The Ministry and Example of Paul

What can we learn from the ministry and example of Paul? Join us this Sunday at CrossWinds Church in Spencer as we consider the answer from Acts 20.

Discussion Questions for Life Groups, Families, and Personal Reflection

1. What do you want to be known for? Does this desire line up with the life you are living? Why or why not? How can Psalm 90:12 help frame your mindset?
2. What is one takeaway you have from this passage? What will you do with that this week? What is a question you still have after studying this passage?
3. Our sermon gives five areas of life that Paul “wants to be known for.” What are they? Which one stands out to you most?
4. Read Acts 20:17–18; 1 Thess. 2:9–12; 2 Thess. 3:7–9; 1 Cor. 11:1. What is the importance of setting an example for others to follow? Is there someone who you look to for an example? How have you learned from them?
5. Read Acts 20:19; Phil. 2:3–4. What does it mean to be “about Jesus’s kingdom and not my own”? What are some ways that we are tempted to make life all about us? How can we be intentional in making life about Jesus?
6. Read Acts 20:20–21, 27; 2 Timothy 3:16. What does it mean to declare “the whole counsel of God”? What is the significance of “not shrinking back”? 
7. Read Acts 20:24. What are some ways that Paul makes his life all about being faithful to Jesus’s calling? What is Jesus asking you to do? How can you seek to be faithful in that?
8. This Time Tomorrow: How does this passage transform your thoughts, actions, or interactions at “this time tomorrow”?