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BECOMING — Week 2 · Foreknown

The Mirror Lies First

Life Group Guide · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · John 21:21-22 · John 3:30 · Hebrews 12:2 · Romans 8:29 · Week of October 3, 2026
The question tonight isn't "What did Pastor Amethyst preach?" It's "What is Jesus forming in us?" Six short movements, about sixty minutes total.

Look

~5 min
What stood out to you?

Before anything else, let the room say back what they actually heard — not what they think they were supposed to hear. Saturday night's core line: the more clearly we behold Christ, the less we need comparison to tell us who we are. Ask people to name the one sentence, image, or moment that's stayed with them since Saturday.

Leader — Resist summarizing the sermon yourself here. This works because people say it in their own words — that's often where you find out what actually landed.

Look Within

~10 min
Where did this sermon expose something in you?

This is the turn from information to exposure. Peter asked Jesus "what about this man?" about John's future, right after Jesus gave Peter his own — and comparison does that to all of us, whether it makes us feel behind or secretly superior. Ask: which mirror has been loudest in your life lately — comparison, your own ideal self, your circumstances, your past, somebody's opinion of you? Where have you been using another person's life as your measuring stick, or quietly turning yourself into someone else's?

Leader — Expect silence here. Don't rush to fill it — this is usually where the real conversation is hiding.

Let Go

~10 min
What do you need to surrender?

Name it specifically, not generally — not "I need to trust God more," but something with an edge to it: the specific person you keep measuring yourself against, the old criticism you keep replaying, the "ideal version" of yourself you've been performing toward instead of becoming. Invite one or two people to say theirs out loud; let everyone else surrender silently.

Live

~10 min
What will you practice this week?

Land on one concrete, doable action — not a resolution, a practice. This week's shared practice: the Daily Un-Comparison — naming one thing true about yourself that has nothing to do with anybody else's life — and, in at least one conversation, letting Christ or someone else "increase" instead of needing to be the one who looks good. Ask each person to name the one place this week they're most likely to reach for comparison — social media, work, family — and what choosing to behold Christ instead would look like there.

Let Others In

~10 min
Who can help you?

Becoming was never meant to happen alone. Ask each person to name one person — in the room or outside it — they'll tell about what they just named in Let Go and Live. Then have them actually send that message before they leave tonight, not just say they will.

Leader — This is the step groups usually skip. Don't let it become optional — read it out loud and give sixty seconds of real silence for people to send the message right there.

Pray

~10 min
"Lord, let me see You, not myself."

Close together, not each on your own. Pray those words over the room, out loud, together. Then let one person close in a short prayer thanking God that He is still forming us — glory to glory — even when we can't see it yet.

★ Next Week
BECOMING continues into Week 3 of the FOREKNOWN chapter. Keep bringing the mirrors you're trusting into the light — this is a year-long journey of formation, not a one-week fix.