Pursued by Mercy | What Happens When You Stop Trying to Outrun God’s Love

Welcome to the Weekend-Follow Up! This is content that reflects on the Weekend message and how it can apply to your life. Each week, your group will discover what God might be saying to you, and how you can respond through a group discussion.

1. When was the last time you experienced a messy situation? (literal or figurative)

2. What stood out to you most from the message?

3. How can stubbornness be a positive thing? How can it be negative?

4. When was the last time you felt disconnected from God? What was going on at the time?

5. Read Jonah 2:7. When have you felt like you were trapped and then cried out to God? What did it look like?

6. Like Jonah, when was a time you experienced God’s mercy, but it showed up in an unexpected way?

7. What is something you might be reckoning with right now? What has that looked like for you so far?

8. What’s one step you can take this week to either: 1) stop running from God and accept him, or 2) reckon with a situation he has placed before you?

9. Let’s end our time praying together. You can say something like, “God, thank you for chasing after us and wanting to show us mercy. Help us to recognize when you are trying to show us a sign and surrender to your compassion. Give us strength to follow you even when it looks different than we thought. Amen.”

More from the Weekend

Check these out if you’re on a roll and want to go a little deeper.

• Who in your life could you show mercy to right now? What might that look like?
• Read Jonah 4:10-11. What are your reactions to the ending of this story?