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
- What is the farthest you have ever traveled from home? What do you remember most about the experience?
- If you could spend a week anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
- Have you ever tried to communicate with someone when you did not share the same language? How did it go?
RESUMO DO SERMÃO
In Acts 1:8, Jesus reveals how He intends to advance His kingdom: through His people. He takes ordinary people, fills them with the power of the Holy Spirit, and sends them as His witnesses. The Spirit does more than equip us for a task—He transforms us as we encounter the living Jesus. As the gospel changes us from the inside out, our lives begin to turn outward. What we have received begins to overflow as we tell others what Jesus has done, and His kingdom spreads from where He has placed us to the ends of the earth.
The gospel that comes to us is meant to flow through us. Jesus sends His people to our neighbors and communities, across cultural barriers, and to people around the world who have not yet heard His name. He has entrusted His mission to His church, so the question is not whether we participate, but how. The invitation is to lift our eyes, ask God to enlarge our hearts for the nations, and prayerfully consider our part—through praying, giving, going, and living as witnesses wherever He sends us.
ESCRITURA
READ: Acts 1:8
TÍTULO
O que nos revela a Escritura?
- What words or phrases stand out to you in Acts 1:8? What questions does this verse raise for you?
- What does Jesus’ promise and commission in this verse teach us about Him and His purposes?
- What role does Jesus give His disciples? What does this reveal about how He sees us?
- What do Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth show us about the scope of Jesus’ mission?
CORAÇÃO
Em que acreditamos?
- What does it mean to you that Jesus chooses ordinary people like us to participate in advancing His kingdom?
- Where have you experienced the Holy Spirit changing you as you have encountered Jesus? Where do you need His transforming power now?
- As Jesus changes us, He turns our lives outward. Where do you see that happening in you? Where do you sense Him wanting to enlarge your heart for others?
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?
- Where is God inviting you to participate more intentionally in His mission right now? What could one step of obedience look like?
- The sermon invited us to ask, “Lord, what would You have me do?” Take a few quiet moments to ask Him that question. How might He be inviting you to pray, give, go, or share?
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 Jesus for saving us, transforming us, filling us with His Spirit, and sending us as His witnesses.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to enlarge our hearts for people.
- Pray for people around the world with little or no access to the gospel, asking God to raise up and send witnesses to them.
- Ask God to show each person—and your group together—how to participate joyfully and sacrificially in His mission, from where He has placed you to the ends of the earth.
OUTRAS PASSAGENS DAS ESCRITURAS
Matthew 28:18–20, 1 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Mark 15:6–15; John 19:30