How do we prepare our lives to LIVE DEAD? It begins with understanding God’s perspective. Just like when climbing to the top of a mountain let’s us see everything around us, God sees the big picture while we often only see what’s only directly in front of us.

Just before the Great Commission, when Jesus sends out his disciples to go and make disciples who make disciples who make disciples… the disciples encounter with Jesus prepares them for the LIVE DEAD life.

1. WHEN WE SHOW UP, GOD SHOWS OFF: So much of our success in life is simply showing up and fulfilling our commitments. It’s not about our perfect skills or abundant resources, but our availability and obedience that pave the way for God’s power. Just as Peter showed up for prayer and God healed a crippled man, or Moses showed up despite feeling inadequate, our willingness to be present and obedient creates the space for God to do incredible things. Even when it’s hard or unclear, faith sometimes just looks like showing up.

2. YOUR DOUBT DOESN’T DISQUALIFY YOU: Even the disciples, in the presence of the risen Jesus, had doubts, yet they still worshiped Him. Often, our doubt isn’t in God’s goodness or power, but in ourselves - our ability to be used by God. However, worship doesn’t require perfect faith; it simply requires an open heart. Jesus doesn’t push doubters away; instead, He draws close to them.

God is calling us to do hard things and go to hard places, but if we just show up, God will show off, and our doubts will not disqualify us from fulfilling His call on our lives. We are called to “Live Dead” - dying to self so that Christ can live in us and through us for His global plan.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. “When I show up, God shows off.” Simply showing up, even in small acts like attending church or a small group, can create space for God to work. What are some practical areas in your life right now - academic, professional, relational, or spiritual - where you feel God is asking you to simply “show up” even if you don’t see the full picture or feel fully equipped?
2. “Doubt doesn’t disqualify us.” Oftentimes, our doubt isn’t in God’s goodness or power, but in ourselves. What are some common self-doubts or fears that hold you back from fully stepping into what you believe God is calling you to do? How might actively worshiping, even with these doubts, help you overcome them?
3. Like standing on top of a mountain on a clear day and being able to see everything from the North to the South, God sees the big picture when all we see is what’s right in front of us. Can you think of a time in your life when you could only see “what was in front of you,” but looking back, you now recognize God’s bigger plan unfolding? How does that encourage you for your future?
4. Sometimes we feel insignificant in the big picture and wonder how God could use our limited abilities and resources or past failures. What specific “limited abilities” or “past failures” do you tend to focus on? How can the truth that “your part isn’t supposed to be the showstopper, but simply to SHOW UP” challenge that perspective?
5. Sometimes God calls us to the hard places instead of the nice, safe, comfortable ones. As a young person looking at the future, where do you anticipate God might be leading you to a “hard place” experience, and how can you prepare your heart to embrace the challenge, knowing that if you show up, God will show off?

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When we think about the call of God, most of us focus on the big giant changes: God telling us what career to pursue, what person to marry, what city to move to. We think the call of God is only for the people who are in ministry or only for the big decisions of life, but the truth is God is always calling. He is always calling us to take a step. He is always inviting us to a deeper and closer relationship with Him. He is always giving us opportunities to trust Him more, even if sometimes we don’t realize it.

So the question is: when God calls, what is our response?

We learn from Jonah that when God calls us to something, we can say no. Disobedience is always an option, but it takes away our opportunity to live in the fullness of life God wants. We will miss out on God’s best.

We also learn from Jonah that when God calls we can go, but with the wrong attitude. Expecting that God will do what we want or second guessing what He said along the way.

But neither of those are God’s best. So what is the alternative? The Jesus way.

Jesus answered the call of God in a much different way. He willingly obeyed, laying down his will and his desires to pick up God’s desires for His life. When he fully surrendered, everything changed, and he was able to do the hard things ahead of him with peace and authority.

The full life that Jesus wants to give us is on the other side of a full yes to His call. Let’s be the kind of people that fully commit to the call of God, no matter how big or small.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. What is something that you feel God is calling you to do?
2. What is stopping you from fully committing to doing it?
3. How have you seen God provide in the past when you said yes to Him?
4. What is something you could do to take a step of faith this week?

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When we read John 13, it almost feels like we are “eavesdropping” on Jesus’ conversation with his disciples. It’s the last time Jesus is with his disciples before he is betrayed, beaten and killed… and he knows it. And so, in John’s Gospel, Jesus shares his heartfelt, final lessons to his closest friends.

John 13:1-17

In these last moments with his disciples, Jesus knew his hour had come and having full authority, humbly washed his disciples’ feet, even Judas Iscariot’s, who would betray him. This act was not meant to establish a new ordinance like communion or baptism, but rather to demonstrate the “attitude and actions of a foot washer.”

To be a modern-day foot washer:

1. Know the Time: Understanding God’s perfect timing for your life, avoiding mistakes that happen when we rush ahead of God’s plan.

2. Know Your Identity: Recognize that your mission and ministry flow from knowing who you are in Christ, freeing you to serve anyone, anywhere.

3. Know the Small Things: Understand that true love and service are often expressed and mean the most in the little acts of faithfulness and kindness.

LIVING DEAD means serving others.

How are you serving your family, community, campus, workplace, and those who have hurt you or are different from you.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Whose feet is God calling you to wash? How are you “washing the feet” of those around you?
2. It’s important to know the time and avoid mistakes that happen when you rush ahead of God’s timing. Has there been a time that you waited for God’s timing and saw positive results or rushed ahead and faced difficulties? What is something that you are waiting on God to fulfill in your life?
3. When you know who you are and whose you are, your mission and ministry will flow from that. What ministry and mission is God calling you to do?
4. What are some small things you can do this week to show love and humility to those in your daily life?
5. Jesus washed the feet of Judas, who would betray him. How are you serving someone who has hurt you? How challenging is this concept for you, and what steps could you take towards serving someone who has caused you pain?

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