The Lord’s Table is not just a ritual but a living prayer - a place where we encounter Jesus with our whole selves. Have you ever struggled to pray, wondered where God is, or felt like prayer is mysterious, intimidating, or even boring? This message from Robyn Elliott will help you rediscover the presence that meets us when we simply show up and the God who invites us into a more relational, embodied way of praying.
Discussion Questions:
1. When you think about prayer, what emotions come up first - delight, duty, confusion, guilt, comfort? Why do you think that is?
2. Have you ever experienced prayer as “showing up” rather than saying the right words? What did that look like for you?
3. Which part of the Lord’s Table - remembering, receiving, repenting, connecting - most resonates with your current season of life?
4. When in your life has God felt most “real” or “present,” and what were you doing in that moment?
5. In what ways does coming to the table feel like praying with your body? How might this reshape how you pray outside of communion?
6. Richard Foster says, “The Lord’s Table is at the heart of all prayer.” When you think about your own prayer life, how does communion help you experience or understand God differently?
7. In Luke 24, Jesus becomes recognizable while breaking bread. How does this shape the way you expect to encounter Jesus in everyday, physical, ordinary moments of your own life?
8. People debate what exactly happens at communion - symbolic, real presence, something in between. How have those conversations shaped (or complicated) how you approach the table?
9. Western culture tends to value thinking over experiencing. Where in your own faith do you notice this tension - wanting to understand God vs. wanting to encounter God?
10. If prayer and the table both “reorient” us, what shifts have you personally felt (or do you hope to feel) when you participate in these practices?
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The Lord’s Table is not just a ritual but a living prayer - a place where we encounter Jesus with our whole selves. Have you ever struggled to pray, wondered where God is, or felt like prayer is mysterious, intimidating, or even boring? This message from Robyn Elliott will help you rediscover the presence that meets us when we simply show up and the God who invites us into a more relational, embodied way of praying.
Discussion Questions:
1. When you think about prayer, what emotions come up first - delight, duty, confusion, guilt, comfort? Why do you think that is?
2. Have you ever experienced prayer as “showing up” rather than saying the right words? What did that look like for you?
3. Which part of the Lord’s Table - remembering, receiving, repenting, connecting - most resonates with your current season of life?
4. When in your life has God felt most “real” or “present,” and what were you doing in that moment?
5. In what ways does coming to the table feel like praying with your body? How might this reshape how you pray outside of communion?
6. Richard Foster says, “The Lord’s Table is at the heart of all prayer.” When you think about your own prayer life, how does communion help you experience or understand God differently?
7. In Luke 24, Jesus becomes recognizable while breaking bread. How does this shape the way you expect to encounter Jesus in everyday, physical, ordinary moments of your own life?
8. People debate what exactly happens at communion - symbolic, real presence, something in between. How have those conversations shaped (or complicated) how you approach the table?
9. Western culture tends to value thinking over experiencing. Where in your own faith do you notice this tension - wanting to understand God vs. wanting to encounter God?
10. If prayer and the table both “reorient” us, what shifts have you personally felt (or do you hope to feel) when you participate in these practices?
Title: Acts (The Church Gets Messy): When Defending God Becomes Denying God
Lakeside Church
33 minutes 46 seconds
4 months ago
Title: Acts (The Church Gets Messy): When Defending God Becomes Denying God
The early church didn’t just face pressure from empire - it also faced betrayal from within. Stephen wasn’t killed by outsiders, but by the religious elite who thought they were protecting God. In this message from Robyn Elliott, we explore what happens when faith gets twisted by power - and how defending religion can actually become a denial of the very God we claim to follow.
Lakeside Church
The Lord’s Table is not just a ritual but a living prayer - a place where we encounter Jesus with our whole selves. Have you ever struggled to pray, wondered where God is, or felt like prayer is mysterious, intimidating, or even boring? This message from Robyn Elliott will help you rediscover the presence that meets us when we simply show up and the God who invites us into a more relational, embodied way of praying.
Discussion Questions:
1. When you think about prayer, what emotions come up first - delight, duty, confusion, guilt, comfort? Why do you think that is?
2. Have you ever experienced prayer as “showing up” rather than saying the right words? What did that look like for you?
3. Which part of the Lord’s Table - remembering, receiving, repenting, connecting - most resonates with your current season of life?
4. When in your life has God felt most “real” or “present,” and what were you doing in that moment?
5. In what ways does coming to the table feel like praying with your body? How might this reshape how you pray outside of communion?
6. Richard Foster says, “The Lord’s Table is at the heart of all prayer.” When you think about your own prayer life, how does communion help you experience or understand God differently?
7. In Luke 24, Jesus becomes recognizable while breaking bread. How does this shape the way you expect to encounter Jesus in everyday, physical, ordinary moments of your own life?
8. People debate what exactly happens at communion - symbolic, real presence, something in between. How have those conversations shaped (or complicated) how you approach the table?
9. Western culture tends to value thinking over experiencing. Where in your own faith do you notice this tension - wanting to understand God vs. wanting to encounter God?
10. If prayer and the table both “reorient” us, what shifts have you personally felt (or do you hope to feel) when you participate in these practices?
