10. How did the girl earn money for her owners? Small Group Questions “The Church Afire: Faith in Philippi” 11. What did Paul do after many days (16:18)? Acts 16:6-40 12. What did the owners of the slave girl do to Paul and 1. What impacted you most from the message last Silas (16:19-21)? weekend? a. Why do you think the crowd so easily joined in 2. What stopped Paul and his companions from going to against Paul and Silas? Asia (16:6) or Bithynia (16:7)? 13. What did the magistrates of the city do to Paul and 3. What persuaded them to go to Macedonia (16:9-10)? Silas (16:22-24)? See 2 Corinthians 11:25 and 1 Thessalonians 2:2. 4. Have you ever sensed that the Holy Spirit stopped or redirected an activity of yours? Explain. 14. What were Paul and Silas doing at midnight (16:25)?

a. How might we be alert to ways in which the Spirit a. Who was paying attention? directs us today? b. Why do you think this might be important? 5. Who joins the missionary team in Troas (16:8,10)? 15. What physical miracle happened (16:26)? 6. Paul’s custom was to go first to the Jews and then to the Greeks. Why did they not go to a synagogue on the 16. Why did the jailer think of killing himself (16:27-28)? Sabbath (16:13)? a. Who stopped him and why? 7. Who did they meet outside the city (16:14)? b. Had any prisoners escaped? a. What is unusual about Lydia, especially for society at that time? 17. What question did the jailer ask (16:30)?

b. What happened to Lydia? a. How did Paul and Silas respond to the jailer’s question (16:31-32)? c. Why do you think the story of Lydia was included in Acts? 18. What was the result (16:33)?

8. How did Lydia respond to Paul’s message (16:15a)? 19. How did the jailer and his family treat Paul and Silas (16:34)? 9. Who began to follow Paul and his companions and what did she shout (16:16-17)? 20. What did the magistrates want to happen the next morning (16:35-39)?

21. What information did Paul reveal (16:37-38)?

a. Why do you think Paul waited until that moment to state that information?

22. Why do you think Paul and Silas didn’t just leave quietly when the magistrates told them they could leave?

a. What do you think you might have done?

23. Have you ever been in a situation where you did the right thing even when it would have been easier to do something else? Explain.

24. Paul and Silas were singing hymns in a difficult situation that had lasting impact on the others around them (16:25). How might we do things in our daily living that will impact those around us for the benefit of the Kingdom?

25. Review 16:15 and 16:33. What might these verses tell us about the responsibility we have to our family and to our entire household?

Next Steps:

GI am so thankful that the Gospel is for all people regardless of nationality, social status, or personal need. GAs a recipient of God’s grace, I will strive to exude grace. GGod is calling me to display my faith by ______.