CONVERSATION STARTERS
Conversation Starters help us dig deeper, connecting Sunday’s sermons with our Monday lives. Please know that these questions are meant to be a resource. You do not have to follow them verbatim or get through them all. We trust you to know your group and to ask the questions based on your group needs.

1. Describe a time when you experienced a sense of unity with a group of people - at church, work, family, sports team, club, etc.

2. Read John 17:1-26 silently or aloud.

3. In verses 20-26, Jesus prays for us! What is Jesus asking for on our behalf? Why does he pray for these things?

4. What do we learn about Jesus in this passage?

5. What does this passage say about what it means for believers to follow Jesus as king?

6. How does this passage encourage and/or challenge you?

PRAYER PROMPT
Pray for unity in the church in three stages: first, pray for a spirit of unity within your community group. Then, pray for unity among our Christ Community family. Finally, pray for unity in the global church community, and that our unity would be a compelling witness that would draw others to eternal life in Jesus.

Title: The King’s Prayer
Scripture: John 17:1-26
Speaker: Bill Gorman, BillG@cckc.church

> Behold Jesus’ beauty.

> Beholding Jesus’ beauty shocks us.

> Beholding Jesus’ beauty makes us beautiful.

> Make time to behold Jesus’ beauty.

“I believe that many who find that "nothing happens" when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand.”
- C.S. Lewis, Preface to On the Incarnation