Looking Back
CARE
Ask how your friend has been doing since you last saw each other. Consider encouraging and/or praying for them.
LOVING ACCOUNTABILITY
Skip this section for now. There will accountability goals soon.
VISION
Ask your friend to read Revelation 7:9-11. For there to be various peoples worshipping around the throne, what needs to happen? (Matthew 28:18-20 gives a hint). Envision them to live with this day in mind.
Looking Up
SCRIPTURE
Read...Acts 8:26-40 in your friend's native tongue as well as English if you don't speak their language.
Retell...Without looking at the passage, try to give a recap of the passage. Help each other if things are accidentally omitted.
Ask...Questions to ask related to the passage:
- What does this passage teach about people?
- What does this passage teach about Jesus?
DIVE DEEPER
For further study, check out the passages in the bar on the right.
Looking Forward
GOALS
God gives us His word to encourage us, comfort us and to help us understand who Jesus is. He also wants us to obey it. Based upon the passage studied, what is a command to be obeyed or a truth to be believed?
COMMISSION
Pray for the disciple as they're sent out. Pray that they would enjoy and obey the Lord Jesus.
DIVE DEEPER
For further study on the topic of baptism, look up the following passage and discuss.
MATTHEW 28:18-20
Who was Jesus commissioning to baptize? Who was to be baptized?
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ACTS 2:37-39
Peter told the people to be baptized and to what? What promise is associated with baptism? Who is the promise for?
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What does baptism symbolize?
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MATTHEW 3:13-16
Why should be baptized? How should we be baptized?
SHORT TERM LESSONS
1. Consecration & Renunciation
2. Baptism
3. The Bible: God Talks to Us
4. Prayer: We Talk to God
5. A New Identity: Servant
6. A New Identity: Sibling
7. Trials & Persecution