SERIES TITLE
30 Days To Live Week 2
series overview
What if you knew you only had 30 Days to Live?
What would matter most?
Who would you prioritize?
What would you change?
This powerful new series explores how clarity about our time can transform the way we live right now. We’ll discover how to focus on what truly matters, let go of what doesn’t, and live with deeper purpose, greater faith, and lasting impact.
Don’t just count your days. Make your days count.
sermon TITLE
Live Passionately
weekend in review
In Week 2 of “30 Days to Live,” Mike challenged us to stop tolerating a boring, toe-in-the-water existence and instead cannonball into the life Jesus calls us to. Drawing from Acts 4, he pointed to Peter and John — ordinary fishermen who were transformed by following Jesus — as models of what it looks like to be “fully alive.” Their encounter with the ruling body of Israel, the Sanhedrin, showed that courage, purpose, and passion are the natural overflow of a life spent with Jesus. Mike pressed us to move our SOMEDAY list into TODAY’s list and to embrace risk and sacrifice as the raw material of a meaningful story, remembering the ancient truth: “The glory of God is man fully alive.”
WARM UP
What is the most boring thing in your life right now — and what would it look like if it suddenly became an adventure?
DISCUSSion
Select questions from the list below to guide your discussion time.
- Read the story recorded in Acts 4:1-22 by assigning a paragraph to different people in the group to read out loud. Mike described two kinds of people: “toe-dippers” who inch into the pool of life, and those who jump in with a cannonball. Who in your life story illustrates each of those ways of living? Which one best describes how you tend to approach faith and risk? What issues in your life tend to hold you back from going all in?
- Reread Acts 4:13 together. The council “took note that these men had been with Jesus.” What would it look like in everyday life for others to take note that you’ve been with Jesus?
- Read John 10:10. What’s on your personal SOMEDAY list? What’s one thing you’ve been putting off — in your relationship with God, your family, or your community — that God might be calling you to make TODAY?
- Mark quoted Irenaeus: “The glory of God is man fully alive.” What does being fully alive look like for you specifically? What is one area of your life where you sense God calling you toward life even if it means less comfort?
- Jesus said in Mark 8:35 that only those willing to lose their life for his sake will truly find it. Mike asked: what’s the story you’re living — is it compelling? What’s one concrete risk or act of sacrifice you could take in the next 30 days that would write a better story from your life?
WRAP UP & PRAYER
Close your time by praying together around these themes from the message:
- Courage to say YES — Ask God to replace fear and comfort-seeking with the bold, Spirit-fueled courage of Peter and John.
- SOMEDAY into TODAY — Pray specifically by name over the SOMEDAY things members shared, asking God to make them TODAY.
- Fullness of life — Pray that each person in the group would experience what it means to be truly, fully alive for the glory of God.
- Ripple effects — Ask God to use the risks your group takes to create ripples that touch lives in eternal ways — beyond what you can see.