Topic:
Standing Together

Bible:
Ephesians 2:10

Discussion starter:
You can do good stuff all by yourself. And that’s awesome. Make great choices, show love to others, honor God’s passion for justice. But there’s something about doing good stuff with other people that gives us courage and strength. Why do you think it’s so difficult, at times, for us to really work together for the good of others?

3 Questions:

• If you could only pick one (and not the other), would you rather live a lifetime of doing good things for other people, or having other people do good things for you?
• When was the last time you partnered with other people to do something good?  What was the experience like?
• Are we only supposed to “do good together” with other Christians? Or, can our partnership include people who don’t believe what we do?

Chew on this:
Ephesians 2:10 has two important words in it that you might not have noticed: we and us. The verse doesn’t say “For you are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for you to do.” Nope, it’s plural — we and us. The implication is that we were made to do good works together. What might that mean for your youth group? What might that mean for the people of your community?