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Welcome to:

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The Safe Haven Grace Worship Center

Sept 7, 2025

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Hopefully you have downloaded the sermon series study guide and the small group questions ahead of time…you can follow along with those…….

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Week 1

Text: Acts 1:6–8

Topic: Witness, Testify, All Believers

Big Idea of the Message: Acts 1 describes the call for all believers to be witnesses and proclaim the good news of Jesus to the world.

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Application Point: We will testify and proclaim the good news of Jesus.

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Discussion Questions:

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  1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
  2. What does it mean to be a witness?
  3. What are some ways that we use the word witness in Christianity?
  4. What does Acts 1 describe?
  5. Why is it hard to be a witness for Christ in the world?
  6. How can we pray for you?

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Week 2

Text: Acts 1:6–8; John 15:27

Topic: Witness, Holy Spirit, Awkward Evangelism

Big Idea of the Message: The Holy Spirit empowers believers to proclaim the good news to the world but uses their personality and context to do so.

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Application Point: We will allow the Holy Spirit to use us as witnesses.

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Discussion Questions:

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  1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
  2. Have you ever made a situation awkward? What happened?
  3. How can being a witness for Christ sometimes be awkward?
  4. How can we reimagine what “being a witness” looks like?
  5. In what ways can the Holy Spirt use us where we are and through how we are wired?
  6. How can we pray for you?

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Week 3

Text: Matthew 5:13–16

Topic: Witness, Salt and Light, Life as Witness, Ethic

Big Idea of the Message: The Christian witness is connected to everyday life and all areas of our lives. Jesus calls us to be salt and light to the world in our daily walks.

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Application Point: We will reflect the good news with how we live, no matter where we are.

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Discussion Questions:

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  1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
  2. Does it ever feel like your Christian walk is disconnected from the rest of life? Why?
  3. How can “being a witness” connect all the areas of our lives?
  4. What would a Christian ethic for life look like?
  5. What does Jesus teach us in Matthew 5?
  6. How can we pray for you?

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Week 4

Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:9–12

Topic: Witness, Church as Witness, Love

Big Idea of the Message: The church, as a corporate body, testifies to Jesus by the love we show to one another and the world.

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Application Point: We will be a community of love that testifies to Jesus.

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Discussion Questions:

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  1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
  2. Have you ever looked at how a group of people acted and thought, “I don’t want to be like them”?
  3. Regarding the last question, do people look at the church that way? Why?
  4. What shows the world that we belong to Jesus?
  5. How can Christians change to reflect Jesus more clearly?
  6. How can we pray for you?

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Reflection

In remembering that, we should reflect on what that means to us. The fact that Jesus loved us so much that He would die for us so that we could spend eternity with GOD, should move us toward worship and action! So, let’s take a few minutes to remember and reflect in silence. This time is between you and GOD. Maybe you would like to spend some time thanking HIM for who HE is and what HE’s done in your life. Please use this time to confess to HIM your sins and ask for forgiveness.

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Communion

Communion is for any person who has believed in or trusted the Lord Jesus Christ alone for his or her salvation. Please examine your true heart and intentions before the Lord in this moment before you take communion and repent for your sins with communion.

“Take, eat! We do this In remembrance of our Lord, that the body of Christ is the Bread of Heaven for us. “

“Take, drink! We do this In remembrance of the blood of the covenant, “

Remember – His body was broken for us. He was beaten and crucified for our sins and died to pay a penalty that we couldn’t pay. We remember that His blood was poured out for the forgiveness of sins. We are forgiven and made righteous in His sight.

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Prayer

“GOD, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ.

Thank You for loving us so much that You would spare nothing, not even Your Son, to save us from our sins.

Help us to always remember that love and reflect on His sacrifice on our behalf.

Give us the strength to live our lives by faith in Him this week.

In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.”

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See you next week!!