Sermon Recap
In this sermon, Chrisy Kendrick emphasized the importance of living a life of integrity through radical hospitality, urging believers to embody the love of Jesus by actively seeing and serving the unseen. Using the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19, she illustrated how Jesus exemplified this principle by recognizing Zacchaeus, a marginalized figure, and inviting himself to his home, demonstrating deep love and acceptance. Chrissy challenged the congregation to engage with their communities, breaking out of comfort zones to meet the needs of the lost and broken, and to foster an attitude of generosity and sacrifice. Ultimately, she calls everyone to come together as the body of Christ to extend love, support, and hope to those in need, embodying the true essence of the gospel.
Ice Breaker Option
What food reminds you of family?
HEAD Read Luke 19:1-10
• Who was Zacchaeus? What do we learn about his story from this passage?
• What was radical about the way Jesus interacted with him?
• How did the people respond to Jesus taking a seat at Zacchaeus’s table?
• What do we learn about the heart of God from this account?
HEART
• What people or groups are often judged or overlooked in our communities? What keeps us from leaning in as Jesus did for Zacchaeus?
• How does our response to these individuals speak to our integrity?
• “As we give, we are filled up.” Where have you seen this in your own life?
HANDS
• What comfort zones do you need to step out of in order to respond to God’s call to go?
• In what ways can you practice radical hospitality in your own life, especially with people who may feel unseen or unaccepted?
• What one challenge could you take on this week that might stretch you but could also help someone else?
PRAYER
• Pray for increased awareness of the unseen around you.
• Ask God to give you the courage to extend hospitality to others.
• Lift up families in need of support, particularly in foster care and adoption.
• Pray for our church to boldly live out the mission of Christ in our communities.
Going Deeper:
“Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world, seeing others through the eyes of Jesus, entering into their world.”
Spend time meditating on how Jesus saw those around Him.
Consider: Mark 2:13-17; Luke 7:36-50; John 4:1-42; Mark 10:13-16; Mark 1:40-42; Mark 12:41-44; Luke 10:25-37
• What do you learn about Jesus from these accounts? Where do you see yourself in these accounts?
• How are you challenged by what you have learned
• In what area of your life will you choose to love more like Jesus? Commit this to Him in prayer.