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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.

• Open your group in prayer. For those who took a step to pursue Jesus last week, share how that went. What did you learn? 

• While we covered many texts on Sunday, we encourage your group to read from Exodus 40. What did you notice from this chapter?

• This week, we talked about how God’s pursuit of us leads Him to rescue us. In other words, He wants to be with us and save us. Interact with this idea as a group. How does this truth impact you? 

• God is meant to be the center of our lives (much like how His presence was in the center of the Israelite camp). Is that true for you? How do you know? 

• It’s often hard to have Him truly be the center of our lives. What barriers do you think prevent that from happening? Why do you think they exist? 

• Consider how Brian talked about God’s presence being mobile (the pillar of fire and pillar of smoke) to guide His people. Or, how Jesus is the greater mediator that sacrificed to allow us to be in His presence. What do those ideas (or others you gleaned from the text/message) mean to you? How can they impact your answer to Question 4 or 5? 

• What’s a way you can respond to that Gospel truth, perhaps in a way that brings God closer to the center of your life? Try to be specific if possible.

• Close your time in prayer, lifting up the barriers people named and the plans made to move Jesus towards the center of our lives, knowing that His presence goes with us and mediates our rescue.