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We hope this is a helpful resource for you as you dive deeper into the Scriptures and the messages preached at New Life Church.

•  Have someone in your group read John 15:18-25. What stood out to you from this passage?
• A big part of what Jesus is telling the disciples in this passage is to expect the world to hate you. Imagine yourself in that room as Jesus is saying this. What emotions do you feel rising up? Is it fear, anger, something else? Why do you think you respond this way?
• Jesus isn’t calling us to fight people, but to recognize a broken system of values and lies at work in the world. What are some cultural messages that you have noticed shaping the way you think you and live?
• In order to live as a compelling alternative, we must often embrace discomfort. For us, that discomfort is not the persecution the disciples and many others have faced. Instead, the discomfort we often face is being different or weird. Where in your life do you feel a resistance to being seen as different or weird?
• Living a compelling life in the midst of a hostile world requires us to commit to community. Where do you feel God might be calling you to push deeper into relationship with other followers of Jesus or even inside of this group?
• Jesus-centered discernment means learning to filter life through the ways of Jesus instead of the world’s narratives. What voices or influences most shape your thinking day to day (news, social media, friends, habits)? How do you intentionally let Jesus shape you instead?
• Is there a specific area of your life in which you feel most called to be a compelling alternative? What would it look like to take a step in that direction this week?
• Close your group time by praying for each other. Pray that God would be at work in each of your lives shaping you into the kind of people whose lives draw others toward Him.