Now and Later

Shepherd of the Valley Messages

– Share a brief story about a time of waiting, wishing or wanting when you were a kid, and what you learned.

Read Acts 3:1-10 as a group.

– How does Peter’s response to the beggar’s request challenge our understanding of what it means to give and receive from God?

Read Acts 4:10-12 as a group.

– How does recognizing Jesus as the only path to salvation impact your view of people with other faiths or beliefs?

– How do we sometimes approach salvation with a mindset of “playing our cards right” to receive rest and enjoyment in the end? How does that align or differ from the biblical view of salvation?

Read John 10:9.

– Jesus describes Himself as the gate. What do you think it means to enter through Jesus as “the gate”?

– How does the image of a gate help you better understand salvation, security, and access to God?