Discussion Questions 9 August 2025
These questions are a starting point to help spark discussion that digs deeper into today’s topic – feel free to adapt or add additional questions of your own.
- Think of a close friend or family member. How is “being” with them — just enjoying their presence — different from “doing” something for them? Which one do you think deepens the relationship more, and why?
- Does it surprise you that Jesus’ first call to His disciples was simply to be with Him (Mark 3:14)? How is this call different from what we typically think of as “calling”?
- Martha welcomed Jesus into her home but became “worried and troubled about many things” (Luke 10:41). How might this story reflect the way we sometimes approach our relationship with God?
- Read Psalm 27:1-5. What enables David to not be afraid? What does it look like to “dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life”?
- Many Christians today feel guilty if they’re not constantly “doing” for God. Why do you think we often measure our faithfulness by activity rather than intimacy with God?
- Hudson Taylor discovered that faith grows not by striving but by resting in the Faithful One. What might “resting” look like for you in a season when God feels distant or silent?
- What is one practical way you could create space to be with God this week?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and being involved in today’s discussion!
by: Jinha Kim
"But those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14