Just Walk Across the Room Part 2: Living in 3D

Intro. Questions:
Has God given you any opportunities this week to enter into “spiritual conversations” with non-believers in Jesus? Has God begun to make you more sensitive to those around you who don’t have a relationship with Him? Have you prayed to that end? Talk about it.
Dave said that “one of the reasons we don’t break out of our ‘cocoons’ and enter into those conversations is that we are just too busy. We stuff our schedules so full that God practically couldn’t show up if He wanted to!”
Has your busy schedule interfered with your Spiritual Life?
Talk about a rewarding ‘spiritual conversation’ you’ve had with someone, somewhere.

Bill Hybels says that people who are going to spread the Great News about Jesus are those who will “Live in 3-D”.
Develop Friendships; Discover Stories; Discern Next Steps. Each one takes a special set of skills.
What does it take (in your experience) to “Develop Friendships”?

How about to “Discover Stories”

Finally, what is required in order for you to “Discern your next Steps”?

Bible Questions:
Read John 3:16-17: How important is it to God that the world knows about Jesus? Why is it important to Him?
Read Luke 19:10: In Jesus’ own words, why did He come?
Read John 4:27-42: What was the impact of Jesus taking the time to have a ‘spiritual conversation’ with the woman @ the well?
What is his reminder to his disciples, and what does it have to say to us?
Within 3 years of the avg. Christian coming to faith, they have whittled their list of non-believing friends down to zero. Others, who continue to have non-Christian friends often fail to even talk about their faith at all, and simply blend in.
In your opinion, why are these things true?
How is it a Christian can maintain friendships with non-believers and confidently share their faith at the same time?
Skim Luke 15. After quickly reviewing the parables, what does it tell you (and the Pharisees, who were listening) about God’s love for all of his children, no matter their background?

Read Psalm 139:23-24: If God were to ‘search your heart’ with respect to the non-believers in your life, what would he find there? Is there any sense in which you need to ‘repent’—to ‘acknowledge where you are headed and turn the other (Godly) way’?
Read 1st Peter 3:15: What are the keys—according to this verse—to keeping a good approach to a non-believing world?

Reflection Questions:
The “Christian Bubble” is easy to get into and hard sometimes to ‘pop’. In what sense are YOU in a “Christian Bubble”? What is God calling you to do to ‘pop out of it’?

Is there anyone in particular that God is calling you to reach out to?