As you think about what Jesus says in this video, what lessons can we learn about how we should (and shouldn’t) pray? How do these verses help us to understand what God is like?
Two thoughts on access to the kingdom of God: we can only do so “like a little child”, and it is “easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the rich to enter…”. How do you respond?
Zacchaeus was so keen to see Jesus that he climbed a tree – and it changed his life. Will your response to Jesus, and the way you use the gifts that God has given you, change yours?
Why do you think Jesus chose to ride into Jerusalem on a donkey?Why do you think he entered the temple and began driving out those who had turned it into a marketplace?
Where do you think Jesus got his authority from? How do you understand the parable of the tenants? What do you think is meant by “the stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone”?
Taxes and resurrection, showy teachers of the law and a generous widow. The leaders are keen to find something that they can arrest Jesus for. What do you think about the way that he answers them?
Jesus tells his disciples that the world will get worse before it gets better. What do you think he means when he tells them to “stand firm and you will win life”?
How do you think Jesus is feeling as Judas agrees to betray him, and as he prepares to celebrate the Passover meal one last time with his disciples?
