Conversation starter
Discuss some or all of the following questions:
- You wake up to a bank error in your favour! You have £1 million that cannot be given back. What do you do now?
- How would you describe the hope your friends and neighbours have for the future?
- How would you complete this sentence: “The hope for the future of the people in the UK is…”?
Reading Scripture Together
Read the passage aloud together
Revelation 21:1-5
- What is the Spirit highlighting to you in this passage today?
- How does this passage describe the biblical future hope?
- “I am making all things new” – how do you understand this?
Video content 1
The Clay Pot Story
Discussion Questions
Discuss some or all of the following questions:
- What stands out to you from this story?
- What does it say to you about “All Things New”?
- What do you feel in response to this story for your context today?
Video Content 2
A talk specifically picking the idea of decreation and recreation, linking Genesis; Col 1 and Rev 21 – Creation – De-creation – Re-creation
Response
Ask some or all of the following questions:
- What do you find helpful about the framework?
- In what ways can you see de-creation at work in our world?
- How does the Christian hope change our perspective on the areas of de-creation we see in the world?
- With regard to re-creation: what aspects of Christian hope are realised now, and what aspects are for the future?
Prayer
- Listen to the song ‘Living Hope’ by Phil Wickham.
- Take some time to pray prayers of thanks. Thank God for what this living hope means for you.
- Pray into areas of de-creation you see around you.