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Ascend with Unity

Fam Jam Discussion Questions
Week of July 21
Psalm 133

OPENER

  • Take a minute to introduce yourself. Share your name, where you’re from, and what brought you to Harbor.

DISCUSSION
Almost every picture of the good life has one person in it. One person on the beach, everybody else cropped out. Psalm 133 casts a different vision: the blessed life is found where brothers and sisters dwell together in unity, and that unity isn’t something we manufacture. It’s poured down on us as a gift for us to guard and to grow.

  •  Read Psalm 133:1. The word “harmony” here doesn’t mean “no conflict” — it’s the word for oneness. When you hear the words “Christian community,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it something you want or something that makes you tired?
  • Read Psalm 133:1. David calls unity both “good” and “delightful” — good for us, and delightful to us. Where have you actually tasted that? A moment with other believers you’d call “”good” and “delightful?”
  • Read Psalm 133:2–3. Notice the direction in both pictures — the oil runs down from the head, the dew falls down on Zion. Zion doesn’t produce the dew; it receives it. Why does it matter that unity is something we receive rather than something we build?
  • Read Ephesians 4:2. “Bearing with one another” assumes people are going to be hard to bear with. Why do you think Paul builds that expectation right into the command?
  • Read Ephesians 4:15–16. We build each other up by speaking the truth of the gospel in love. When has someone said something true to you that you needed to hear about God, or about yourself?
  • Growing as a Giver- We’ll be family with the people of God forever. What would change about this week if you actually lived like that were true?

ACTION STEP

  • What’s one step you’ll take this week toward real community being known, or getting to know someone?

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