· Read together Ephesians 2:1-10
· What words stir you? What do you hear in these words about Jesus? About yourself? About Community?
· Can you think of a time when you have wanted to do something or have something that you know is not for you? What would you say is the attraction to that thing?
· When have you been stuck in a place that was not for you? How were you rescued?
· Is there a place where you are stuck now? What help do you need to get unstuck?
· How is the wisdom of this world drawing you to things that are not of God?
· What do you need to let go of and/or embrace to live into your identity in Christ? Where do you find your identity now?
· Where do you see God’s mercy in your life today? How is God’s mercy a hinge in your life?
· Imagine yourself standing before Jesus. What do you hope Jesus sees? What do you hope Jesus does not see? What does it feel like for Jesus to have seen it all and loved you deeply in the midst of it?
· You are God’s poem, masterpiece, handiwork. How do you see your life through the lens of being a beautiful work of God?
· What do you do “for God’s sake?” To live into your expression of God’s creative love for you?
· Is there a creative area of your life that you need to fan into flame? What would those closest to you say about your creativity?
· What can you do this summer to cultivate your creativity, believing that God delights in you and all that God has made you to be? Who can you invite into your creative endeavors?