BIG IDEAS
Maria uses the example of zebras to help us understand how we are to live out the unity we are called to have in christ.
To create unity, we have to be unique like zebras
To create unity, we have to be social like zebras
To create unity, we have to stick together like zebras
MAIN VERSES
John 17: 20-21
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
1 Corinthians 12:17-20
If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell? God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body? As it is, there are many parts. But there is only one body.
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together…but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What stood out to you from the message?
What are some unique things about you that make you who you are?
(Maybe take a few minutes and go around the room and have a few people share something they enjoy about the others in the group)
How can we be more like zebras in creating unity in our YX community?
Who do you need to forgive in order to create unity in your life?
Who can you serve this week to show the love of Jesus to the people around you?