Milestones – Week 1
October 3, 2021 / Our Savior Lutheran ChurchIt’s About the Journey
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
We are more like than .
- We are moving toward .
- We are looking for .
- We are carrying .
O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer of Good Courage
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Head
- Read Deuteronomy 6:1-9. Go around your group and write/share verses into your own words.
- How does knowing that the first hearers were on a journey through the wilderness change how you understand these verses?
- Putting the passage and the context together, what do you hear these verses saying to you here in 2021?
- What does The Prayer of Good Courage make you think about?
Heart
- Share about the longest trip you’ve ever been on. What kept you going? How did you feel when you arrived home?
- What milestones bring you the most joy on the journey of faith and why?
Hands
- How can you celebrate the milestones you see between where you are today and your reunion with Jesus in heaven?
- Who can you share The Prayer of Good Courage with, this week?