SERMON DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR 02/15/2026 EPHESIANS 3:1–21

1.  What shapes your view of the church more: scripture or past experiences?

Follow-up: How have personal preferences, hurts, or expectations influenced your attitude toward the church?

Action Step: This week, intentionally thank God for one specific way He has used His church in your life.

2. Why do you think God chose the local church and not individuals alone as His primary way to display His grace?

Follow-up: What changes when we see church not as an event we attend but a body we belong to?

Action Step: Take one step from spectator to participant this week or next (serve, join a group, encourage someone, etc.).

3. Do you see sharing the gospel as a duty, a fear, or a privilege? Why?

Follow-up: What keeps you from speaking openly about Jesus with others?

Action Step: Identify one person in your life who needs Christ and begin praying daily for an opportunity to share.

4. Paul said he was “least deserving,” yet God used him greatly. Why does humility make someone more usable to God?

Follow-up: Where is pride or self-reliance most likely to creep into your spiritual life?

Action Step: Practice one hidden act of service this week that no one knows about except God.

5. How does the way believers treat each other either strengthen or weaken our witness to the world?

Follow-up: Have you seen unity impact someone’s faith, or division damage it?

Action Step: Reach out to reconcile, encourage, or affirm someone in the church this week.

6. What is one area where God may be calling you to step out in bold faith right now?

Follow-up: What would change if you truly believed God can do “infinitely more than you ask or imagine”?

Action Step: Pray one bold prayer every day this week—something only God can accomplish.