Committed '26 — Discussion Guide
Week: Discipleship Together — Hearing, Obeying, Seeing, Imitating
- Jesus says discipleship means both hearing his words and acting on them (Matthew 7:24-27) — hearing alone isn't enough. Where in your life right now is there a gap between what you know Jesus says and what you're actually doing about it?
- The sermon pointed to two sides of Jesus' example: total surrender to the Father ("not my will, but yours," Matthew 26:39) and total trust that the Father would set things right (1 Peter 2:19-23). Which of these is harder for you personally — surrendering your will, or trusting God with something that feels unresolved or unjust?
- Discipling others was described as both "negative" (gentle correction, Galatians 6:1) and "positive" (encouragement, 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12). Who has spoken one of these kinds of words into your life? Is there someone God might be calling you to speak that kind of word to right now?
- CLC's commitment to discipleship involves intentional "hearing" environments (reading Scripture together) and "seeing" environments (life-on-life time with other disciples). Are you currently in relationships like that — being discipled, and discipling someone else? What's one concrete step you could take this week to get into or deepen one of those?
- The sermon closed with three steps: believe the gospel, count the cost, get on the narrow road. Which of these feels like your actual next step right now, and what's holding you back from taking it?
