Unshakeable Reach
Pray to open your time together.
Then play the week five video, and each share something that stood out to you.
Play this video.
Unshakeable Reach A2 Teaching and Westside Story with Daniel and Kristie Martinez.
Today’s Scripture
At Lydda: Aeneas is healed and “All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.”
- Acts 9:35
At Joppa: Tabitha is raised and “many people believed in the Lord.”
- Acts 9:42
At Caesarea: Peter meets with a Roman centurion and sees the Holy Spirit at work. “I now realize how true it is that God does not sow favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.”
- Acts 10:34-35
At Antioch: Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
- Acts 11:19-21
At Antioch: Knowing that a famine was coming to the Roman world. “The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.”
- Acts 11:29-30
Discussion and Personal Application
Read the scripture passage and discuss the following questions as a group. Journaling your insights will help you deepen and personalize your learning.
How did God use these Christ-followers to meet people at their point of pain in each of the above stories? What were the results?
When has God used someone to meet you at your point of pain?
How is God using Westside to meet people at their pain points? How do we expand that care? How do we “scale love”?
Why is it important to keep the gospel at the center of our care for others?
As you pray about meeting people at their point of pain, how is God challenging you to grow as a disciple of Jesus?
Prayer
Pray that God would give you eyes to see people in their hurt and a heart to meet them at their point of pain. Pray that God will continue to grow our vision to scale the love of Jesus into the world around us.
