Muslim Peoples
​Meeting 3

Study

Read Acts 20:21–25. This is a multi-part study on this passage.

1. “I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem” (verse 22a).​
   
   What does it mean to be bound by the Spirit to bring the gospel to unreached Muslims?
   
   
2. “I don’t know what awaits me, except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead” (verses 22b–23).
   
   What would cause a person to move toward difficulty and danger, instead of away from it, to bring the gospel to unreached Muslims?  

Watch

Dr. JD’s story (2:44)

1. "As I grew in my faith, the American dream had a real hard hold on my heart. And it really cut me the heart to say, "JD, what are you doing with your life?""
   
   What does it do to your heart to ask the same question of yourself? ​​
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2. "People will seek you out very actively because of your competency and because of your love." 
   
   Why is this so? 
   
   
3. What else stood out to you from this video? 

The Task Unfinished (2:04)
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​       Read the poem from the video and share which phrase impacted you the most.

Facing a task unfinished that drives us to our knees,
A need that, undiminished, rebukes our slothful ease,
We who rejoice to know You, review before Your throne
The solemn pledge we owe You, to go and make You known

Where other lords besides You, hold their unhindered sway,
Where forces that defied You, defy You still today.
With none to hear their cry for love and light and life,
Numbered souls are dying and pass into the night.

We bear the torch that flaming, comes from the hands of those
Who gave their life proclaiming, that Jesus died and rose.
Ours is the same commission, the same glad message ours,
Fired by the same ambition. To You we yield our powers:

​Our Father who sustains, our Spirit who inspires,
Our Savior whose love constraints, to toil with zeal and tire.
​Can coward-ness defend us from lethargy? Awake!
For on Your errand send us, to labor for Your sake.

Chloe's Story (5:09)

1. "Any gift, skill or talent the Lord has blessed you with, could be used here." 
   
   Go around your group and share your spiritual gifts and talents and discuss how they could be used in an overseas setting among unreached Muslims. 
   
   
2. "Little by little...it's a journey." ​​
   
   To where?
   
   
3. What else stood out to you from this video? 

More resources:

• Watch Have You Ever Wondered (2:22)​
• Watch Peacemakers (0:47)

Discuss 

All excerpts are from Miraculous Movements, by Jerry Trousdale. 

1. “Miraculous movements are sweeping through some parts of the Muslim world today” (p. 13).​
   
   Why do you think this is so? 
   
   
2. “If Christians can begin to engage Muslims beyond the headlines of burkas and bombs, we will discover hundreds of millions of disheartened and discouraged people” (p. 13).
   
   Why would this be true? 
   
   
3. “Disciple people to conversion, not vice versa. This kind of discipleship model—one that begins with discipleship and moves toward the point of conversion—is how many Muslims are becoming Christ followers” (p. 43)
   
   Why is this such an effective way for Muslims to become Christ followers? 
   
   Do you think it's true for others as well? Explain. 

Learn

Read Global Starting Point 23

View

If you have not done so, view Word Team. A unique and productive partnership idea. 

Pray

Reflect on what you have learned in this meeting and let it guide your prayer as you pray together as a group.