Acts 19

July 30, 2023

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3 Ways our Worship Wanders:

1. People wander to

. (vss 1-9)

1 John 3:24; Romans 8:9; Romans 1:16; John 16:1–4; Rom. 8:14

PROBLEM W/ PEOPLE 1:

2. People wander to

. (vss 11-20)

PROBLEM W/ PEOPLE 2:

Zechariah 4:6; 1 Corinthians 1:26–29; 1 Thessalonians 5:16

3. People wander to

. (vss 23-34)

Matthew 6:24

PROBLEM W/ PEOPLE 3:

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Next Week: Acts 20

Questions for the Community

Personal Reflection  

1. ALL of us like sheep have gone astray. Which of these 3 “ways to wander” have the most pull on you?
2. Of the 3 “problems w/ people”…which do you find hardest to accept? How have you overcome in these areas?

Group Discussion

3. Review what is happening and discuss the underlying heart behind the action scenes. What are Team Paul and the opponents feeling? What are their goals and motives?
4. What idols (seen and unseen) are being exposed, displaced or challenged by Team Paul? How has your faith affected your relationship to idols?
5. We see people from the same group responding in opposite ways to the gospel. Is there a group that you’ve written off as beyond God’s reach? How does this chapter bring hope?
6. What is the ONE thing right now you’d love for the POWER OF GOD to change in you? (some sin that has you captive? a circumstance? something in your past? concern about the future?) TALK TO HIM! This is an important part of prayer.
7. Artemis WORSHIP became Artemis BUSINESS. How do Christians keep from falling into the same trap?

Plan of Action

8. When you engage with people who’ve wandered to worship something other than God…what has helped you? Did you learn any insights from Acts that encouraged you or instructed you this week? Pray for an engaged heart for others.