COMO UTILIZAR ESTE GUIA DE DISCUSSÃOÀ medida que conduz a discussão, seguimos um quadro de discipulado que nos ajuda a passar da aprendizagem à transformação: Mente → Coração → Ações → Partilha → Reflexão
Lembrete para o líder: Há várias perguntas em cada secção. Os líderes devem preparar-se com antecedência e usar o discernimento para escolher as perguntas que melhor se adequam ao seu grupo. O objetivo desta discussão não é apenas a conversa, mas sim a transformação. Incentive a participação, a honestidade e a obediência prática.
QUEBRA-GELO
- Growing up, what was something you were “known for” among your family or friends?
- What is one accomplishment, role, or skill you are proud of?
- If someone who knows you well had to describe you in three words, what do you think they would say?
RESUMO DO SERMÃO
Our culture tells us to discover who we are by looking inside ourselves and to prove our worth through what we accomplish. In 1 Peter 2:4–10, Peter points us to a different foundation: if we want to know who we are, we must first know whose we are. We come to Jesus, the living Stone, and discover that in Him, we are loved, accepted, forgiven, and His. This identity is not earned or achieved; it is bestowed and received by grace.
The gospel gives us an unshakable identity—and brings us into a people who belong to God. Together, we are living stones being built into His spiritual house, called to reflect His glory and impact the world because of whose we are. As that truth takes root, God continues forming us—taken, blessed, broken, and given—so that our lives become a blessing to others. The invitation is to lift up our eyes, come again to Jesus, and root our identity in His story rather than the world’s. When we know whose we are, we can live securely in who we are and freely give ourselves away for His purposes.
ESCRITURA
READ: 1 Peter 2:4–10
TÍTULO
O que nos revela a Escritura?
- What words, images, or repeated ideas stand out to you in 1 Peter 2:4–10? What surprises you or raises questions for you?
- What does Peter say is true of those who come to Jesus? What do these descriptions reveal about our relationship with Him and with one another?
- What do the names and descriptions Peter gives Jesus reveal about who He is?
- In verses 9–10, what does God declare about His people? What does this reveal about where our identity, belonging, and purpose come from?
CORAÇÃO
Em que acreditamos?
- Where do people commonly turn when trying to define their identity? In which of these do you see yourself tempted to build your identity?
- Read verse 9 again. Which of these truths is easiest for you to receive? Which is hardest to really believe about yourself?
- “If you want to know who you are, you must learn whose you are.” How has belonging to Jesus changed the way you understand your worth, purpose, or place in the world?
MÃOS
Praticar juntos em comunidade
- Qual é a única coisa que Deus te está a convidar a acreditar, a fazer ou a mudar por causa desta passagem?
- The sermon described God's work in us as being “taken, blessed, broken, and given.” Where do you see God at work in that process in your life right now? How can this group support you as you trust Him in it?
- Knowing whose we are frees us to give ourselves away. How might God be inviting you to bless someone around you this week?
Complete this sentence: "This week, I will live out this sermon by ____________________."
PARTILHAR: MISSÃO
Pôr em prática a mensagem esta semana
- Com quem vais partilhar esta lição aprendida esta semana?
- Por quem vais rezar de forma deliberada esta semana?
ATUALIZAÇÃO NA PRÓXIMA SEMANA
- Incentive o grupo a voltar na próxima semana, pronto para partilhar como puseram em prática o passo HANDS e como viveram o passo SHARE: MISSION.
ORAÇÃO
- Thank God that our identity is received by grace rather than earned through our performance.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal places where insecurity, comparison, achievement, or the approval of others has become a source of identity.
- Pray that the truths God speaks over us in Christ—chosen, loved, forgiven, holy, and His—would become increasingly real in our hearts.
- Ask God to continue taking, blessing, breaking, and giving us so that our lives reflect Jesus and bring His life to others.
OUTRAS PASSAGENS DAS ESCRITURAS
Ephesians 1:11, Exodus 19:5–6, Hosea 1–3, Matthew 4:1–4, Matthew 16:25