Your Calling: Part 4 - Ingredients of a Calling

May 11th, 2025

MICRO CHURCH GUIDE
May 11, 2025

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Luke 1:26-28 NLT

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galileeto a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David.Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!”

Calling requires closeness to God.

Luke 1:29-34 NLT

Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean.“Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God!You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!”Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”

Calling won't make sense.

Luke 1:35-37 NLT

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month.For the word of God will never fail.”

Calling requires Holy Spirit power.

Luke 1:38 NLT

Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.

Calling requires bold faith.

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START TALKING:
Think about an experience you have had that was unlike any other before it - a food you tasted, a team you cheered for, an accomplishment you were part of - and think about the various ingredients it took for that to be unlike any other. What were they?

START THINKING:
Read Luke 1:26-28.

Put yourself in Mary's shoes and imagine this happened to you. What would you think and feel as this is happening? Would you think this was a prank call?! Why or why not?

What was the reason that Mary received this call, according to what the angel told her?

Read Luke 1:29-30.

What does Mary's reaction and the angel's response tell us about what Mary thought about this call? Why is it important to really understand this moment and not take it for granted because the story may be so familiar to us?

START SHARING:
Why do you think closeness to God, as we find out was true about Mary, is the first ingredient to hearing and answering the call from God? How does this help to know whether the call we think we are answering is really from God or not?

What are the ways or disciplines that you have found are most helpful to you to grow closer to God every day?

Read Luke 1:34

When have you had this response to something you felt God calling you to? What made you feel like what you sensed Him calling you to was impossible or didn't make sense? What did you do in response and how did it grow your faith?

Read Luke 1:35.

The angel responded to Mary in the same way the He will respond to each of us when we answer His call that doesn't make sense - you don't have to do it! The HOLY SPIRIT will do it! When have you experienced this? What keeps you from experiencing this more? What helps you to better understand the Spirit and experience His power?

START DOING:
What will you do this week to:

- Be close to God?
- Be open to the call not making sense?
- Experience Holy Spirit power?
- Practice bold faith?

Share how you have and how you will answer the call to:

- Salvation.
- Sanctification.
- Service.

Come back next week as we get very practical with how to know what your call to service is!

START PRAYING:
Pray for each person in the micro church to begin hearing and answering the calling of God on their life. First for salvation, then for sanctification, and finally for service in some way. Pray that we would be a community that challenges each other to experience a calling from God that is unlike any other calling we have ever experienced.

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MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
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WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?

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