Sermon Study Guide | Series: The Art of Showing Up | Sermon: Interruptible |
Scripture: Luke 10:25–37 | Date: August 31,2025

CONNECT - “A Personal Reflection”

This section is designed to help you relate personally to the theme of the sermon. It encourages you to reflect on your own life experiences and how they connect to the message.

Life is full of interruptions. Some are small and annoying; others can completely change the course of our lives. Yet Jesus often met people in interruptions—moments when His plans were “disrupted.” The parable of the Good Samaritan reminds us that God’s love shows up most powerfully when we are willing to be interruptible. Think back on a recent interruption in your week. How did you respond? Looking back, do you think God may have been present in it? Share with your group

ENGAGE - “Exploring the Scripture”

This section invites you to dive into the biblical passage, discuss its meaning, and apply it to your life through thoughtful questions.

Read Luke 10:25–37 together as a group and discuss:

• When the lawyer asks, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus points him back to the command to love God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. This command, often called the Shema in Jewish tradition, reminded God’s people daily to love Him with everything. 
  
  • Why do you think Jesus shifts the conversation from knowing the right answer to actually doing it?
    
    
• The lawyer then asks, “Who is my neighbor?” How does Jesus’ story flip the question from “Who qualifies as my neighbor?” to “What kind of neighbor am I?”
  
  
• The priest and the Levite both saw the man in need and passed by. What reasons might they have had? 
  
  • How do you relate to their excuses in your own life?
    
    
• The Samaritan stopped, interrupted his journey, and cared for the man. What does this teach us about love being interruptible, messy, and costly?
  
  
• Jesus ends the parable with the simple command: “Go and do likewise.” 
  
  • Why do you think He makes the call so direct? 
  • How does that challenge you personally?

APPLY - “Putting the Scriptures into Action”

This section challenges us to take what we’ve learned and implement it in practical ways in our daily lives.

• Where in your life are you tempted to retreat instead of respond—to walk by on the other side?
  
  
• Who in your world right now might be difficult to love, but God is nudging you not to avoid?
  
  
• What boundaries, routines, or comforts might be limiting your willingness to love others fully?
  
  
• This week, how can you intentionally leave margin—time, attention, or resources—so you are available when God places someone in your path?
  
  
• Imagine yourself as the person on the side of the road. How has Jesus been the “Good Samaritan” to you? How can remembering His mercy fuel your love for others?

PRAY - “Seeking God’s Guidance”

This section offers a short prayer to help us center our hearts and invite God to work in our lives through his scripture.

God, thank You for seeing us when we were broken and helpless and for crossing every barrier to show us Your mercy through Jesus. Forgive us for the times we retreat instead of respond. Make us more aware, compassionate, and interruptible this week. Help us to love with everything we have, everywhere we go, and toward everyone You place in our path. Fill us with Your Spirit so that our presence brings Your presence. In Jesus’ name, Amen

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