living sacrifice as a church — together with other Christians — is challenging as differences are bound to arise when different individuals interact. In this message, Rev. Jeremiah Cheung teaches us how we can become living sacrifices together with other believers within the body of Christ.
Read Today’s Scripture Passage
羅馬書 Romans:12:3-8
Life Group Discussion Guide
1. Start with a prayer
2. Engage one another (15-30 mins)
– Spend the first few minutes to share each other’s spiritual gift. (Note to leaders: You may ask your members to answer https://giftstest.com/test before meeting.)
– Additional resource to know more about spiritual gifts https://www.tyndale.com/sites/unfoldingfaithblog/2018/11/13/your-spiritual-gifts-how-to-identify-and-effectively-use-them/
3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)
• Read the passage. What does it mean to think of ourselves with sober judgment? Share examples.
• What is the motivation for using spiritual gifts?
• What happens when we all use our gifts? What happens when we compare and envy others’ gifts?
4. Engage the heart (15-20 mins)
• Reflect: What instances make you think too highly of yourself? What instances make you think too lowly of yourself?
• Imagine everyone using our gifts. What does that look like?
5. Engage the hands (15-20 mins)
• Think and share some ways you can use your spiritual gift/s (do not limit to the four walls of the church). Which of the ways can you start doing? (Note to leaders: Affirm and encourage)
6. Engage with God in prayer (20-30 mins)
• Thank the Lord for blessing us with gifts that we can use to contribute to the Body of Christ.
• Pray to have an unbiased and fair judgment of ourselves in line with how God sees us through Christ; to not see ourselves too highly nor too lowly.
• Pray for passion and humility to participate in God’s kingdom by using our unique gifts to build and serve one another. Pray for unity in the midst of diversity.
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