-If you had to choose between taking a smooth highway or the scenic route, which would you choose and why?

-Do you have to make some decisions about where you spend the holidays at? How do you make those?

-Oprah Winfrey & Steve Harvey have both recently said “there are multiple ways into Heaven.” Do you believe that?

-According to scripture, who gets into Heaven & how

Read Matthew 7:13-14 NLT

CHOOSE THE HARD PATH TO HEAVEN!

1: What stands out to you about Jesus’ description of the two paths in Matthew 7:13-14?

-Why do you think so many people choose the wide path?

2: Why do you think Jesus describes the narrow path as difficult?

-What challenges have you faced in staying on the “hard path” to heaven?

3: How does Matthew 16:24 (denying yourself and carrying your cross) connect to choosing the narrow path?

-What does “carrying your cross” look like in your life?

4: In what ways can distractions pull us off the narrow road?

-What practical steps can you take to stay focused on Jesus, as encouraged in Hebrews 12:1-3?

5: How does your “fruit” (your actions and influence) reveal which path you’re on?

-What does it mean to produce “good fruit” in your life?

-Read Galatians 5:22-23 together.

-Read Matthew 5:20 together.

6: How does John 14:6 emphasize the exclusivity of the narrow path?

-Why is it important to accept Jesus as the “one way” to the Father?

7: If someone asked you how to find the narrow road, what would you say?

-How can you help lead others to that path?

-Romans 6:23 NLT “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”