Acts 20:17-38

•	Begin by thinking about what it means to belong to a local church.  What do you find most encouraging?  What can you find difficult at times?
•	Acts 20:17-27.  What things characterised Paul’s relationship with the Ephesian church?  What does this tell us about Paul?  How might he be an example to us in our relationships as a church?
•	In v.24 Paul describes what drives him.  How did the way he lived his life ‘testify to the gospel of God’s grace’?  And how might our lives do the same?
•	vv.28-31: Paul warns the Ephesian elders of ‘savage wolves’ that will come, both from inside and outside the church.  Why do Christians need to be prepared for opposition?  How can we guard ourselves against false teaching in our churches? 
•	Look at v.28.  What does this tell us about how to serve and care for one another as a church?  Why do we need to ‘keep watch over ourselves’, as well as over one another?
•	Look at v.28.  The church belongs to God and is ‘bought with his own blood’.  How should this affect our relationship with God?  How should this change the way we see one another as Christians?  Pray about this in your group.  

Acts 20:17-38

•	Begin by thinking about what it means to belong to a local church.  What do you find most encouraging?  What can you find difficult at times?
•	Acts 20:17-27.  What things characterised Paul’s relationship with the Ephesian church?  What does this tell us about Paul?  How might he be an example to us in our relationships as a church?
•	In v.24 Paul describes what drives him.  How did the way he lived his life ‘testify to the gospel of God’s grace’?  And how might our lives do the same?
•	vv.28-31: Paul warns the Ephesian elders of ‘savage wolves’ that will come, both from inside and outside the church.  Why do Christians need to be prepared for opposition?  How can we guard ourselves against false teaching in our churches? 
•	Look at v.28.  What does this tell us about how to serve and care for one another as a church?  Why do we need to ‘keep watch over ourselves’, as well as over one another?
•	Look at v.28.  The church belongs to God and is ‘bought with his own blood’.  How should this affect our relationship with God?  How should this change the way we see one another as Christians?  Pray about this in your group.  

Acts 20:17-38

•	Begin by thinking about what it means to belong to a local church.  What do you find most encouraging?  What can you find difficult at times?
•	Acts 20:17-27.  What things characterised Paul’s relationship with the Ephesian church?  What does this tell us about Paul?  How might he be an example to us in our relationships as a church?
•	In v.24 Paul describes what drives him.  How did the way he lived his life ‘testify to the gospel of God’s grace’?  And how might our lives do the same?
•	vv.28-31: Paul warns the Ephesian elders of ‘savage wolves’ that will come, both from inside and outside the church.  Why do Christians need to be prepared for opposition?  How can we guard ourselves against false teaching in our churches? 
•	Look at v.28.  What does this tell us about how to serve and care for one another as a church?  Why do we need to ‘keep watch over ourselves’, as well as over one another?
•	Look at v.28.  The church belongs to God and is ‘bought with his own blood’.  How should this affect our relationship with God?  How should this change the way we see one another as Christians?  Pray about this in your group.