Connect Group Study Notes:   2 October 2022 

Theme: “Designed by God …. Prayer-filled=Power-Filled.” 

Reading:  Ephesians 3:14-21 

 

Fellowship (10 min) 

Begin with general conversation and sharing about how the past week has gone. Try not to go over time. 

 

Worship and Prayer (15 min) 

Click on the link below on your smartphone, Smart TV, or computer, to select songs to sing; and then spend a few minutes in song and prayer.  

PLETT METHODIST YOU TUBE CHANNEL SONG’S PLAYLIST:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbsAkwbV_S1vXdZVPkZ0_tQW5n9RqeZX0 

And if you need to check on the Message for the week again, then click on: 

PLETT METHODIST YOU TUBE CHANNEL (MESSAGE): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1X4YYw1KLpda1yGnqKgfw/videos 

This time of worship and prayer will encourage you to move your thoughts from daily worries and pressures to our time of Bible study and prayer. 

 

Read:  Ephesians 3:14-21 

 

Warm up for the discussion time: 

In pairs or groups of three, ask each person to share their experiences of feeling loved (for example, love expressed by our parents, family, or friends). 

 

Discussion Questions (Approx. 30 min)1  

  • For what reasons does Paul have to “bow” his knee before God? The clue to this answer is to remember the themes of the first two weeks 😊  
  • Have one person from the group read the passage aloud for the group. Each time the reader encounters the word “you,” have him/her pronounce it as “all of you.” (The word “you” is plural in Greek, but that is hard to translate in our English versions.) What difference does that make in what we learn about in this passage?  
  • What do we learn about each person of the Trinity [i.e. Father, Son, Holy Spirit] from this passage? 
  • What might Paul be referring to by observing that “the love of Christ surpasses all knowledge”? What does that say about the limitations of our knowledge? About the vast scope of God’s love? 
  • How might verse 20 shape our prayer life and our expectations of what God desires to do in us and through us?  

 

Faith Building (Approx.30 min):  

  • What might it mean for you to be “rooted and grounded in love”? How would you live differently if you were more aware of that? 

 

Prayer (10 min). Share prayer requests and then pray together. 

 

Sending Prayer (2 min). End by praying the following or a similar prayer: 

God of transformation, strengthen us as individuals and as a community of followers with the power of the Holy Spirit. Ground us and root us in your love, and may we submit to your grace that you might accomplish abundantly far more in us and through us than we can ask or imagine. Amen. 

 

Have a great week. 

God bless, 

Tim.