MAIN IDEA
One fully present meal with others.
KEY VERSES
Matthew 22:35-40 NLT
35 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” 37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
Acts 2:42 NLT
42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper ), and to prayer.
Ephesians 5:14 NLT
14 For the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
1 Thessalonians 5:5-8 NLT
5 For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night. 6 So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. 7 Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk. 8 But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.
J HIGH DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How have the past two weeks of practicing the habits gone?
Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once? Why?
What makes being fully present with people difficult?
Read Acts 2:42. Why do you think sharing a meal together was such an important aspect to the first church’s schedule?
How can you begin to practice having one “fully present” meal with someone else? (Get creative!)
HIGH SCHOOL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How have the past two weeks of practicing the habits gone?
On a scale of 1-10 how good are you at scheduling yourself?
What makes being fully present with people difficult?
Read Acts 2:42. Why do you think sharing a meal together was such an important aspect to the first church’s schedule?
How can you begin to practice having one “fully present” meal with someone else? (Get creative!)