Weekly Podcast from Cornerstone Wesleyan Church, North Gower, Ontario
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The One Thing
Has regret made lunch meat of you? Make it your launch pad.
The Passage
Mark 14:27-31; 66-72
Discussion Questions
Know
- What are some of your favourite sounds from childhood?
Grow
- Have you ever known someone who has regret in their life that they cannot seem to move on from? What has been your advice to them?
- Luke’s account says that when the rooster crowed, Jesus turned and looked straight at Peter (Luke 22:61). Why do you think Mark omits this detail from his account?
- Was it two rooster crows (Mark 14:72) or one rooster crow (Luke 22:60, John 18:27)? Does this give us cause to doubt the reliability of scripture? Why or why not?
- Peter fixated on the first statement of Mark 14:27 ([1] You will all fall away) and missed the other statements ([2] After I have risen [3] I will go ahead of you into Galilee). Why was it so vital that Peter listen to all three? How might things have gone differently if he had?
- Do you more naturally focus on your sin (the Mess), the gospel (the Method) or the God’s purpose for your life (the Mission)? What is something you can do to embrace all three?
- Read Luke 21:31-32. What did Dan mean when he said: “That regret that caused us such shame is now re-purposed for God’s glory. What Peter learned in that place of darkness is now part of his toolbox”?
Show
- Take time this week to respond to God. Allow Him to reveal to you any unresolved regrets you have. If there’s a regret that you have kept quiet and hidden, but it’s eating you up inside, confess them fully to God (and to a trusted friend or even set up a time with Dan even) and receive His grace and trust Him for the gift of a new start in Him.
