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 2, we see a picture of a community transformed by the gospel. The message of Jesus cuts people to the heart, changes them from the inside out, and creates a new way of life. They devote themselves to God's Word, share what they have, gather in homes, pray, worship, care for one another, and participate together in God's mission. This is what Vox calls the lifestyle of authentic Christianity: gospel, community, and mission. Jesus is at the center, His grace forms a new people, and together they give their lives away for His purposes in the world.
But this kind of community does not happen by accident. Our natural tendency toward independence, self-protection, and "us versus them" pulls us apart. The gospel, however, gives us a new identity rooted in the grace we have all received through Jesus. That grace makes deeper, diverse, and deliberate relationships possible. The invitation is to engage in community now —to make time, open our lives, be known and needed, and intentionally practice the life together that Jesus makes possible.
ESCRITURA
READ: Acts 2:37–47
TÍTULO
O que nos revela a Escritura?
- What stands out to you in this passage? What surprises you or raises questions?
- What do we learn about God from what happens in this passage?
- What do you notice about the way these believers relate to one another? What does this reveal about the kind of community the gospel creates?
- As you look at the whole passage, how do you see gospel, community, and mission working together?
CORAÇÃO
Em que acreditamos?
- What makes deep, consistent community difficult for us? Where do you see the pull toward independence or self-protection in your own life?
- How does knowing that we all come to Jesus on the same basis—by grace—change the way we see and relate to people who are different from us?
- The sermon describes healthy Christian community as deeper, diverse, and deliberate. Which of these most challenges or encourages you in this season?
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?
- What is your next step into intentional community? What will it look like for you to take that step this week?
- What does it look like for us to be an intentional, biblical community as we meet each week? What can we practice together to become more known, needed, and engaged in one another’s lives?
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 the gospel and the grace that gives us a new identity and brings us into His family.
- Pray for the grace to build deeper, diverse, and deliberate relationships where people can be known, strengthened, and carried.
- Ask God to make your group a community where gospel, community, and mission come together in a way that points others to Jesus.
OUTRAS PASSAGENS DAS ESCRITURAS
Genesis 2:18, Psalm 133:1–3, Romans 3:23, Isaiah 64:6