These questions are a guideline for your personal or small group study based on Sunday's sermon passage. Feel free to study and meditate on the passage more deeply. ​​

1. What most threatens your consistency in prayer right now, busyness, distraction, discouragement, routine? What would “watchful and thankful” prayer look like in your actual schedule this week?

2. Paul, sitting in chains, asks not for comfort but for an open door for the Word. What does that reveal about his priorities? If someone evaluated your recent prayer requests, what would they conclude is most important to you?

3. Think about your normal environments (workplace, gym, neighborhood, online spaces), where has God already placed you for intentional witness? What might it mean to “redeem the time” there?

4. When discussing truth in today’s culture, which side do you tend to lean toward, truth without grace or grace without clarity? How can you cultivate both together in your conversations?

5. Paul lists ordinary believers (Tychicus, Onesimus, Aristarchus, Mark, Epaphras, Luke), none of them are center stage, yet all matter. What role has God given you in the body right now? Are you embracing it as essential, even if it feels unseen?

6. Is there a strained relationship in your life where Christ’s restoring work could still happen? What would humility and initiative look like on your part?

7. Paul closes with “Take heed to the ministry… that you may fulfill it” and “Remember my chains.” What does finishing well look like in this season of your life? Where do you need grace to stay anchored instead of drifting?