Going Deeper Discussion

1. Assuming that you care about March Madness, how do you pick your brackets?

Based on strength of schedule?
Based on tournament ranking?
Based on uniform color?
Based on personal affiliation?
Based on the team mascot?
Other?

2. How are you tempted to live from the wrong scorecard?

3. What’s one characteristic from Jesus’ Scorecard that you’d like more of in your life?

4. Have you ever officially switched from the world’s scorecard to Jesus’ scorecard? Share about that journey and/or moment in your life.

Teaching Notes

Q: What scorecard am I using in my life?

They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
Mark 9:33-35

World’s Scorecard: winners finish first

Jesus’ Scorecard: winners finish last

And Jesus says, “...for whoever is not against us is for us.”
Mark 9:40

World’s Scorecard: winning comes through competition

Jesus’ Scorecard: winning comes through commonality

“...at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’”
Mark 10:6

World’s Scorecard: marriage can end in dismissal

Jesus’ Scorecard: marriage begins in dignity

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
Mark 10:14

World’s Scorecard: status and access comes through hierarchy

Jesus’ Scorecard: status and access comes through humility

“Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go sell everything you have and give to the poor…”
Mark 10:21

World’s Scorecard: the goal is not prosperity

Jesus’ Scorecard: the goal is now generosity

“You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:42-45

World’s Scorecard: we lead positionally

Jesus’ Scorecard: we lead sacrificially

“Jesus of Nazareth, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Mark 10:48

World’s Scorecard: some people are expendable

Jesus’ Scorecard: everyone is essential

The Quaker author Richard Foster writes, “Power can destroy or create. The power that destroys demands ascendency; it demands total control. It destroys relationships; it destroys trust; it destroys dialogue; it destroys integrity. And this is true whether we look through the macrocosm of human history or the microcosm of our own personal histories.” The Disciplined Life - Reflections on Money, Sex, & Power, pg. 176

Q: Where have you been living from the wrong scorecard?

Q: What’s one characteristic from Jesus’ Scorecard that you’d like more of?

Q: What if you’ve never lived by Jesus’ scorecard?

IT’S TIME TO CHANGE TEAMS.

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Sunday Set List

WFC Lenexa/Online
Jesus Is Our King- The Collective KC
The Blessing- Kari Jobe
It Is So- Elevation Worship
Broken Vessels- Hillsong United

WFC Speedway
Unstoppable God- Elevation Worship
Available- Elevation Worship
Goodness of God- Bethel Music
Jesus Is Our King- The Collective KC

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Watching Group Content + Discussion

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What stood out to you from today’s viewing?
How would you summarize these chapters in a sentence or two?
What did you learn about Jesus in these chapters?
What did you learn about people/humanity in these chapters?
What is God asking you to do, be, embrace, change and/or believe from these chapters?