This week we meet Abram and Nicodemus, faithful people who were called to leave behind some of what they knew to create space for something they couldn’t yet imagine. Imagine you had to leave your home in a hurry.

• What are the things that you really couldn’t leave without?

Suppose you are on holiday and your suitcase gets stolen. Your insurance company gives you an advance of £50.

• What would you buy?

Bible Readings

Genesis 12: 1–4a

This is part of a much longer story, but there were clear challenges here for Abram and his family.

• What did Abram have to leave behind?
• Why did he go?

John 3: 1–17

Nicodemus showed a great deal of courage by coming to Jesus at all, but wasn’t prepared yet to be seen doing so..

• What was Jesus asking Nicodemus to leave behind?
• What was Jesus offering him?

Questions to consider

You may have been a Christian for a long time. This may be really new to you. You may not feel that you are part of the Christian family or of any church but:

• Are there things that you have always valued that you now feel God is asking you to leave behind?
• Are there ways of being Church that have been really good that it may be time for Cornerstone to leave behind?
• As individuals or as Church, what might God be calling us to create space for?
• Sometimes we need to stop doing something without knowing what will take its place. What are the risks for us as individuals or as Church in doing that?

If you are working in a group, then you may discuss some or all of these questions – or your conversation and prayer may take you somewhere else entirely. But the important thing is to take time to reflect and pray in whatever way is most appropriate for you.

This meditation can be downloaded as a PDF here:

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