Truth Bombs

MEETING AGENDA:

  1. OPENING PRAYER – Ask one person to Open the meeting in prayer. 
  1. DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS – Ask everyone the Development Questions. 
  1. ATTENDANCE – Take attendance through the SG Attendance System. 
  1. TODAY’S LESSON – Go over this week’s SG lesson. 
  1. CLOSING PRAYER – Ask for prayer requests and pray.  

Development Questions

Question #1

Who would like to share a highlight, praise report, or testimony from this week?

Question #2

What did you learn from this week’s sermon? 

Question #3

What was your most important accomplishment this week?

This Week's Passage:

John 17:6-19    (NIV) 
6 "I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. 13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Connection Question:

 What does Jesus’ prayer in this passage reveal about His heart for His disciples? 

Truth #1:

Jesus Reveals the Father and Gives His Word 

Discussion Points:

  1.  Jesus revealed the Father to the disciples. (v.6; John 1:18)
  2.  The disciples belonged to the Father before being given to Jesus. (v.6; Ephesians 1:4–5)
  3.  They obeyed God’s word, showing genuine discipleship. (v.6; John 14:23)
  4. Everything Jesus has comes from the Father. (v.7; John 5:19).

Growth Question:

What helps you accept God’s word even when it challenges you? 

Truth #2:

Jesus Prays for Their Protection and Unity 

Discussion Points:

  1.  Jesus specifically prays for those given to Him (v.9; Hebrews 7:25).
  2. All the Father has is the Son’s and vice versa (v.10; Colossians 1:19).
  3. Jesus asks the Father to protect them by His name (v.11; Proverbs 18:10).

Growth Question:

Why do you think Jesus emphasizes praying for protection? 

Truth #3:

Jesus Sends Them into the World and Sanctifies Them by the Truth 

Discussion Points:

  1. Jesus does not pray for escape from the world but protection from the evil one (v.15; Matthew 6:13).
  2.  Disciples are not of the world, just as Jesus is not (v.16; Philippians 3:20).
  3. Sanctification happens through God’s truth—His Word (v.17; Psalm 119:160).
  4. Jesus sanctifies Himself so His disciples may be sanctified (v.19; Hebrews 10:10).

Growth Question:

In what ways are we sent into the world today? 

GO THEREFORE QUESTION:

How does Jesus’ prayer shape the way you understand your identity, purpose, and mission as a follower of Christ? 

PRAYER:

Question #1

Who are you praying for  
to be saved? 

Question #2

Who can you invite to Church and/or to Small Group?  

Question #3

What are your prayer requests?